Description
Engage your students while learning the Bill of Rights with a reading, Doodle Notes™, and a structured discussion. Your students will read about the Bill of Rights, and discuss key issues to help them understand their individual rights as an American citizen.
In this activity, students will read about the history of the Bill of Rights and the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. Each one page reading is designed to support students has a corresponding section to complete on the Doodle Notes™. A structured discussion is embedded into the resource, so your students will read then debate key issues surrounding their personal freedoms. This resource is also available in Google Slides™.
In this activity you will receive:
–Nine Word Wall terms for the Bill of Rights and a Vocabulary Choice Board Activity,
–Four content pages of reading that includes information on the history of the Bill of Rights (James Madison and George Mason), and each of the 10 Amendments in an easy to read chart. The Bill of Rights chart includes an explanation of each amendment and the grievance addressed from the Declaration of Independence.
-A Structured Discussion activity in 3 rounds to review key content and understand their rights,
–Chat Cards for sentence starters in the discussion,
–Google Slides™ and
–Keys.
Please download the preview for detailed directions and samples.
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5th Grade Social Studies TEKS
(3) History. The student understands the significant individuals who contributed to the creation of the U.S. Constitution and the government it established. The student is expected to identify the contributions of Founding Fathers James Madison and George Mason who helped create the U.S. Constitution.
(14) Government. The student understands important ideas in the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. The student is expected to:
(C) explain the reasons for the creation of the Bill of Rights and its importance.
(19) Citizenship. The student understands the fundamental rights of American citizens guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. The student is expected to describe the fundamental rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, including freedom of religion, speech, and press; the right to assemble and petition the government; the right to keep and bear arms; the right to trial by jury; and the right to an attorney.
(23) Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:
(A) differentiate between, locate, and use valid primary and secondary sources such as technology; interviews; biographies; oral, print, and visual material; documents; and artifacts to acquire information about the United States;
(B) analyze information by applying absolute and relative chronology through sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;
(C) organize and interpret information in outlines, reports, databases, and visuals, including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps;
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