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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze the American Bill of Rights, compare it to the English Bill of Rights and note the differences in an essay. They access websites imbedded in this plan to do their research, then present their findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students research, examine, and discuss the development of the Bill of Rights. They develop their own Bill of Rights, demonstrating their knowledge through the publication of a newsletter. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study the Bill of Rights. They prepare a PowerPoint presentation to illustrate each of the first 10 amendments and create a Bill of Rights for the classroom. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study the First Amendment to the Constitution. They participate in a simulation whereby a dictatorship is created. As a class, pupils discuss the Bill of Rights and the freedoms given. Given specific situation pertaining to freedoms, classmates identify the problem, consider advantages of certain options, and develop a solution. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students examine the key ideas of the Magna Carta, the Petition of Rights, and the English Bill of Rights as documents to place limits on the English monarchy. Students create a Venn diagram with three circles, one for each document, and fill it in as they read through the documents. Students discuss the commonalities and differences among the documents. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students are introduced to the Bill of Rights. After their introduction, they interview adults about the rights and create a list of them in their own words. They graph the results and analyze them and share their conclusions in a paragraph. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students review the Bill of Rights as a class. In groups, they use the internet to research the contributions made by historical figures in forming these rights. They create a poster showing the information they collected and present them to the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students discuss the writing of the Constitution. They examine the Preamble and the Bill of Rights. Students study the first ten amendments. They locate information relating to the implementation of each amendment to put into a booklet. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students in an ESL classroom are introduced to the Bill of Rights. Using each amendment, they answer questions to discuss with the class. To end the lesson, they state at least two laws of the United States that they discovered from someone else. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 10th
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Students research, list, define and discuss all the aspects to the United States Bill of Rights. They assess their foundations by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson and reflect on all the conditions happening at the time period of December 15, 1791. Full Review »
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