Couck's Class



NAME:

HOUR:

BILL OF RIGHTS

ACTIVITY ONE

Amendments Poster: In groups of no more than 3 you will be responsible for creating two separate posters. The first will be one of the amendments from our Bill of Rights which be assigned at random. The second will be any additional amendment of your choosing from 11-27 (first come, first serve).

Must Include:

1. AT THE TOP : AMENDMENT #

2. UNDER AMENDMENT # A slogan that summarizes the meaning of the amendment and is creative. (1 AND 2 MUST NOT EXCEED ¼ OF THE POSTER)

3. Middle of Poster - A large hand drawn picture that shows the meaning of the amendment

4. Bottom – The entire amendment hand written neatly. Cannot exceed 1/8 of poster

*rubric located on the last page of packet*

ACTIVITY TWO:Bill of Rights Gallery Walk

As you walk around the room, look at each amendment poster. Answer question #1 by just looking at the picture, then raise the flap hiding the amendment and answer question #2 (if you are looking at your poster, just answer #1 and write mine for #2)

1st Amendment

Q1- What right is this amendment protecting? What is the picture representing?

Q2: Is your answer for number one correct? If not, what right is this amendment protecting?

2nd Amendment

Q1- What right is this amendment protecting? What is the picture representing?

Q2: Is your answer for number one correct? If not, what right is this amendment protecting?

3rd Amendment

Q1- What right is this amendment protecting? What is the picture representing?

Q2: Is your answer for number one correct? If not, what right is this amendment protecting?

4th Amendment

Q1- What right is this amendment protecting? What is the picture representing?

Q2: Is your answer for number one correct? If not, what right is this amendment protecting?

5th Amendment

Q1- What right is this amendment protecting? What is the picture representing?

Q2: Is your answer for number one correct? If not, what right is this amendment protecting

6th Amendment

Q1- What right is this amendment protecting? What is the picture representing?

Q2: Is your answer for number one correct? If not, what right is this amendment protecting?

7th Amendment

Q1- What right is this amendment protecting? What is the picture representing?

Q2: Is your answer for number one correct? If not, what right is this amendment protecting?

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8th Amendment

Q1- What right is this amendment protecting? What is the picture representing?

Q2: Is your answer for number one correct? If not, what right is this amendment protecting?

9th Amendment

Q1- What right is this amendment protecting? What is the picture representing?

Q2: Is your answer for number one correct? If not, what right is this amendment protecting?

10th Amendment

Q1- What right is this amendment protecting? What is the picture representing?

Q2: Is your answer for number one correct? If not, what right is this amendment protecting?

ACTIVITY THREE:

Read the introduction page and answer the following questions.

 

1. Why did James Madison promise to add a bill of rights to the Constitution?

 

 2. How many rights did Madison first propose? How many were approved by the states?

  

3. The Bill of Rights is also known as the first ten _______________ to the Constitution.

 

ACTIVITY FOUR: Amendments

Read about each amendment and try to summarize it in your own words in about one sentence.

Amendment I:

Amendment II:

 

Amendment III:

 

Amendment IV:

 

Amendment V:

 

Amendment VI:

 

Amendment VII:

 

Amendment VIII:

 

Amendment IX:

 

Amendment X:

CHOOSE THE BEST AMENDMENT

ACTIVITY FIVE

For each of the following examples decide which amendment is involved.

1. Mrs. Jones hears a knock at the door. She opens the door and finds 3 police officers asking if they can come into her home to talk about neighborhood safety. She is very friendly and so she says yes. While sitting in the living room one of the officers sees a bomb under the sofa and gets up to get it. Mrs. Jones is immediately arrested.

2. Sam Davis is planning a public meeting in front of the town library to protest against a new city tax for playgrounds. He has filed all of his permits and the city has said that he can have his meeting. The night before the meeting, however, the mayor finds out that Sam was arrested 2 years ago in another town for starting a riot. On the day of the meeting, police show up to prevent the meeting and Sam is not allowed to hold his meeting.

