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These are extended activities that can be used while studying the Constitution.

#1.Research current events in the newspapers to find events or persons relating to their topic on rights.

#2.Create their own bill (based upon a concern) and make it into a law.

#3.Students will create a multimedia presentation using Hyperstudio to link to the Internet *

#4.Given several real life situations, students determine if rights are violated and then research the Constitutional Amendments for support. Students must present both pro and con sides of the situation. The purpose is to keep students focused on moral issues as well as legal ones. Here are a few suggestions that teens will relate to:

A group of teens decide to go shopping for the latest fashions. They meet at the Mall . While they are waiting on the others to join them they are confronted by Security who becomes suspicious of them. He asks them to move on. What should their response be (pro and con)? What should the teens do?
Students bring pictures and paste them in their lockers. The administration does a locker sweep without the students' knowledge. He removes pictures from their lockers. What should their response be( pro and con)? What should the teens do?

#5. Research their "rights" using the internet as well as third party software such as Encarta, Grolier, Comptons, and the World Book.

#6.Communicate with legal advisors in reference to their topics, via e-mail and a legal clinic.

#7. Study history of the Constitution based on Constituitonal Questions and Answers by Sol Bloom.

Software for use with the study of the Constitution

History/Social Studies Website for K-12 Teachers with Kids Included