Ms.

Stacey’s American Government Bill of Rights Lesson Plan

Purpose of the Project

The purpose of this project is to assess students’ knowledge and understanding of the Bill
of Rights by explaining the following: what each amendment means and why it’s so important,
and then creating a visual image to show what it looks like. In addition, students will apply their
understanding of certain amendments by finding an article of an event in the United States (either
online or from a newspaper), summarizing the article and then analyze how this connecting it to
the Constitution. Finally, they will do the same with a political cartoon. There are also some extra
credit opportunities.

Objectives
● Students will show their knowledge and understanding of each of the amendments in the
Bill of Rights.
● Students will explain the meaning of each amendment.
● Students will explain why each amendment is important.
● Students will create a visual image of each amendment to show their understanding.
● Students will summarize and analyze a news article to show the connection this event has
to the Constitution.
● Students will explain the meaning of a political cartoon and analyze it to show the
connection of the event the political cartoon is depicting to the Constitution.

Learning Targets
● I can explain the meaning of each amendment.
● I can explain why each amendment is important.
● I can create a visual image of each amendment to show that I understand it.
● I can summarize a news article.
● I can analyze a news article to show the connection between the event the news article is
describing and the Constitution.
● I can explain the meaning of a political cartoon.
● I can analyze a political cartoon to show its connection to the Constitution.

Standards
California History/Social Science Standards

12.2 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the scope and limits of rights and
obligations as democratic citizens, the relationships among them, and how they are
secured. 1. Discuss the meaning and importance of each of the rights guaranteed under the
Bill of Rights and how each is secured (e.g., freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly,
petition, privacy).
California Common Core Reading for History Standards 11-12

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and

secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an
understanding of the text as a whole.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information
presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in
words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.6-8.7: Integrate visual
information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information
in print and digital texts

Resources:
● Project Directions
● Project Examples
● News Article Summary Chart
● Grading sheet

Directions:
1. In order for students to be able to complete this project well, they will need to know how
to both summarize and analyze a news article and explain and analyze a political cartoon.
They will also need to know what a political cartoon is and how to make meaning of it.
The two samples I have included, from 2010 and 2011 are excellent resources to help you
teach summary and analysis. In addition, I have included a News Article Summary Chart
for your students.
2. I suggest before going over the directions and showing the examples, work through a
political cartoon and news article with the students. Have them complete the chart either
as a whole class or with a partner or small group. Depending on your time, it you could
start by working with the whole class on summarizing and analyzing an article and a
political cartoon and then give your students an article and a political cartoon to practice
with a partner or a small group.
3. Once the students have had practice summarizing and analyzing, explain the different
parts of the directions to them. If you have the kind of students who are overwhelmed by
many components, go over Part 1 one day and have the students get started in class on it.
Then on another day, go over Parts 2 and 3.
4. My deadline for this project is 2 weeks.
5. Grading the project. I assign points to each part. For example, since Part 1 has so many
separate amendments, I assign 5 points for each amendment. Since Amendments 1 and 5
have 10 separate clauses that’s 50 points there. The other 8 amendments are 40 points in
total. For the news article and the political cartoons, I assign 10 points. I make the cover
and the table of contents 5 points each. The total project is worth 130 points
6. I have provided a grading sheet which the students use to check off what their project
should have and then room for the teacher to comment.
 This is an assessment to show your understanding of the Bill of Rights and how it
applies to our lives today. It is in three parts. Part 2 and 3 will require that you either
find an event from a newspaper article or online and a political cartoon, either from a
newspaper or online.

Directions:
Your Project should have
● A cover titled: Bill of Rights Project.
● A Table of Contents.
● The following after the Table of Contents:
○ Part 1: The Bill of Rights
○ Part 2: The Bill of Rights Today
○ Part 3: Political Cartoons
○ Extra Credit (if you do this)
● Your project should be typed and proofread.

