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Bill of Rights Lesson Plan

Bill of Rights Lesson Plan

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Bill of Rights

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Students research and analyze the Bill of Rights. They examine how an assigned amendment relates to society and how it affects them personally, link an amendment to a current news story, and present their information in the form of a multimedia project.

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the bill of rights, constitutional amendments, the united states constitution

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amendments, bill of rights, social studies

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6th - 8th

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Social Studies & History

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