Ratified in 1791, the Bill of Rights contains ten amendments that work to protect Americans’ personal liberties that many feared would be weakened under the new Constitution.

Your Task: Create a poster, describing one of the Amendments to the Constitution, to inform your classmates about its meaning and importance to early America and today. Choose one of the amendments listed below: 4th Amendment- Unreasonable Search and Seizures (key term: warrant) Court Cases: Terry v. Ohio or New Jersey v. T.L.O.

Bill of Rights Poster Project Directions: You will be making a poster representing the rights granted by the Bill of Rights. For each of the 10 Amendments you will need to include a title, visual representation of the amendment, and a 1-3 sentence explanation about the Amendment.

Understand that the Bill of Rights guarantees rights to the people and places limitations on what the government can do. Understand that one can take action if they feel their rights have been violated. Explain how the Bill of Rights is relevant to their lives.

The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in December 1791. Directions: Each amendment in the Bill of Rights was heavily debated. Pick one specific amendment that you support. You are going to learn about the amendment. Then, you’ll assume the role of a lobbyist trying to get the representatives to keep your amendment in the Bill of ...

Project Directions: You will be making a poster representing one of the rights granted by the Bill of Rights (First 10 Amendments). For your amendment, you will need to include a title, visual representation of the amendment, and a 1-3 sentence explanation about the Amendment. Presenting Your Amendment: Once finished with the poster you will be ...

Bill of Rights Amendment Poster Project with Rubric (FREE!) I have assigned this project to both 8th and 11th graders in their US History classes. It can also easily be used in a US Government/Civics class.

For this project, students will create a comic strip for the Bill of Rights. Each amendment will have it's own box with description and symbol to represent the amendment. This project will show your students' understanding on the Bill of Rights. Rubric is included!

Need an engaging group project to help your students learn about the Bill of Rights? This document contains instructions and a rubric. The teacher or the students will need to provide the poster required to complete this project.

The document provides instructions for a Bill of Rights mini-poster project. Students are asked to create one poster for each of the five freedoms of expression protected by the First Amendment: freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.