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Lesson Plan: 1. Read the article and invite questions from students about anything they didn’t understand. 2. Write the word “Amendment” on the board. 3. Post your classroom rules. Review what they say. Ask students if there are any of the rules they wish to change and, if so, why. Give them a minute to think about this and share with a partner. 4. Break the class into small groups and have each group write its own suggested amendments for the class rules. 5. Share the image “Constitution Signatures,” found in related media. Be sure each group signs their names at the bottom of their suggested amendments. 6. Have groups share their amendments. Note: If there are amendments that would work well for your classroom, you may want to go through the process of voting to ratify them. You could then display them with the classroom rules if any of them are adopted. 7. Have students write a definition for the word “amendment” in their interactive notebooks. Article Assessment Questions: 1. Why are amendments added to a document? a. to make it better
b. to add more states c. to take away rights d. to protect prisoners 2. How many amendments have been made to the Constitution?
a. 14 b. 27 c. 28 d. 29
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Image: “Constitution Signatures” Extended Reading Articles: N/A
Article 5: The Bill of Rights Word Count: 95 Vocabulary: the Bill of Rights: the first 10 amendments to the Constitution High Impact Teaching Strategies: Collaborative Learning, Explicit Teaching, Feedback
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