Using this lesson, the student will be able to…
• Describe the Bill of Rights and how it protects the people.• Identify the main purpose of each of the first 10 amendments to the US
Constitution.
The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment
Right to Petition
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Religion
2nd Amendment “the right of the
people to keep and bear Arms shall not be
infringed”
4th AmendmentProtects against illegal search and
seizure without a warrant.
3rd AmendmentNo soldiers shall be quartered in any home without the
consent of the owner, not even during war.
No one can be forced to testify in his or her own trial.
Everyone is entitled to due process of law
No one can be tried twice for the same crime.
No one can be accused of a capital or infamous crime
without a Grand Jury Indictment.
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
Everyone is entitle
d to a sp
eedy and
public trial by an im
partial jury of th
eir
peers.
7th AmendmentIn Civil cases, if the amount in
question is $20 or more, a person has the right to a trial.
8th AmendmentProtects against cruel and unusual punishment, and against excessive
fines or bail
9th AmendmentThe rights of the people are not limited to just those
named in the Constitution
10th AmendmentAny power not
specifically given to the Federal
government by the Constitution and reserved for the
States
