Time Travel with the Constitution

The Constitutional Convention

The Bill of RightsGrade 6

Patti Gehred

Mishal Peterangelo

Table of Contents

Activities & Web Sites• American Heritage

Slides 3 - 6• People in Societies

Slides 7 - 10• World Interactions

Slides 11-13• Citizenship Rights &

Responsibilities

Slides 14 - 16

• Democratic Processes

Slides 17 - 19• Decision Making &

Resources

Slides 20-22• Science, Technology, &

Society

Slides 23-25

American Heritage

Activities• Students will create a timeline that

includes significant historical events after the Revolutionary War.

• Students will read biographies about the framers of the Constitution.

• Working in groups, students will role play the Constitutional Convention.

Washington

American Heritage (continued)

• Students will collect newspaper articles related to the impact of the Bill of Rights on today’s culture.

• Working in small groups, students will research court cases from past and present which were debated based on the Bill of Rights.

American Heritage Web Sites

• National Archives and Records Administration

www.nara.gov/exhall/exhibits.html• An Interactive Guide to the Bill of Rights

www.cyberlearning-world.com• The Bill of Rights is for us Today

www.col-ed.org

American Heritage Web Sites (continued)

* Picture Books and the Bill of Rights

www.constitutioncenter.org

*Teaching the 1st Amendment

www.constitutioncenter.org

*Explaining the Bill of Rights

www.educationworld.com

*Human Rights

www.erc.hrea.org

*America’s Freedom Document

www.education-world-com

Madison

People in Societies

• Students will explore Search and Seizure amendment.

• Students will hold a mock court hearing discussing rights of student and rights of the teacher, who had seized the students’ property

People in Societies

• Working in groups, students will make a chart including, rights in school, rights at home, and rights in public. Group will present to class.

• Teacher will request class to study ‘government’ without any requirements or support given. After chaos ensues, class will discuss the importance of rules and guidelines.

People in Societies (continued)

• Write a letter (email), to current representative discussing current events or issues, with recommended actions.

People in Societies Web Sites

*The Bill of Rights

www.tlc.ai.org

*U.S. Constitutional Government

www.members.aol.com

*In Congress

www.rs6.loc.gov

*US Government-Amendment Page

www.lessonplanet.com

*Congress Link

www.congresslink.orgFranklin

World Interactions

• Compare and contrast how United States celebrates Independence Day with at least three other countries, such as Canada or France.

• Compare and contrast our democratic government with communist, socialist governments.

• Research government structures based on monarchies

World Interactions

• Compare the International Bill of Rights, drafted by the United Nations, to the United States Bill of Rights.

• Students will prepare a Bill of Rights for an imaginary country.

World Interactions Web Sites

* We the People

www.indiana.edu

* American History Lessons

www.discoveryschool.com

* Dear Mrs. Roosevelt

www.lacoe.edu/doc

* Constitutional Communications

www.csun.edu/~hcedu013

* Story of the Bill of Rights

www.cloudnet.com

Citizenship Rights & Responsibilites

• Students will make a collage using newspaper and magazine articles depicting the roles of the three branches of government.

• Students will create a Bill of rights on poster board for a Classroom Constitution.

Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities continued

• Students will watch a vintage clip of the “Andy Griffith” show, where Barney attempts to recite the Preamble of the Constitution.

• Using a game show format, students will compete to recite the Preamble of the Constitution.

• Students will debate which amendment is the most important.

Citizenship Web Sites

* Message of the Constitution

www.congresslink.org

* History of the Constitution

www.congresslink.org

* Bill of Rights Discussion

www.constitutionctr.org

* Bill of Rights Quiz

www.teachervision.com

* Rights Guaranteed

www.pacificnet.net

Democratic Processes

• Students will work as a group to prepare a Bill of Rights, following a class vote, one will be chosen as the class constitution.

• Students will draw political cartoons.

• Students will use a decision-making grid to compare positive and negative considerations.

Democratic Processes

• Students will write a poem about the three branches of government.

• Students will trace the development of democratic ideas and individual rights in selected societies.

• Students will discuss how policies and actions of government can protect individual rights and freedoms.

Democratic Processes Web Sites

* Bill or Rights and the Supreme Court

www.schooldiscovery.com

* Constitutional Activities

www.numa.niti.org

* Making a Bill of Rights

www.dent.edmonds,wednet.edu

* Democracy and the Constitution

www.pointnet.scoca.k12.com

*Present Issues and the Constitution

www.studyweb.com

Decision Making and Resources

• Students will create a newspaper discussing school wide issues.

• Students will debate and discuss how to address school violence within the framework of the Bill of Rights.

• Students will list weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation, that led to the creation of the Constitution.

Decision Making and Resources(continued)

• Students will discuss state rights, versus federal rights and how this affects individual rights.

• Students will create a new amendment that specifically protects the rights of children.

Decision Making and Resources Web Sites

*Bill of Rights and Local Issues

www.msnbc.com

* Government/Student Rights

www.ollaquicksource.com

* Reorganization of Bill of Rights

www.ericir.syr.ed

*A Modern Bill of Rights

www.home.rcia.net

* Search and Seizure

www.ofcn.orgHamilton

Science and Society

• Students will debate the ethical issues resulting from cloning.

• Students will construct an Internet Bill of Rights for the classroom and at home.

• Students will discuss whether “Freedom of Speech” rights should allow anything to be put on the Internet.

“Dolly”

Science and Society continued

• Students will prepare a Power Point presentation on a framer of the Constitution they have selected.

• Students will conduct and online debate with another classroom about whether school uniforms should be mandatory.

Science and Society Web Sites

* Bill of Rights - Today

www.rims.k12.ca.us

* Mock Trials

www.streetlaws.org

* Study of Constitution

www.lessonplanet.com

* Implementation Bill of Rights

www.lessonplanspage.com

* The Constitution Web

www.cyberlearning-world.com