The Bill of Rights: Debating the Amendments

In this lesson, students will examine a copy of twelve possible amendments to the United States Constitution as originally sent to the states for their ratification in September of 1789. Students will debate and vote on which of these amendments they would ratify and compare their resulting “Bill of Rights” to the ten amendments ratified by ten states that have since been known by this name.

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Standards

Massachusetts, New York, Hawaii, Texas, Michigan, Alabama, North Carolina, Idaho, Utah, Minnesota, Alaska, North Dakota, Illinois, Vermont, Mississippi, Arizona, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Washington, Montana, California, Oregon, Kansas, West Virginia, Nebraska, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Nevada, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Louisiana, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Delaware, South Carolina, Maine, Common Core, New Jersey, Florida, South Dakota, Maryland, New Mexico, Georgia, Tennessee, NCSS, National Standards for Civics and Government

Grades

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 6, 7

Subjects

Legislative Branch/Congress

Resource Types

Lesson Plans, Primary Sources

Teaching Strategies

Individual Work, Writing, Debate, Analysis, Case Study, Whole Class, Small Group, Small Group Discussion

Civic Days

Constitution Day

Constitution Articles

Bill of Rights, Constitution Day, Constitutional Convention, Meaning of Constitution

Tags

ratification, constitutional amendments