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WebQuest Title: "Know Your Rights!!!" An in depth exploration into the first ten amendments to the US Constitution
Dear Colleague: This unit is designed to give students an in-depth understanding of the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the US Constitution. Students will also learn about the problems associated with the Articles of Confederation, how these problems created a need for the Constitution, and finally, how the Bill of Rights played a crucial role in the ratification of the Constitution. In addition to these concepts, students will learn about key historical figures during this time. Finally, students will have to apply what they have learned to current events.
Author: Michelle Williams
Date: April 15, 2006
Grade Level: High School American Government
Unit Summary:
Goals/Objectives:
Days: 7 day
unit plan (90 minute blocks), 2 days for webquest activity
Content: The focus of this unit will be the importance of the Bill of Rights in the ratification process of the Constitution, and how debates over the Bill of Rights and other Constitutional amendments continue to play an important role in the world today.
Methods: this unit plan will utilize attention getters, PowerPoint lectures, group discussions and activities, a webquest activity, group presentations, and interactive notebook activities
WebQuest Summary:
Goals/Objectives:
Days:
2 day activity
Content:
students will examine historical documents such as the original Bill of Rights and select excerpts of the Federalist Papers. They will also examine many websites about the Bill of Rights, the rights guaranteed by each amendment, and why these specific rights were added to the Constitution
Methods:
students will use internet resources to produce their own versions of the Bill of Rights
Unit Information:
Background Resources
Web-based Subject Matter Content http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-928/papers.htm http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-nation.htm
Web Pedagogy Content http://www.thematzats.com/webquests/page2.html
Unit Lesson Sequence
Day 1 Back to Top
Lesson Plan Outline
Method (Attention Getter, Lecture, Callout Group, etc) Content/Key Ideas/Concepts/Facts
Materials
(Transparencies, audio, handouts, etc)Attention Getter Picture of the Constitutional Convention PowerPoint photo -slide 1 Introduction to Unit Lecture Unit Plan summary, expectations for students PowerPoint slides 2-3 Lecture with question and answer sessions Review of the Articles of Confederation, why the Articles failed, think ahead questions PowerPoint slides 4-11 Think ahead questions think ahead questions to introduce next day's focus material PowerPoint slide 12 Student writing activity Journal entry activity about the need for a Constitution and the problems with the Articles student interactive notebooks, could also be adapted with pen and paper Here is a link to Day One's PowerPoint slideshow:
Day 2 Back to Top
Lesson Plan Outline
Method (Attention Getter, Lecture, Callout Group, etc) Content/Key Ideas/Concepts/Facts
Materials
(Transparencies, audio, handouts, etc)Attention Getter Photo of Daniel Shays and of the US Constitution PowerPoint slide 1 Introduction to Lecture Outline of themes to be covered - Shays' Rebellion, problems with articles, drafting process PowerPoint slide 2 PowerPoint Lecture recap of articles, introduction of new topics, Shays' Rebellion, Constitutional Convention, Great Compromise, New Jersey and Virginia Plans, Federalism, Bicameral legislature, three branches of government, separation of powers PowerPoint slides 3-14 Think ahead questions think ahead questions to introduce next day's focus material PowerPoint slide 15 Interactive notebook activity Speeches made to the Constitutional Convention PowerPoint slide 16 Here is a link to Day Two's PowerPoint slideshow
Day Two PowerPoint: Constitutional Convention, Shays' Rebellion, think ahead
Day 3 Back to Top
Lesson Plan Outline
Method (Attention Getter, Lecture, Callout Group, etc) Content/Key Ideas/Concepts/Facts
Materials
(Transparencies, audio, handouts, etc)Attention Getter Photo of "unbalanced scales" to show the mixed approval of the constitution PowerPoint slide 1 Introduction to section Expectations for students: ratification, anti-federalists and federalists, the federalist papers PowerPoint slide 2 PowerPoint lecture, quote analysis Lecture on: ratification, anti-federalists and federalists, the federalist papers PowerPoint slide 3-14 Think ahead activity exploration into the role of the bill of rights in the ratification process PowerPoint slide 15 Interactive notebook activity what types of "rights" would you want represented in a constitution? PowerPoint slide 16 Here is a link to Day Three's PowerPoint slideshow
Day 4 Back to Top
Lesson Plan Outline
Method (Attention Getter, Lecture, Callout Group, etc) Content/Key Ideas/Concepts/Facts
Materials
(Transparencies, audio, handouts, etc)Introduction to section Expectations for students, Bill of Rights intro, webquest intro PowerPoint slides 2 PowerPoint lecture Bill of Rights, ratification PowerPoint slides 3-5 Webquest introduction webquest introduction, group assignments, computer lab rules PowerPoint slides 6-8 Here is a link to Day Four's PowerPoint slideshow
Day Four PowerPoint: ratification, Bill of Rights, webquest intro
Day 5 Back to Top
Lesson Plan Outline
Method (Attention Getter, Lecture, Callout Group, etc) Content/Key Ideas/Concepts/Facts
Materials
(Transparencies, audio, handouts, etc)Day One of WebQuest Activity Here is a link to my webquest activity:
Day 6 Back to Top
Lesson Plan Outline
Method (Attention Getter, Lecture, Callout Group, etc) Content/Key Ideas/Concepts/Facts
Materials
(Transparencies, audio, handouts, etc)Know Your Rights Webquest
Lesson Plan Outline
Method (Attention Getter, Lecture, Callout Group, etc) Content/Key Ideas/Concepts/Facts
Materials
(Transparencies, audio, handouts, etc)Role Play Students will present their PowerPoint presentations to the "National Historical Society's" Banquet - (aka the class) Student PowerPoint slides End of Unit Activity Assign groups to work on end of unit critical thinking questions interactive notebooks Interactive notebook activity Complete a journal entry about the unit plan as a whole interactive notebooks.
Students WebQuest :
Credits/References: Michelle Williams, Social
Science MAT Student at University of South Florida