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I. Step One: Introduction: The Bill of Rights: the Essential Rights of every American! (10 minutes) {Show PowerPoint slide 1}

A. Welcome and Introduction 1. Brief review of last weeks lesson and assignments. 2. Ask the class if they have any questions about last weeks assignments 3. Introduce this weeks assignment 4. Give each student a copy of the Bill of Rights handout 5. Introduce each Bill of Right and explain it. {Using the Bill of Rights PowerPoint Presentation} 6. Lesson example below: Welcome Class! Good morning/ afternoon/ evening,
Today/ tonight we are learning about the Bill of Rights, how it is important in the United States, how it defines the laws within our country, and how they may apply to an American citizen. This lesson will focus on defining the bill of rights, explaining and understanding it, and finally applying the bill of rights within realistic scenarios. We will define the following key terms: Bill of Rights, amendment, bear arms, quartered, search/seizure, search warrant, probable cause, indicted, double jeopardy, selfincrimination, civil trial, and finally criminal trial. Last week we learned about the American national government and how government was created to help its citizens. We learned the important positions and jobs a legislator has, we learned about the three types of government, the three branches of government, how governments collaborate, and how governments are funded. Does anyone have any questions about last weeks lesson? {Allow students 1minute to answer the question and the instructor has 5 minutes to answer their questions.} This week our focus is shifting to learning about the bill of rights and why it is very important for us to understand these first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution. II. Step Two: The Bill of Rights! (20 minutes) Lecture {Show PowerPoint slides 2-14}

A. Lecture (Begin Lesson) 1. Explain: The Bill of Rights 2. Define and explain the key term Bill of Rights 3. Briefly review the key term Amendment 4. Explain the 2nd Amendment 5. Define and explain the key term Bear Arms 6. Explain the 3rd Amendment 7. Define and explain the key term Quartered 8. Explain the 4th Amendment 9. Define and explain the key terms: Search & Seizure; Search Warrant; and Probable Cause.

10. Explain the 5th Amendment 11. Define and explain the key term Indicted, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination. 12. Briefly review the 1st 5 amendments 13. Explain the 6th Amendment 14. Briefly review the key term U.S. Constitution 15. Explain the 7th Amendment 16. Explain the 8th Amendment 17. Explain the 9th Amendment 18. Explain the 10th Amendment 19. Briefly Review the last 5 amendments 20. Guided Practice: Bill of Rights Guided Practice Worksheet 21. Ask if there are any questions about the guided practice worksheet 22. Lesson example below: The bill of rights is the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution that was created in 1789; it is defined by the legal dictionary.com as declaring the issued rights and freedoms of U.S. citizens in each state, local, and national government within the United States (Legal Dictionary.com, 2011). The Bill of Rights was created to limit the power of the U.S. government and protect the natural rights and property of its citizens (Archives.gov, 2011). This week we are learning about the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution, does anyone remember the key term amendment from our previous lesson? (Allow volunteers to answer the questionallow 1-3 minutes for the student to answer.) James Madison, one of the U.S. founders, introduced the Bill of Rights to the First U.S. Congress; the Bill of Rights was later adopted by the First House of Representatives on August, 21st, 1789(Archives.gov, 2011). It was added to the U.S. Constitution on December 15, 1791 through the process called ratification by of the states during that time. The key term ratification is defined by Dictionary.com as a way to confirm that something is true (Dictionary.com, 2011). Lets begin with the Bill of Rights lesson! {Give each student a copy of the Bill of Rights Handout: The Bill of Rights Handout (See above)} Begin the lesson: The first amendment The 1st Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition. The first right of the 1st amendment allows us to practice any religion we want to, this means you are free to practice a lawful abiding religion, for example, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, New age, or Buddhism. The second right of the 1st amendment is to speak freely, for example, if you are not please with your legislators you can say I think the legislators are performing poorly in office. No one will place you in jail because you are speaking freely. The third right of the 1st amendment, allow us to assemble (to meet) peacefully. This means we can assemble peacefully to protest the injustice of an event or a persons actions. For example, we learned about the nonviolent protests of Martin Luther King, Jr. 2 weeks ago. The fourth right of the 1st amendment is the right to address the government (signing or creating a petition). For example, if we wanted a law placed to protect our children from cyber predators, we would work together and create a petition, ask registered voters to sign it and submit it to our local congress person in office. The final right of the 1st amendment is the right to publish newspapers, TV, radio, Internet (press).

For example, The New York Times has the right to publish their newspapers and CNN on TV has the right to air their newscast. The second bill of right is

Step Three: The Bill of Rights Game (10 minutes) Group Collaboration/ Team building See the Bill of Rights Game 1. Pre-assign the class into small groups, the class small groups will consist of students who are strong and weak in English and Civics to allow students to have a fair amount within each group. 2. Read the Game instructions to the class (It is posted on the games website page.) 3. Remind the class of the class rules, class expectations for respecting other students and the instructor. IV. Step Four: Group Assessment (20 minutes) - The Bill of Rights: What it means to me! Handout 1. Today you will remain in your groups and complete a worksheet titled The Bill of Rights: What it means to me! 2. Instructions: You will have 15 minutes to complete the form and 5 minutes to discuss it with your group members. 3. You will have 20 minutes total to complete this exercise. When you have completed the exercise please gather them and hand them to your instructor. V. Step Five: Reflection & Closure (15 minutes): Review & Close the Lesson {Show PowerPoint slide 12-14} III.