Constitution Day Bill of Rights Booklet, High School: One Amendment Per Page
Ten pages. One amendment each. Every one of them exists because something happened to somebody, and this book starts there instead of with the definition.
By the end of this
- Your child can read the amendment text itself and paraphrase it accurately
- Your child can argue a position on a rights question and support it from the text
Your child is ready for this if they
- Reads primary source text
- Can take a position and give reasons for it
That list matters more than the age we printed on it. You know which of the two is true of your child.
A primary source first, then claim and counter-claim built at full strength, then a judgment with the evidence under it.
Every amendment in this book began as a complaint. Somebody was jailed for printing, taxed for a church they did not attend, searched without cause, or made to feed soldiers in their own kitchen. The Bill of Rights is the list of things that had already gone wrong.
What is inside
- 01The First Amendment — The First Amendment
- 02The Second Amendment — The Second Amendment
- 03The Third Amendment — The Third Amendment
- 04The Fourth Amendment — The Fourth Amendment
- 05The Fifth Amendment — The Fifth Amendment
- 06The Sixth Amendment — The Sixth Amendment
- 07The Seventh Amendment — The Seventh Amendment
- 08The Eighth Amendment — The Eighth Amendment
- 09The Ninth Amendment — The Ninth Amendment
- 10The Tenth Amendment — The Tenth Amendment
Standards alignment, for a portfolio or a state filing
5 alignments. Copy what your state asks for and ignore the rest — this is here for the paperwork, not for the teaching.
| Framework | Code | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| C3 | D2.Civ.10.9-12 | |
| C3 | D2.Civ.3.9-12 | |
| C3 | D2.Civ.4.9-12 | |
| CCSS-ELA | RH.9-10.1 | |
| CCSS-ELA | RH.9-10.9 |