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Bill of Rights for Real Life:The Founders
The curriculum, The
Bill of Rights for RealLife, was madepossible by a
generous grant fromthe Cortopassi
Institute.
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The Bill of Rights
for Real Life
Designed for less academically-
inclined high school students
21 core lesson plans 8th GradeReading Level
Strong literacy/media literacycomponent
Research-based best teaching practices
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Unit Introduction
Essay8th grade level
LessonOverviewStandardsObjectivesMaterials
Lesson PlanHandouts
DVDIntroductionReinforcement
ReviewExtension Options
HomeworkExtensions
Real Life Portal
Back of the Book ResourcesAnswer Key (pgs. 205-218)Reading Quizzes (pgs. 221-241)Landmark Sup. Court Cases (pgs. 245-257)DVD Guides (pgs. 261-266)Glossary (pgs. 269-273)Educational Resources (pgs. 277-280)Legal Experts & Scholars (pgs 283-289)
Parent Letter (p. 290)
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Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts &Literacy in History/Social Studies
8. Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts,
including the application of constitutional principles anduse of legal reasoning (e.g., in U.S. Supreme Courtmajority opinions and dissents) and the premises,purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy
(e.g., The Federalist, presidential addresses).9. Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-
century foundational U.S. documents of historical andliterary significance (including The Declaration of
Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill ofRights, and Lincolns Second Inaugural Address) for theirthemes, purposes, and rhetorical features.
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Which of these documents did NOT influence theFounders ideas about natural rights?
1. Magna Carta
2. John Lockes Two Treatises of
Government
3. English Declaration of Rights
4. Frances Declaration of the Rights ofMan
5. Not sure
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What rights are most important to you?
Select your personal top 5, starting with the most important.1. Freedom of speech
2. Freedom of religion
3. Right to a jury trial
4. Freedom of the press
5. Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment
6. Right to keep and bear arms
7. Right to control ones own property
8. Freedom of assembly
9. Freedom from quartering troops in ones home
10. Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure
Primary Source Activity: Rights AttitudeInventory
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Primary Source Activity: Rights AttitudeInventory
Step 1: Using the Rights AttitudeInventory, get into groups of 6. Your
group must come to a consensus,ranking rights from MOST (1)
important to LEAST (10) important.
Consensus: shared decision-making not simply based on
majority rule. Everyone in thegroup gets a fair hearing.
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What rights are most important to your group?Select your groups top 5, starting with the most important.
Primary Source Activity: Rights Attitude Inventory
1. Freedom of speech
2. Freedom of religion
3. Right to a jury trial
4. Freedom of the press
5. Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment
6. Right to keep and bear arms
7. Right to control ones own property
8. Freedom of assembly
9. Freedom from quartering troops in ones home
10. Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure
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Debrief Rights Attitude Inventory
Step 2: Re-rank the rights asthough you were all Founders.
You undoubtedly
encountered disputes. Whatdoes this tell us about thechallenges the Foundersfaced in the decision toinclude a Bill of Rights?
Did YOUR individual opinionas to the right(s) you most
value change as you listened toothers arguments?
How has the importance ofvarious individual rights
changed over time? How hasit stayed the same?
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Primary Source Activity: Rights Attitude Inventory
Founders Unit Lesson 1, BRRL p. 10
Rights Attitude Inventory:
List the following rights in order of
importance to you. Number 1 will bethe most important; Number 10 the least
important:
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Primary Source Activity: Rights Attitude Inventory
Prioritizing our rightshelps highlight theconnections andinterdependence amongthe liberties enshrined inthe Bill of Rights.
An extension for thisactivity is to havestudents make a tableshowing a civicresponsibility thatcorresponds to eachliberty. For example:
Right Responsibility
Speech Listeningthoughtfully
Fair jury trial Serving on ajury
Religion
PressAssembly
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What are the Origins of the Bill of Rights?
See BRRL page 4 for Lesson Plan 1. Background/Homework:
Students read the backgroundessay, p. 7,8,9.
Color code
Documents written inEngland: yellow
Documents written inAmerica: green
Violations of rights: red
John Locke,Sir Godfrey Kneller,
1697
Thomas Jefferson,Rembrandt Peale,
1800
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2. Rights Attitude Inventory
3. Student Handout B Foundations ofOur Rightsp.11: Summarizes documentsthat guaranteed rights.
Magna Carta
1215
Petition ofRight 1628
Declaration ofRight (English
Bill of Rights)1689
What are the Origins of the Bill of Rights?
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Right Right Right Right Right Right Right
US Bill of Rights(1791)
First:freedom ofreligion,speech,press,assembly,petition
Second:right to keepand beararms
Third:freedomfromquarteringtroops
Fourth:search andseizurerights
Fifth: dueprocess rights
Sixth: fairtrial rights
Eighth:freedom fromexcessivefines, crueland unusualpunishment
Magna Carta(1215)
Petition of Right(1628)
MassachusettsBody of Liberties
(1641)
Declaration ofRights andToleration Acts(1689)
Right violated inthe colonies?(1763-1776)
Using the Background Essay and your discussions as your guide, discuss Handout Bp. 11.
Origins of the Bill of Rights
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4. Student Handout C Founding
Documents and Philosophiesp. 12:Compare & contrast documents.
What are the Origins of the Bill of Rights?
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James Madison: If
men were angels, nogovernment wouldbe necessary.(Federalist #51, 1788)
Pastor Martin Niemoller:
--First they came for theCommunists, but I was nota Communist, so I saidnothing.
--Then they came for the Social
Democrats, but I was not a SocialDemocrat, so I did nothing.--Then came the trade
unionists, but I was not a tradeunionist.
--And then they came for the
Jews, but I was not a Jew, so I didlittle.
--Then when they came for me,there was no one left to stand upfor me.
Enrichment Activities, p. 5
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Which of these documents did NOT influence theFounders ideas about natural rights?
1. Magna Carta
2. John Lockes Two Treatises of
Government
3. English Declaration of Rights
4. Frances Declaration of the Rights ofMan
5. Not sure
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