Agenda

1. Lessons that guide students to understand why and how the Bill of Rights was created.

2. Activities include: texts, interactives, movie clips, primary sources, etc.

3. All materials are on the Stavros Center website http://stavros.coedu.usf.edu/

https://www.archives.gov/legislative/resources/education/bill-of-rights

James Madison

Rights in the Classroom• What specific protections for individuals

apply to students?• What specific protections for individuals

apply to teachers?• Are these sets of protections distinct from

one another or shared to some degree?• What limits are placed on the authority of

teachers?• What limits are placed on the authority of

students?• What limits on authority do they share?

(For instance, school rules and class policies limit student's authority to decide certain issues, while contracts and school policies limit certain actions by teachers.)

Analyzing the Bill of Rights

Exploring the History of the Bill of Rights

Proposed Amendments by the House Proposed Amendments by the Senate

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/bill-of-rights/

https://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/bill-of-rights/

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/explaining-bill-rights

http://constitutioncenter.org/learn/educational-resources/lesson-plans/we-the-civics-kids-lesson-3-the-bill-of-rights

Amendment Movies

http://www.ranker.com/list/the-27-constitutional-amendments-explained-in-movies/randolph?var=2&utm_expid=16418821-236.qe6twHodSxK1sqi9f_VnIg.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F