3. Gina DeLong has lived in her home for 26 years. During that time the city has tripled in population, traffic is a mess, and there just are not enough roads. Tuesday morning the sheriff came to her house and told her that she had to move because a new road was going to be built right through her house. When she complains that she has lived there for so long and doesn't want to move, she is told, "Too bad, you have 30 days to get out."

4. Michigan has finally decided to legalize marijuana, but to get the vote, they also have to agree to lower the drinking age to 18 years old. The US Government says if they do that they will be breaking the law and anyone caught smoking or drinking under the age of 21 will be arrested.

5. Hans Schlemming was new to this country. In Germany he was an auto mechanic. On Saturday night he was coming out of a store and the police arrested him for stealing. He said he didn't do anything, but the police were convinced that they had the right person. When he told them that he wanted a lawyer, one of the policemen said, "You don't need a lawyer, you guilty pig. You and your German friends killed my grandfather during the war. I know that you're guilty. We're locking you up and throwing away the key."

6. Stephanie Manus was arrested, tried, and convicted of kidnapping. There was no doubt that she was guilty. The judge said, "I can either send you to prison for 12 years or I can make you shave your head and make you stand on the freeway for 8 hours a day so that you will know what it is like to be scared." "Prison is too good for you," said the judge.

7. Mr. Wiegold had worked in the same place for 36 years and only had one raise. He felt like the boss owed him something, so one day he took a computer home and kept it. When the boss found out he had him arrested. Mr. Wiegold demanded a trial because he said he was innocent. But the boss and the police said he didn't get a trial because they already caught him with the stolen computer, he was guilty.

8. At a gun collecting show, George Samuels picked out 13 guns that he wanted to add to his expensive collection of guns from the 1800s. When he tried to pay for the 13 guns he was told by a security guard that he wasn't allowed to take so many guns. The security guard would only allow George to buy 5 guns because the Constitution allows citizens to have one gun per family member.

9. Trina Lening and her friends had recently robbed a liquor store. Trina's friend Lori did not help, she was sick at home. When the police picked up all of the girls the following Friday, they arrested the whole group including Lori. At the trial, Lori said that she was innocent and could prove it because she had witnesses. But her witnesses were her friends, and if they said she wasn't there, it would mean that they were at the liquor store.

10. The city of Manville was in crisis. For 3 days there had been riots and fires. The National Guard was called out to restore peace. When officers showed at Mrs. Mayberry's door demanding some food and a place to sleep she was so afraid of their guns that she let them in and gave them what they wanted.

NAME:

AMENDMENT #:

Amendments

DIRECTIONS: You will be creating a poster paper that represents one of the first 10 amendments

And one more of your choosing from the remaining 27 amendments

What should be included: Total of 25 Possible Points

|PICTURE RUBRIC |5 POINTS |3 POINTS |1 POINT |0 POINTS |

|Slogan |Slogan is creative and |Slogan needs some explaining to |Slogan doe not directly|MISSING |

| |directly conveys the meaning |help understand the meaning of |represent the meaning | |

| |of the amendment |the amendment |of the amendment in any| |

| | | |way. | |

|Amendment Number/Written |Number of the Amendment is |Either the number of the |Either the number of |BOTH ARE MISSING |

|Out |easily visible and the entire |Amendment is or the entire |the Amendment is or the| |

| |amendment is neatly written |amendment is not visible or |entire amendment is | |

| |out on the bottom |neatly written. |missing | |

|Coloring |Picture is fully colored and |Picture is either not colored or|Picture is neither |NOT COLORED AT ALL |

| |done so neatly with NO large |not done neatly or has some a |colored nor done | |

| |blank areas |lot of blank space |neatly | |

|Understanding |Original, creative, easy to |Correct information provided but|Does not give adequate |COMPLETLEY MISSIS THE IDEA|

|X2 |understand & gives correct |needs questions to help |information or is not |OF THE AMENDMENT |

| |information |understand |easy to understand | |

|TOTALS | | | | |

(you will need this paper to turn in with your amendment)

GRADE- /25

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