Part 1: The Bill of Rights: What is says, What it means, Why it matters, What it
Looks Like
For this part, you will do the following for each of the 10 amendments.
● Copy the original text of the amendment.
● Explain what it means in your own words.
● Explain why it’s so important
● Show what the amendment looks like (this could be a drawing, a word cloud with
important terms and phrases, or an example from the internet
● Make sure you cite your sources
● IMPORTANT NOTE: For Amendments 1 and 5, you will need to explain what each of the
5 parts of each of these amendments means, why each is so important, what each looks
like.
● See what a sample page would look like below.
Part 2: The Bill of Rights Today
● Find an event in the news today that shows the Bill of Rights in action.
● Include either a newspaper clipping of the event or a downloaded article.
● The current events must take place in the United States.
● Summarize the article and then show how it connects to the Bill of Rights. Complete the
News Article Summary Chart
○ When summarizing, make sure you explain who, what, where, when, why, and
how (if applicable) in paragraph form.
○ Make sure in your summary you cite the article you are summarizing and if there
is a an author, mention him or her. Say where the clipping or article comes from
(your source) and the date.
○ Don’t forget to connect it to our amendments. Your analysis must show your
thoughts and opinions on how the news story shows the First Amendment:
Freedom of the Press, and another amendment at work. How does the news
story relate to these amendments? In other words, explain how the quote from
the text of the amendment connects with the news story.
● Extra Credit: Do more than one news event.
● See my example below. Note: Not all events will have a picture and that is okay.

Part 3: Political Cartoons and Freedom of Speech and the Press:

● Find 2 political cartoons in the newspaper or online.
● Explain what each political cartoon is poking fun at or commenting on. You might need
to do a little research to understand the political cartoon.
● Explain how it is an example of Amendment 1 and possibly another Amendment. Your
analysis must show your thoughts and opinions on how the political cartoon shows the
First Amendment: Freedom of the Press, and another amendment at work. How does the
political cartoon relate to these amendments? In other words, explain how the quote
from the text of the amendment connects with the political cartoon.

Alternative to Part 3 or Extra Credit:

● Make up your own political cartoons about something to do with the amendments.
● Draw and color the cartoon or shade it really well.
● Make sure you have a caption.
● Then explain what amendment it is showing and what the incident is that prompted it.
● You can do 2 of these to replace Part 3 or you can do one of your own and one for Part 3.
Or you can do one or two for extra credit.

Websites to help you with this project:

● FOR NEWS ARTICLES: NPR.org; CNN.com; MSNBC.com; news.yahoo.com;
google.news.com; ABC News
● FOR POLITICAL CARTOONS: politicalcartoons.com; www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons;
editorialcartoonists.com;

REMEMBER: YOUR POLITICAL CARTOONS AND NEWS ARTICLE SHOULD BE ABOUT NEWS
FROM THIS SCHOOL YEAR, NOT FROM LAST YEAR OR EARLIER THAN THAT.
Part 1 Example:
This is an example of what one page looks like. You will do this for each of the amendments. The first
and fifth amendments both have 5 parts to them. You will need to create a page for each part of those
amendments. In total, Part 1, should have 18 pages. (9 pages for amendments 2-4, 6-10 and 5 pages for
amendment 1 and 5 pages for amendment 5).

FIRST AMENDMENT
Original Text:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the

free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the
people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

FIRST AMENDMENT : FREEDOM OF SPEECH

What it means:
Here you will explain what the First Amendment: Freedom of Speech means. Write a detailed
thoughtful, paragraph.

Why it matters:
Here you will explain why Freedom of Speech is so important to our nation and to individuals.
Write a detailed, thoughtful paragraph.

Freedom of Speech looks like…

Part 2 Example:

Montana Radio Shack offers free gun or pizza with satellite TV purchase
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/28/montana-radio-shack-offers-free-gun-or-pizza-with-sa
tellite-tv-purchase/
March 28, 2011; Hamilton, Montana
A Radio Shack owner in Montana has upped foot traffic at his Hamilton store by offering free guns for new satellite television subscribers, according to a local paper.
Fear not, those opposed to gun ownership and those who might fail background checks. You can have free pizza instead.
The sign says it all: “Protect yourself with Dish Network. Sign up now. Get free gun.” (The real marquee has no periods, so I took a little punctuative license.)

