CARLA
Study of American Values: Freedom
Lesson 3: Freedom and the American Revolution (II)

Submitted by Anne Robertson

Objectives:

Content:
Students will...

  • explain the importance of the Constitution
  • identify a famous passage from the Constitution and state the dates of ratification for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights 
  • define and explain the importance of the Bill of Rights
  • list the basic rights protected by the Bill of Rights
  • state the historical context  for the creation of the Bill of Rights

Cultural:
Students will...

Language: Content Obligatory
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Language: Content Compatible
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Learning Strategies / Social and Skills Development:
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Time Frame:

1 90 minute period

Materials Needed:

Copies of the Constitution with its Amendments

Description of Assessment (Performance Project):

Pre-task: During-task: Read the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution Post-task:

Assessment:

References and Resources:

We the People... Unit 5

Attachments:

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