Transcript BILL OF RIGHTS

BILL OF RIGHTS
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MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR TEXTBOOK
What rights do you have as a United
States citizen (list as many as you can)
Are these rights ever violated? If so
provide an example from your life or from
something you may have heard.
BILL OF RIGHTS
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The first 10 amendments to the
Constitution
Was not part of original document
Lists specific restrictions on governmental
power
BILL OF RIGHTS
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1st Amendment: Provides the basic rights of
expression for U.S. citizens
2nd,3rd,4th Amendments: All relate to colonial
disputes with Great Britain before the American
Revolution
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Amendments: Provide
guidelines for trying people accused of crimes
9th and 10th Amendments: Provide general
protections for individual rights not addressed by
the first eight amendments.
Directions
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Textbook Page 239-240
Carefully examine the placard and answer the following
questions
 Describe what is happening in the picture (1-2
sentences)
 Right represented
 Indentify which amendment
 Explain why this amendment was chosen (2-3
sentences)
When you are finished take your matrix and placard to
the teacher for review
Get another placard and continue the above process
PLACARD D
FIRST AMENDMENT
The 5 Freedoms
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5.
Religion
Speech
Press (written word)
Assembly (meeting)
Petition (make a request) to the government
“Rights supply people amazing protections.”
Without First Amendment
freedoms…
PLACARD H
Second Amendment
The right to have a gun
 Right to form a militia for defense
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PLACARD G
Third Amendment
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No soldiers in people’s homes
PLACARD A
Fourth Amendment
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No “unreasonable
searches and
seizures” without a
warrant
warrant - written
orders authorizing a
person to make an
arrest or a search
PLACARD E
Fifth Amendment
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Rights about judicial
process
“Due process” – fair
application of laws
No requirement to testify
against yourself
No double jeopardy
PLACARD J
Sixth Amendment –
Rights at Trial
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Quick trial by jury
Know the charges
against you
Hear and question
witnesses against
you
Right to a lawyer
PLACARD C
Seventh Amendment
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Right to a trial by jury in civil cases where
two people disagree (instead of when the
government puts someone on trial)
PLACARD B
Eighth Amendment
People accused
of a crime can
post bail $ to get
out of jail
 No cruel or
unusual
punishment
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PLACARD F
Ninth Amendment
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People have other rights not stated in
the Constitution
PLACARD I
Tenth Amendment
• Individual states have powers not
given to the federal government in
the Constitution
CLOSING QUESTIONS
• Directions: At the bottom of your notes
follow the below steps
– 1. Rank the 10 amendments from most
important to least important with 1 being the
most important and 10 being the least
important
– For each amendment give a 1-2 sentence
response explaining why you feel it is
important or not important