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Agenda 1. Bill of Rights Video 2. Bill of Rights Guided
Notes
Homework 1. iCivics Bill of Rights Handout Due
Monday, March 9th. 2. Current Events for Group #5 Due
Friday, March 13th.
Friday, March 6th 7B Social Studies
Inquiry: What is the Bill of Rights? How did it come about? What
rights does it guarantee individuals in the United States? Goal:
Students will be able to read, understand, and describe the Bill of
Rights (the first ten amendments of the Constitution).
(CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1 and CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2)
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Freedom of the Press – The
Press Can
Cannot
• Print any poli6cal posi6on
• Make fun of people, especially
poli6cians
• Expose wrongs by the government
• Say things you might not agree
with
• Libel – inten6onally injure a
person’s reputa6on by false facts
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Freedom of Assembly • Congress shall
make no law . . .
Abridging . . . The people
to peaceably assemble”
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Freedom of Assembly — An
Individual Can
Cannot
• Protest • Parade (with a
permit)
• Gang members can congregate in
public
• Protest by throwing rocks and
breaking windows
• Assemble on private land against
the owner’s will
• Assemble aMer a teen curfew
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Pe66on the Government “Congress shall
make no law . . .
Abridging . . . the people.
. . to pe66on the government
for a redress of grievances”
• You can communicate with government
representa6ves and ask for changes
• You may sue the government for
wrongs
• You cannot be punished for
exposing wrongs by the government
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Second Amendment The Second Amendment protects the right to bear
arms, which includes the right to own a gun.
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• The Third Amendment guarantees the
freedom from quartering troops in
homes.
• This means that we cannot be
forced to house and feed
soldiers.
Third Amendment
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Fourth Amendment • The Fourth Amendment protects the people
from
unreasonable searches and seizures. • Police must show probable
cause (good reason) for a
search and they must explain that good reason to a judge and get
a warrant to enter our homes to search for evidence. Also, the
government cannot take our property, papers, or us, without a valid
warrant based on probable cause (good reason).
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Jay-‐Z references the Fourth Amendment
in the song "99 Problems." A
police officer pulls Jay-‐Z over
in his car and approaches him.
The cop says: "Well,
do you mind if I look
around the car a liWle bit?"
Jay-‐Z replies: "Well, my
glove compartment is locked, so
is the trunk in the back,
and I know my rights, so
you're going to need a warrant
for that.” That's the Fourth
Amendment!
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Fi5h Amendment The FiMh Amendment
guarantees people accused of a
crime certain rights: • the
right to a grand jury (you
can’t be held
for commi\ng a crime unless you
are properly accused)
• the right not to be tried
twice for the same crime
(double jeopardy)
• the right not to tes6fy against
yourself (self-‐incrimina
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Sixth Amendment The Sixth Amendment
guarantees the right to the
following: • A speedy trial (you
can’t be
kept in jail for over a year
without a trial)
• An impar
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Seventh Amendment The Seventh Amendment
guarantees the right to a
speedy trial by jury in civil
lawsuits. • A civil trial differs
from a criminal trial. A civil
trial is when someone sues
someone else over a disagreement
(usually about money). A criminal
trial is when the state tries
to convict someone of a crime.
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Eighth Amendment The Eighth Amendment
protects against the following: •
excessive bail (money required to
secure an accused person’s release
while awai6ng trial)
• cruel and unusual punishment
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Ninth Amendment
• Rights not expressly stated in
the Cons6tu6on and not forbidden
by the Cons6tu6on are s6ll
retained by the people. • This
means that you can’t assume
that people DON’T have rights
if they are not expressly
listed in the Bill of Rights
– it is not to be
regarded as a complete list of
rights.
Eleanor Roosevelt holding the Universal
Declara4on of Human Rights.
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Tenth Amendment
• The Tenth Amendment states that
any power not granted to the
federal government belongs to the
states or to the people.
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Other Amendments to the Cons