THE CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND ME, OH MY!
By Tina Coville-Bauder

• A Country without a government -- 4 Corners activity
• The Preamble sets the goals for the Constitution
• The 7 Basic Principles of the Constitution -- Search and Prove with Documents -- Cooperative Groups Political Cartoons
• Branches of Government and how it all works
• The Amendment Process
• The Bill of Rights and Later Amendments
• State and Local Governments
• Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
• The Presidential Election 2004
• Where do you stand? activity -- Presidential debate issues based on Political spectrum
• Middle School Presidential Election and analysis of votes
• We the Jury -- Simulation
• Connections Assignments -- see format; Howmework assignments and Journals using Newspaper Articles connected with amendments
• Letter to Representative/ Official seeking change
• Journals/ Photo Journals on COnstitutional issues (see Issues and COntroversies site)
• Make a Difference Project (see project description)

• Identify the 7 basic principles of the United States Constitution.
• Understand the Rights protected by the Bill of Rights.
• Understand Amendment 6 and appreciate the role and responsibility that American Citizens play in the judicial system by participating in the jury process.
• Understand and connect current and historical issues to the rights protected by the Constitution.
• Explain connected thoughts in writing.

• 7 Basic Principles of the U.S. Constitution -- Problem based document search
• We the Jury Simulation -- based on Amendment 6
• Connection assignments as journals and as homework -- based on the Bill of Rights and later Amendments

• The U.S. Constitution
• Bill of Rights (specifically Amendment 6)

• We the Jury booklets/ handouts
• U.S. Constitution
• Text Book -- The American Nation
• Connections Assignment overview

• Active Participation in student-led class discussions
• Accurately completed -- 7 Basic Principles Chart
• Political Cartoons of 7 Basic Principles
• We the Jury -- Quiz
• Participation in Jury process -- in character
• Connections Assignments

• Issues and Controversies -- Database --
• www.southseneca.com
• Library and Media Center (in black column on left)
• South Seneca Online Databases
• Issues and Controversies
• Login -- senmshs
• Password -- facts
• Special Features
• Photos charts/graphs