Warm Up:
1. As a citizen of the United States, what are
your rights? What are you allowed to do?
2. Why do you have these rights?
Activities:
1. Take notes/discuss Bill of Rights
2. Paintings—which painting describes which
amendment?
What is an amendment?
A minor change in a document
Bill of Rights:
The Bill of _____________ is the First 10 Amendments to
the Constitution.
These amendments provide a written guarantee of
_____________rights.
The Bill of Rights was written by James _______________.
Madison based the Bill of Rights on the Virginia
Declaration of Rights (written by George ____________)
and the Virginia Statute for Religious freedom
(written by Thomas ____________).
Virginia Declaration of Rights
“All men are by
nature equally free
and independent
and have certain
inherent
rights…namely, the
enjoyment of life
and liberty…and
pursuing…happines
s and safety.”
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
“Be it enacted by the
General assembly, that no
man shall be compelled to
frequent or support any
religious worship, place,
or ministry whatsoever…”
With your table:
Read over the Bill of Rights (First 10
Amendments) and discuss that each one
means.
Which one do you think is the most
important? Least important? Number them
1-10, 1 being most important, 10 being least.
Look at your picture:
What do you see?
Which amendment does the picture relate to?
How do you know?
Who wrote the Bill of Rights?
What is an amendment?
Name two documents that
influenced James Madison when he
was writing the Bill of Rights.
Who wrote the VA Declaration of
Rights?
Who wrote the VA Statute of
Religious Freedom?
What is a Constitution?
How many branches of government
did the Constitution create?
Who is the head of the executive
branch?
Acrostic Poem:
Write an acrostic poem to describe the Bill of Rights:
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