Teacher s Guide Time Needed: Approx. 3 class periods DO I HAVE A RIGHT? TEACHING BUNDLE Materials/Equipment: Microsoft PowerPoint Access to icivics.org for game play Interactive white board (optional but ideal) Teaching bundle PowerPoint presentation Student worksheets Copy Instructions: Student Activities (2 pages; class set) Assessment (1 page; class set) STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS Learning Objectives. Students will be able to: Describe the arguments for and against listing people s rights in the Constitution (Bill of Rights). Identify key rights granted by the Bill of Rights and the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, and 26th Amendments Recall the specific amendment that guarantees a particular right Recognize complaints not involving constitutional rights Download the PowerPoint presentation. It contains all the activities for the teaching bundle. Photocopy and distribute the paper version of the student activities if you want students to have them. (You can teach the bundle without paper if you wish.) Display the What Does it Mean to Have a Right? activity slide. Ask students to brainstorm their ideas on the paper handout, then call on students to write their ideas on the board. Save a copy of the slide with the students ideas if you are using an interactive whiteboard. Work through the next three slides, pausing for discussion on each slide. Display the Constitutional Amendments slide. Ask students to do the activity on their paper handouts first, then call on students to highlight or underline the rights on the board if you are using an interactive whiteboard. Direct students to icivics.org and have them play the game Do I Have a Right? Alternatively, you can try having the class play as a group using your interactive whiteboard. Display the Rights Scramble! activity slide. Call on students to come to the board and identify the amendments by dragging the numbers. (If you wish, have them complete the paper version first.) Display the Rights Decoder activity slide. Call on students to come to the board and drag the puzzle pieces to match the rights with the constitutional language. (If you wish, have them complete the paper version first by drawing lines to match puzzle pieces.) Display the Check Out the Real Deal slide and be sure you are in presentation mode. Click the Constitution image to access an online transcript. Call on students to come to the board and mark rights they recognize. Work through the Mini Quiz slides, pausing to discuss and review with each slide. Distribute and assign the paper version of the assessment if you wish. You may copy, distribute, or transmit this work for noncommercial purposes only. This copyright notice or a legally valid equivalent such as 2016 icivics, Inc. shall be included in all such copies, distributions or transmittals. All other rights reserved. Find this lesson and other materials at www.icivics.org.
A. What Does it Mean to Have a Right? How would you explain it to someone? Or think about it this way: How would you know you did NOT have a right? List everything you can think of! B. Constitutional Amendments. Each amendment has a number. An amendment can list more than one right. There are at least 6 rights in this one! Underline as many as you can find. VI. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. Lesson Activities
C. Rights Scramble. Label each right with the amendment where it s found. D. Rights Decoder! Can you match the rights from the game with their actual language in the Constitution? Draw lines to make pairs. Follow-Up Activities
Mini-Quiz A. Do You Have a Right? Mark Yes if the Constitution protects the right and No if it does not. Does the Constitution protect... YES NO 1. Your right to practice whatever religion you choose? 2. Your right to watch late-night television instead of going to bed? 3. Your right to a trial that takes place quickly (if you re accused of a crime)? 4. Your right to vote when you turn 18? 5. Your right to search other people s backpacks? B. Choose the best answer for each of the following: 6. Who can you enforce Constitutional rights against? A. Parents B. The government C. Other people 7. Constitutional rights are mainly found in... A. Additions called amendments B. The main parts of the Constitution C. Lists made by early Americans 8. To enforce your constitutional rights, you would hire a... A. Client B. Lawyer C. Judge D. Police officer C. List a constitutional right that fits each category and is NOT in the table above: D. Make up a case in which Bob does NOT have a constitutional right: 9. They can t treat me this way: 12. 10. They can t stop me from doing this: 11. They can t force me to do this: Mini-Quiz
** TEACHER GUIDE ** A. What Does it Mean to Have a Right? How would you explain it to someone? Or think about it this way: How would you know you did NOT have a right? List everything you can think of! Answers will vary B. Constitutional Amendments. Each amendment has a number. An amendment can list more than one right. There are at least 6 rights in this one! Underline as many as you can find. VI. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. Lesson Activities
** TEACHER GUIDE ** C. Rights Scramble. Label each right with the amendment where it s found. D. Rights Decoder! Can you match the rights from the game with their actual language in the Constitution? Draw lines to make pairs. Follow-Up Activities
Mini-Quiz ** TEACHER GUIDE ** A. Do You Have a Right? Mark Yes if the Constitution protects the right and No if it does not. Does the Constitution protect... YES NO 1. Your right to practice whatever religion you choose? X 2. Your right to watch late-night television instead of going to bed? X 3. Your right to a trial that takes place quickly (if you re accused of a crime)? X 4. Your right to vote when you turn 18? X 5. Your right to search other people s backpacks? X B. Choose the best answer for each of the following: 6. Who can you enforce Constitutional rights against? A. Parents B. The government C. Other people 7. Constitutional rights are mainly found in... A. Additions called amendments B. The main parts of the Constitution C. Lists made by early Americans 8. To enforce your constitutional rights, you would hire a... A. Client B. Lawyer C. Judge D. Police officer C. List a constitutional right that fits each category and is NOT in the table above: D. Make up a case in which Bob does NOT have a constitutional right: 9. They can t treat me this way: Ex from the game: unreasonable searches, double jeopardy, take property w/o fair compensation, cruel punishment, slavery, unequal treatment, deny right to vote based on race or sex 12. Answers will vary 10. They can t stop me from doing this: Ex from the game: speak/express self, own ordinary weapons, vote if you re female or a member of a certain race 11. They can t force me to do this: Ex from the game: let soldiers live in your house; practice a government-established religion Mini-Quiz