Lessons: America's Freedom Documents. Education World presents ten lesson plans for teaching about three important freedom documents -- the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
Included: Activities that involve students in creating time lines and posters, writing new amendments, and much more. Imagine turning a $4 investment into more than $4 million! That is what happened when one of the 25 known copies of the first official printing of the Declaration of Independence sold at a Sotheby's online auction for $8.14 million dollars -- a record for an Internet sale. The copy had been concealed behind an old, torn painting; the man who purchased the painting at a flea market bought it because he liked the frame. LESSON PLAN: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. Background These lesson plans should be integrated with a class reading of the picture book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt.
The lesson plans are broadly appropriate for all primary grade levels; you may wish to tailor the plans to your specific class group. The first plan includes a list of concepts you may wish to discuss with students before or after reading the book. This is followed simply by a list of terms taken from the text that you may wish to issue for your weekly vocabulary and/or spelling test, dependent upon the grade level of your students.
Last is a lesson plan for a class activity that will encourage students to think more deeply about their knowledge of historical slavery in America and gain an empathetic understanding of some commonplace situations of the 19th century American South. Concepts presented in Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt 1. 2. 3. A. 1st Grade - Act. 09: Freedom Quilt Lesson Plan. Barnyard Protest: Cows, Chickens & Fundamental Freedoms Lesson Plan. The Pilgrims: Sacrifice for Freedom Lesson Plan. Kindergarten Bill of Rights Lesson Plan. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Lesson Plan. Bill of Rights Day is observed. Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Sí, Se Puede: Making a Difference, One Letter at a Time After reading the book ¡Si, Se Puede!
/Yes, We Can! : Janitor Strike in L.A., students learn about labor unions, strikes, and organizing for change. Students interview staff members in their school to learn about their daily work life, and write persuasive advocacy letters. Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Freedom of Speech and Automatic Language: Examining the Pledge of Allegiance This lesson has students explore freedom of speech by examining the Pledge of Allegiance from a historical and personal perspective and in relationship to fictional situations in novels. Exploring Free Speech and Persuasion with Nothing But the Truth Students read Avi’s Nothing But the Truth and examine the First Amendment and student rights, and then decide whether the rights of the novel's protagonist, Philip, are violated.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit That's Not Fair! What Are My Rights? Song that summarizes each amendment of the Bill of Rights. Resources for K-12 Teachers and Students. Lesson 2: Bill of Rights. Key Points: · Many were scared of a powerful Federal government, so there was a group of people who wanted to make sure that the rights of the people were written down and guaranteed. · The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution are The Bill of Rights. · The Bill of Rights protects and guarantees your rights as a citizen of the United States.
Essential Questions: Why is it important to have rights? Vocabulary: Bill of Rights, Constitution, Preamble, E Pluribus Unum, Framers, Right. New York State Test Prep Social Studies 5 (Grade 4)Civics,Citizenship, and Government. Even while the Framers were writing the Constitution, some were worried that the rights of the people were not stated clearly enough.
They worried that the national government was given too much power. Remember, they just finished a war in which they fought against a strong national government (the King's government!). They thought that in order to get the Constitution ratified, "something" would have to be added to guarantee those individual's freedoms. The Bill of Rights: An Overview. No one has ever died of boredom reading the Bill of Rights.
But generations of students have imagined they were close. Taken on their own, the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution (wake up) make for pretty dry reading. You'd never guess that when they're translated into English, you might find yourself arguing about them over the dinner table. Declaration of Independence. Discrimination_on_the_Menu_Early_Grades.docx. Search for Veterans day: Elementary teaching resources.