why do you have these rights?
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Activities: Take notes/discuss Bill of Rights Paintings—which painting describes which amendment?TRANSCRIPT
Why do you have these rights?
Warm Up: As a citizen of the United States, what are your
rights?What are you allowed to do? Why do you have these rights?
Activities: Take notes/discuss Bill of Rights
Paintingswhich painting describes which amendment? A minor change
in a document
What is an amendment? A minor change in a document Bill of Rights:
The Bill of _____________ is the First 10 Amendments to the
Constitution. These amendments provide a written guarantee of
_____________rights. The Bill of Rights was written by James
_______________. Madison based the Bill of Rights on the Virginia
Declaration of Rights (written by George ____________) and the
Virginia Statute for Religious freedom (written by Thomas
____________). Virginia Declaration of Rights
All men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain
inherent rightsnamely, the enjoyment of life and libertyand
pursuinghappiness and safety. Virginia Statute for Religious
Freedom
Be it enacted by the General assembly, that no man shall be
compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or
ministry whatsoever With your table: Read over the Bill of Rights
(First 10 Amendments) and discuss that each one means. Which one do
you think is the most important? Least important? Number them 1-10,
1 being most important, 10 being least. Look at your picture: What
do you see? Which amendment does the picture relate to? How do you
know? Who wrote the Bill of Rights? What is an amendment? Name two
documents that influenced James Madison when he was writing the
Bill of Rights. Who wrote the VA Declaration of Rights? Who wrote
the VA Statute of Religious Freedom? What is a Constitution? How
many branches of government did the Constitution create? Who is the
head of the executive branch? Acrostic Poem: Write an acrostic poem
to describe the Bill of Rights: B I L Of R G H T S