Owner Steve Strand told the Ravalli Republic that the promotion “really, really fits the Bitterroot Valley,” while

manager Fabian Levy told the newspaper that the gimmick had “been really successful.”
Strand said the promotion, which began in October, has tripled his business and lured
hundreds of people curious about the sign. Only one person who “didn’t understand how it
works” has reacted negatively, he said.
“We have people literally stop in to take pictures of the sign,” Levy added.
 Simply sign a contract, purchase certain equipment, set up an installation date and
congratulations! You could be the proud owner of a Hi-Point .380-caliber handgun or a
20-gauge shotgun from Frontier Guns & Ammo, which is just north of town. If you don’t want a
gat or can’t pass the background check (which the Republic reports is also free with the satellite
TV subscription), you can still have a $50 Pizza Hut gift card.
Strand told the newspaper that other Radio Shack owners in the state were too scared to
follow his lead. Even Dish Network had its doubts but agreed to the idea after months of talks
with Strand, the newspaper said.
“They've never had a gun promotion before, so they're a little nervous about it,” Strand
said. “It's been an uphill battle with Dish.”

Summary:
Since October, 2010, Steve Strand, a Hamilton, Montana Radio Shack owner is offering a
special deal for any new subscribers to satellite TV. Sign up for Dish Network and get a free gun,
specifically a Hi-Point .380 caliber handgun or a 20-gauge shotgun. If you don’t pass the
background check or if you don’t want the gun, you can get a $50.00 pizza gift card. Strand says
his business has benefited from the promotion.

Connection to the Constitution:

Amendment 2 guarantees the right to own a gun. However, there are some gun control
laws that have limited this right. In this event, the owner of the Radio Shack is affirming his
belief that people should have the right to own a gun.
Amendment 1: The business owner, Steve Strand, is exercising his 1st Amendment right
to freedom of speech by posting his offer on his sign. Cnn.com is exercising their 1st
Amendment right to freedom of the press by writing the article about this event.

Part 3 Example: Political Cartoon

“Arizon Papers Please” 2010

by Daniel Kurtzman
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/politicalcartoons/ig/Political-
Cartoons/Arizona--Papers-Please-Law-.htm
Explanation of the Political Cartoon
The political cartoon above, “Papers Please,” is an example of Amendment 1 and Amendment 4.
This political cartoon is focused on Arizona’s Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe
Neighborhoods Act (introduced as Arizona Senate Bill 1070 and thus often referred to simply
as Arizona SB 1070). The law was the strictest anti-immigrantion law in the nation and would
have required that immigrants carry their papers at all times, and that if they were stopped by
law enforcement, they had to produce them. This law was specifically meant to detain and
deport undocumented immigrants, known as illegal aliens in immigration law. Critics said that
it would increase racial profiling. The United States Supreme Court struck down the law in 2011.

Connection to the Constitution:

Amendment 1: The political cartoon, “Papers Please” is an example of Amendment 1, freedom
of the press, because it was published both online and in a newspaper. freedom of the press.
The cartoonist is criticizing Arizona’s anti-immigration law without fear of being thrown into
jail.

Amendment 4: It is also an example of Amendment 4 because the law would have allowed a
law enforcement official to search and seize a person without producing a warrant. The
cartoonist is showing that the law is infringing on and violating our constitutional rights.
People are being targeted because of the color of their skin, their accent, the way they look, or
what their last name is. Anyone who might be construed to be an illegal immigrant can be
stopped and papers can be demanded. In this case, the Statue of Liberty, holding a copy of the
Constitution, has been stopped.
News Article Summary Chart
Summaries are short explanations of a news article. They do not express your opinion but
simply the facts of the story. Your summary should be a short paragraph of 4 to 5 sentences. It
should only focus on the 5 Ws and H (who, what, where, when, why, and how) of the story. That
will help you write the main idea of the article.
Read your news article. Then read it a second time and complete the chart below. After you
have completed the chart, look at your information. Do you have enough information to show
the main idea of the article? Do you have too many details? Decide what to keep and what to
leave out. Then write your summary.

Title of Article: _______________________________________________________________________

Author (if there is one): ________________________________________________________________
Date: _______________________ Newspaper or news outlet: ________________________________
URL: ________________________________________________________________________________

WHO?
(Who is the article about?)

WHAT?
(What is the article talking about? What
is the event the article is describing?)

WHERE?
(Where does the news story take place?)

WHEN?
(When does it take place--the date?)

