Do You Know Your Bill of Rights?

Students will use the Judicial Learning Center website to identify rights that are found in the Bill of Rights. They will use the answers to solve the puzzle in this activity.

Corresponding Student Center Pages

The Constitution and Rights

Suggested Time Needed

1 class period

• Materials
• Objectives & Standards
• Procedure

• • A: Do You Know Your Bill of Rights?  
  • B: Do You Know Your Bill of Rights? – Answer Key 

• After completing this activity, students will: 

  • Have a greater understanding of the rights and liberties presented in the Bill of Rights. 
  • Be able to identify the rights granted in the Bill of Rights, by Amendment. 

  Guiding Questions  

  • Why is the Bill of Rights so important?  
  • How would the United States be different if we did not have the rights that are listed in the puzzle?  

  Missouri Grade Level and Course Level Expectations 

  • 4.PC.1.C – Explain the major purposes of the Bill of Rights. Identify important principles in the Bill of Rights. 
  • 5.PC.1.C – Apply the principles of the Bill of Right to historical time period being studied and to current events.  
  • 6-8.AH.3.GS.F – Describe the origins and purposes of the Bill of Rights and evaluate the enduring significance of these concepts to the preservation of individual rights and liberties. 

• Place students into groups of 2, 3, or 4 depending on your class size and access to devices.  

  Instruct students to navigate their internet browsers to the page they will use: https://judiciallearningcenter.org/the-constitution-and-rights/ 

   Distribute copies of A: Do You Know Your Bill of Rights?  

   Allow time to complete. 

  Conclusion

  Go over the answers with the class. Ask these follow up questions: 

  • Do some of the amendments in the Bill of Rights seem more important than the others? Which ones and why?  
  • What are your 1st Amendment freedoms?  

  Review the Guiding Questions 

  • Why is the Bill of Rights so important?  
  • How would the United States be different if we did not have the rights that are listed in the puzzle?