Hello, I have been teaching Social Studies for 19years. I value critical thinking and students seeing themsleves as social agents. Equipping students with these skills should be the cornerstone to all lessons taught in the classroom.
Hello, I have been teaching Social Studies for 19years. I value critical thinking and students seeing themsleves as social agents. Equipping students with these skills should be the cornerstone to all lessons taught in the classroom.
Aligned with the Common Core Standards, this lesson will encourage students to analyze fictitious scenarios based upon actual Supreme Court cases. This activity can be used in two ways;
1) An assessment- students will apply their prior knowledge concerning the United States’ Constitutional amendments, along with their own ethics and logic, to Supreme Court decisions, or
2) Using the provided cheat sheet, students will be introduced to the Bill of Rights, and its' application to Supreme Court cases.
This PowerPoint presentation is full of interactive visuals, and chronologically aligns itself with the provided student handout.
This lesson includes:
- 1 26 slide Power-Point Presentation
- 1 Power-Point Handout
- 1 Cheat Sheet
This resource will provide students with a unique, and engaging way to learn about the Bill of Rights. In a critical reading activity, students will explore and understand the historical background of which each constitutional right came to exist. The provided reading is an easy to read, attention-grabbing resource. The second part of this lesson involves having students delve deeper into their analysis of each constitutional right by doing the following: 1)defining each amendment in their own words, 2) summarizing the historical background of why /how each amendment came to exist, 3) creating an illustration that depicts the meaning of each constitutional right.
Materials:
• Bill of Rights Reading (6 pages)
• Handout: Analyzing Bill of Rights (T chart)
• Handout: The Value of Rights
This WWII unit review includes:
- an easy to use study guide with illustrations
- a 40 slide power-point game quiz (works well with clickers)
- an exam: 40 multiple choice questions & two essay questions
All of the above materials can be reformatted, edited, and modified to suit your objectives.
Discard the paper/pencil approach to assessment. This quiz will have students access their knowledge of important facts and information regarding the United States' Civil War in an interactive & engaging way.
This PowerPoint presentation is rich in primary sources and colorful imagery that will prompt students to examine context clues when answering the provided questions.