**WHY?
(Why is this article being written? Why
did this event happen? What is the
purpose?)

**HOW?
How did the event happen? How did it
take place?)

** Note: not every news story has a why or how.

Grading Sheet
For the student: check off each item as you complete it.

√ off Component of the Project Points Teacher comments

each Amendment, original text, what it
item means, why it matters, and visual

Cover and Table of Contents and

Project is put together correctly

Amendment 1 original text

Amendment 1 Freedom of Religion:

what it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 1 Freedom of Speech:what

it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 1 Freedom of the Press:

what it means, why it matters, and
visual:

Amendment 1 the Right to Assemble:

what it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 1 the Right to Petition:

what it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 2: the Right to Bear Arms:

original text: what it means, why it
matters, and visual

Amendment 3: No Quartering of
Soldiers original text: what it means,
why it matters, and visual

Amendment 4: the Right to Privacy

original text: what it means, why it
matters, and visual

Amendment 5 original text

Amendment 5: Rights of the Accused:

what it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 5: Double Jeopardy: what

it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 5: Self-incrim- ination:

what it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 5: Due Process: what it

means, why it matters, and visual
 Amendment 5: Eminent Domain: what
it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 6: Fair and Speedy Trials

original text: what it means, why it
matters, and visual

Amendment 7: Jury Trials in Civil

Cases original text: what it means, why
it matters, and visual

Amendment 8: Bails, Fines and

Punishments original text: what it
means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 9: Rights of the People

original text: what it means, why it
matters, and visual

Amendment 10: States Rights original

text: what it means, why it matters, and
visual

News Article summary and analysis

Political Cartoon 1 explanation and

analysis

Political Cartoon 2 explanation and

analysis

Extra Credit

Score and Grade: _______________________________ Teacher Comments Overall:

t you either find an event from a newspaper article or online and a political cartoon, either
from a newspaper or online.
Directions:
Your Project should have
● A cover titled: Bill of Rights Project.
● A Table of Contents.
● The following after the Table of Contents:
○ Part 1: The Bill of Rights
○ Part 2: The Bill of Rights Today
○ Part 3: Political Cartoons
○ Extra Credit (if you do this)
● Your project should be typed and proofread.

Part 1: The Bill of Rights: What is says, What it means, Why it matters, What it Looks
Like
For this part, you will do the following for each of the 10 amendments.
● Copy the original text of the amendment.
● Explain what it means in your own words.
● Explain why it’s so important
● Show what the amendment looks like (this could be a drawing, a word cloud with
important terms and phrases, or an example from the internet
● Make sure you cite your sources
● IMPORTANT NOTE: For Amendments 1 and 5, you will need to explain what each of the 5
parts of each of these amendments means, why each is so important, what each looks like.
● See what a sample page would look like below.

Part 2: The Bill of Rights Today

● Find an event in the news today that shows the Bill of Rights in action.
● Include either a newspaper clipping of the event or a downloaded article.
● The current events must take place in the United States.
● Summarize the article and then show how it connects to the Bill of Rights. Complete the
News Article Summary Chart
○ When summarizing, make sure you explain who, what, where, when, why, and
how (if applicable) in paragraph form.
○ Make sure in your summary you cite the article you are summarizing and if there is
a an author, mention him or her. Say where the clipping or article comes from
(your source) and the date.
○ Don’t forget to connect it to our amendments. Your analysis must show your
thoughts and opinions on how the news story shows the First Amendment:
Freedom of the Press, and another amendment at work. How does the news story
relate to these amendments? In other words, explain how the quote from the text
of the amendment connects with the news story.
● Extra Credit: Do more than one news event.
● See my example below. Note: Not all events will have a picture and that is okay.

Part 3: Political Cartoons and Freedom of Speech and the Press:

● Find 2 political cartoons in the newspaper or online.
 ● Explain what each political cartoon is poking fun at or commenting on. You might need to
do a little research to understand the political cartoon.
● Explain how it is an example of Amendment 1 and possibly another Amendment. Your
analysis must show your thoughts and opinions on how the political cartoon shows the
First Amendment: Freedom of the Press, and another amendment at work. How does the
political cartoon relate to these amendments? In other words, explain how the quote from
the text of the amendment connects with the political cartoon.

