The Bill of Rights
What rights are guaranteed in the United States Constitution?
Activity #1 Vocabulary and Building Background Knowledge
What is the Bill of Rights? To help you better understand the need for the Bill of Rights and the freedoms it guarantees, with your class go through the slides below and watch the video.
The Bill of Rights.pdf Download The Bill of Rights.pdf
Activity #3 Bill of Rights Matching Game
To check your understanding of the Bill of Rights, work with a partner or team and play the Bill of Rights Matching Game. Try to decide how these real life situations relate to each of the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution
Bill of Rights Matching Game #1.pdf Download Bill of Rights Matching Game #1.pdf
Bill of Rights Matching Game #2.pdf Download Bill of Rights Matching Game #2.pdf
Activity #4 Application
To help you apply what you've learned about the Bill or Rights you can play this simulation game. In this game you will act as a new lawyer in a law firm. You will be able to help your clients by applying what you have learned about the rights of United States Citizens.
Click here to play the game: https://www.icivics.org/games/do-i-have-right Links to an external site.
Activity #5 Enduring Understanding
In this activity, you will need to use what you have learned about the Bill of Rights to start a change in your school, home, or community. Follow the steps on the document below and write a Petition which gives many people one collective voice on an issue. Petitions start with a letter stating one’s points and end with many signatures. Anyone can start a petition, it's one of our Constitutional rights.