Bill of Rights Project (2007)
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Bill of Rights Project (2007) |
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What we'll do in this project:
Groups of students in your class will work together to develop a persuasive Power Point presentation. You'll research one of the Amendments in the Bill of Rights and try to convince the teacher and the "Archivist of the United States" that your Amendment deserves the title "Most Important Civil Liberty".
Project Timeline:
November 14, 2008: Project Announcement
November 17, 2008: Select groups and Amendments to research (when finished with
Chapter 19 test)
November 19, 2008: All classes meet in the LHS Media Center for Library
Orientation and preliminary project work
November 19-25, 2008: Classes meet daily in the Media Center for research and
project development
November 21, 2007: Hard Copy Briefing (groups turn in project folders for
preliminary evaluation at the end of their class period on this day)
November 24, 2008: Folders returned. Classes continue to work on
projects.
November 25, 2008: Last day for project. Project concludes with each
group demonstrating their presentation to Mrs. Wagler and Mr. Armes or me.
Project Forms:
Project Guidelines
sheet
Project
Announcement sheet
Project Evaluation Form
Extra Storyboards for
Power Point planning
Text of the Bill of Rights
Power Point Help:
Power
Point in the Classroom
Florida Gulf Coast
University Office 2000 Tutorial (similar to Power Point 2003)
Power Point
Links (a lot of good resources here)
CyberSleuth Kids Power Point page (several resources)
Examples of similar Power Point presentations done by LHS Seniors
in 1997 ("The Modern Presidency")
Bill of Rights Resources:
ATTENTION: This is not a complete list of resources on this topic. You may wish to do some searching using Google or another search engine. Check this search help webpage for more information about how to effectively find information about your topic.
BE SURE, also, to check with Mrs. Wagler about resources the Media Center has, such as INSPIRE and NEWSBANK.
C-SPAN Classroom website (see Mr. Hutchison or Mrs. Wagler for username and password for this site)
Discovery Education Streaming (United Streaming) (see Mr. Hutchison or Mrs. Wagler for username and password for this site)
National Archives Page on the Bill of Rights (includes several resources)
US Constitution.net Page on the Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights Institute Home Page
Microsoft Encarta Bill of Rights Article
FindLaw Amendments Page (be sure to use the annotations for the amendments)
National Constitution Center Amendments page
James Madison Center Bill of Rights page
Letter by Madison to Jefferson regarding a Bill of Rights
Views of Thomas Jefferson about a Bill of Rights
American Civil Liberties Union Brief History of the Bill of Rights
Landmark Supreme Court cases dealing with the Bill of Rights
FindLaw US Constitution case search
Project created by Michael Hutchison, Lincoln High School Government teacher
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