Alternative to Part 3 or Extra Credit:

● Make up your own political cartoons about something to do with the amendments.
● Draw and color the cartoon or shade it really well.
● Make sure you have a caption.
● Then explain what amendment it is showing and what the incident is that prompted it.
● You can do 2 of these to replace Part 3 or you can do one of your own and one for Part 3. Or
you can do one or two for extra credit.

Websites to help you with this project:

● FOR NEWS ARTICLES: NPR.org; CNN.com; MSNBC.com; news.yahoo.com;
google.news.com; ABC News
● FOR POLITICAL CARTOONS: politicalcartoons.com; www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons;
editorialcartoonists.com;

REMEMBER: YOUR POLITICAL CARTOONS AND NEWS ARTICLE SHOULD BE ABOUT NEWS
FROM THIS SCHOOL YEAR, NOT FROM LAST YEAR OR EARLIER THAN THAT.
Part 1 Example:
This is an example of what one page looks like. You will do this for each of the amendments. The first and
fifth amendments both have 5 parts to them. You will need to create a page for each part of those
amendments. In total, Part 1, should have 18 pages. (9 pages for amendments 2-4, 6-10 and 5 pages for
amendment 1 and 5 pages for amendment 5).

FIRST AMENDMENT
Original Text:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the
people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

FIRST AMENDMENT : FREEDOM OF SPEECH

What it means:
Here you will explain what the First Amendment: Freedom of Speech means. Write a detailed
thoughtful, paragraph.

Why it matters:
Here you will explain why Freedom of Speech is so important to our nation and to individuals.
Write a detailed, thoughtful paragraph.

Freedom of Speech looks like…

Part 2 Example:

Montana Radio Shack offers free gun or pizza with satellite TV purchase
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/28/montana-radio-shack-offers-free-gun-or-pizza-with-satel
lite-tv-purchase/

March 28, 2011; Hamilton, Montana

A Radio Shack owner in Montana has upped foot traffic at his Hamilton store by offering
free guns for new satellite television subscribers, according to a local paper.
Fear not, those opposed to gun ownership and those who might fail background checks.
You can have free pizza instead.
The sign says it all: “Protect yourself with Dish Network. Sign up now. Get free gun.” (The
real marquee has no periods, so I took a little punctuative license.)
Owner Steve Strand told the Ravalli Republic that the promotion “really, really fits the
Bitterroot Valley,” while manager Fabian Levy told the newspaper that the gimmick had “been
really successful.”
Strand said the promotion, which began in October, has tripled his business and lured
hundreds of people curious about the sign. Only one person who “didn’t understand how it
works” has reacted negatively, he said.
“We have people literally stop in to take pictures of the sign,” Levy added.
Simply sign a contract, purchase certain equipment, set up an installation date and
congratulations! You could be the proud owner of a Hi-Point .380-caliber handgun or a 20-gauge
shotgun from Frontier Guns & Ammo, which is just north of town. If you don’t want a gat or can’t
pass the background check (which the Republic reports is also free with the satellite TV
subscription), you can still have a $50 Pizza Hut gift card.
Strand told the newspaper that other Radio Shack owners in the state were too scared to
follow his lead. Even Dish Network had its doubts but agreed to the idea after months of talks
with Strand, the newspaper said.
“They've never had a gun promotion before, so they're a little nervous about it,” Strand
said. “It's been an uphill battle with Dish.”

Summary:
Since October, 2010, Steve Strand, a Hamilton, Montana Radio Shack owner is offering a
special deal for any new subscribers to satellite TV. Sign up for Dish Network and get a free gun,
specifically a Hi-Point .380 caliber handgun or a 20-gauge shotgun. If you don’t pass the
background check or if you don’t want the gun, you can get a $50.00 pizza gift card. Strand says
his business has benefited from the promotion.

Connection to the Constitution:

Amendment 2 guarantees the right to own a gun. However, there are some gun control
laws that have limited this right. In this event, the owner of the Radio Shack is affirming his belief
that people should have the right to own a gun.
Amendment 1: The business owner, Steve Strand, is exercising his 1st Amendment right to
freedom of speech by posting his offer on his sign. Cnn.com is exercising their 1st Amendment
right to freedom of the press by writing the article about this event.
Part 3 Example: Political Cartoon

“Arizon Papers Please” 2010

by Daniel Kurtzman
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/politicalcartoons/ig/Political-
Cartoons/Arizona--Papers-Please-Law-.htm

Explanation of the Political Cartoon

The political cartoon above, “Papers Please,” is an example of Amendment 1 and Amendment 4.
This political cartoon is focused on Arizona’s Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe
Neighborhoods Act (introduced as Arizona Senate Bill 1070 and thus often referred to simply as
Arizona SB 1070). The law was the strictest anti-immigrantion law in the nation and would have
required that immigrants carry their papers at all times, and that if they were stopped by law
enforcement, they had to produce them. This law was specifically meant to detain and deport
undocumented immigrants, known as illegal aliens in immigration law. Critics said that it would
increase racial profiling. The United States Supreme Court struck down the law in 2011.

Connection to the Constitution:

Amendment 1: The political cartoon, “Papers Please” is an example of Amendment 1, freedom of
the press, because it was published both online and in a newspaper. freedom of the press. The
cartoonist is criticizing Arizona’s anti-immigration law without fear of being thrown into jail.

Amendment 4: It is also an example of Amendment 4 because the law would have allowed a law
enforcement official to search and seize a person without producing a warrant. The cartoonist is
showing that the law is infringing on and violating our constitutional rights. People are being
targeted because of the color of their skin, their accent, the way they look, or what their last name
is. Anyone who might be construed to be an illegal immigrant can be stopped and papers can be
demanded. In this case, the Statue of Liberty, holding a copy of the Constitution, has been
stopped.
 News Article Summary Chart
Summaries are short explanations of a news article. They do not express your opinion but simply
the facts of the story. Your summary should be a short paragraph of 4 to 5 sentences. It should
only focus on the 5 Ws and H (who, what, where, when, why, and how) of the story. That will help
you write the main idea of the article.
Read your news article. Then read it a second time and complete the chart below. After you have
completed the chart, look at your information. Do you have enough information to show the
main idea of the article? Do you have too many details? Decide what to keep and what to leave
out. Then write your summary.

Title of Article: _______________________________________________________________________

Author (if there is one): ________________________________________________________________
Date: _______________________ Newspaper or news outlet: ________________________________
URL: ________________________________________________________________________________

WHO?
(Who is the article about?)

WHAT?
(What is the article talking about? What
is the event the article is describing?)

WHERE?
(Where does the news story take place?)

WHEN?
(When does it take place--the date?)

**WHY?
(Why is this article being written? Why
did this event happen? What is the
purpose?)

**HOW?
How did the event happen? How did it
take place?)

** Note: not every news story has a why or how.

 Grading Sheet
For the student: check off each item as you complete it.

√ off Component of the Project Points Teacher comments

each Amendment, original text, what it
item means, why it matters, and visual

Cover and Table of Contents and

Project is put together correctly

Amendment 1 original text

Amendment 1 Freedom of Religion:

what it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 1 Freedom of Speech:what

it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 1 Freedom of the Press:

what it means, why it matters, and
visual:

Amendment 1 the Right to Assemble:

what it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 1 the Right to Petition:

what it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 2: the Right to Bear Arms:

original text: what it means, why it
matters, and visual

Amendment 3: No Quartering of
Soldiers original text: what it means,
why it matters, and visual

Amendment 4: the Right to Privacy

original text: what it means, why it
matters, and visual

Amendment 5 original text

Amendment 5: Rights of the Accused:

what it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 5: Double Jeopardy: what

it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 5: Self-incrim- ination:

what it means, why it matters, and visual
 Amendment 5: Due Process: what it
means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 5: Eminent Domain: what

it means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 6: Fair and Speedy Trials

original text: what it means, why it
matters, and visual

Amendment 7: Jury Trials in Civil

Cases original text: what it means, why
it matters, and visual

Amendment 8: Bails, Fines and

Punishments original text: what it
means, why it matters, and visual

Amendment 9: Rights of the People

original text: what it means, why it
matters, and visual

Amendment 10: States Rights original

text: what it means, why it matters, and
visual

News Article summary and analysis

Political Cartoon 1 explanation and

analysis

Political Cartoon 2 explanation and

analysis

Extra Credit

Score and Grade: _______________________________ Teacher Comments Overall: