Bill of Rights Deep-Dive — 10 Amendments Each with Historical Example + G5-Life Scenario (iCivics 'You've Got Rights!' Framework)

THREE PROMISES recite + each child shares which amendment they chose from homework

• Three Promises
• Quick share-around with class data on which amendments most popular (typically 1st + 4th + 8th)

The Bill of Rights = first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. Drafted by Madison June 8 1789 (he proposed 12; 10 ratified by states by December 15 1791). Each amendment addresses a specific Anti-Federalist concern from the ratification debate. Walk through ALL 10 amendments using MG-14 card set. 1st AMENDMENT (5 protections): SPEECH (you can say things government doesn't like) + PRESS (newspapers can criticize government) + RELIGION (free exercise + no establishment) + ASSEMBLY (peaceful protest) + PETITION (write to your Senator). Historical: Alien and Sedition Acts 1798 violated 1st Amendment. G5-life: 'Can your school ban a student newspaper editorial criticizing cafeteria food?' (No, if it's a public school — student speech protections under Tinker v. Des Moines.) 2nd: right to bear arms. 3rd: no quartering soldiers — direct response to British Quartering Acts. 4th: no unreasonable search and seizure; warrants need probable cause. Historical: British Writs of Assistance pre-Revolution. G5-life: 'Can a teacher search your backpack?' (Yes with reasonable suspicion under New Jersey v. T.L.O.) 5th: due process + no self-incrimination ('plead the 5th') + no double jeopardy + grand jury for capital crimes + just compensation for takings. 6th: speedy public criminal trial by jury + right to counsel + confront witnesses + subpoena defense witnesses. 7th: civil jury trial preserved over $20. 8th: no excessive bail + no cruel and unusual punishment. 9th: unenumerated rights belong to the people — Anti-Federalist 'belt-and-suspenders' so listing some doesn't imply others don't exist. 10th: powers not delegated to federal government belong to states or people — FEDERALISM cornerstone. G5-life for 10th: 'Why does each state make its own driver's-license rules rather than the federal government?' (Reserved powers.) CRITICAL: the Bill of Rights protects against GOVERNMENT action; the 14th Amendment 1868 'incorporates' most against state action. Apply iCivics 'You've Got Rights!' scenario-card routine.

• Notice: the same generation that wrote the 1st Amendment violated it within 7 years. Constitutional rights require ongoing defense.

  model The Sedition Act criminalized 'false, scandalous, and malicious' speech against the federal government. ~25 prosecutions including Vermont Congressman Matthew Lyon (jailed for criticizing Adams). The 1st Amendment says Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech — exactly what the Sedition Act did.

  prompt How did the Alien and Sedition Acts 1798 violate the 1st Amendment?

• Which 5 freedoms does the 1st Amendment protect?
• Why was the 3rd Amendment written?
• What does the 10th Amendment tell us about federalism?

Apply MG-7 to Madison's June 8 1789 speech proposing the original 12 amendments. SOURCING: Madison in 1st Congress; House of Representatives speech. CONTEXTUALIZATION: ratification just complete; Anti-Federalist concerns must be addressed. CLOSE READING: which 12 did Madison propose? Which 10 became the Bill of Rights? (Original 'first amendment' was about apportionment — never ratified. Original 'second' became the 27th Amendment ratified 1992!)

M-5-S-CIV-06-A Interactive Physical / non-image

Set of 10 cards each 5 × 7 inches. Each card has 3 layers: TOP — official 1791 amendment text (calligraphy-style); MIDDLE — plain-English G5 summary in 1-2 sentences; BOTTOM — 2 scenario cards (one historical from the unit, one G5-life). EXAMPLE 1st Amendment card: TOP — 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.' MIDDLE — '5 protections: speech + press + religion + assembly + petition.' BOTTOM — Historical: 'Alien and Sedition Acts 1798' / G5-life: 'Can your school ban a student newspaper editorial?' (Tinker v. Des Moines 1969 student-speech precedent.) Cards laminated; available in large-print and Braille.

MG-14 Chart

Bill of Rights 10-Card Set — one card per amendment with three layers: (a) the official 1791 text; (b) plain-English G5 summary; (c) two scenario cards (one from a child's life, one historical) illustrating the amendment in action. EXAMPLES: 1st Amendment scenario 'Can your school ban a student newspaper from running an editorial about the cafeteria food?' + historical 'Why did the Alien and Sedition Acts 1798 violate the 1st Amendment?' / 4th Amendment scenario 'Can a teacher search your backpack without your permission?' + historical 'How did the colonial Writs of Assistance violate what would become the 4th Amendment?' / 8th Amendment scenario 'What does cruel and unusual punishment mean today?' + historical 'How was 19th-century corporal punishment thought about?' / 10th Amendment scenario 'Why does each state make its own school-graduation requirements rather than the federal government?'. Card set used in Lesson 6 + 11.

• Receive your chosen amendment from homework + 2 scenario cards. Decide which scenarios are PROTECTED by the amendment + which are not.

  scaffold iCivics 'You've Got Rights!' scenario-card protocol
• Share your scenario analysis with a partner.

  scaffold Sentence frame: 'The ___ Amendment protects ___ in this scenario because ___'

• Name the 5 protections of the 1st Amendment.
• Name your chosen amendment's protection AND one historical example AND one G5-life scenario.

• Place Bill of Rights December 15 1791 on MG-4 Band 1
• Preview Lesson 7 — Six Constitutional Principles in action

• Write a 1-paragraph 'My Chosen Amendment' draft — claim + amendment text + plain-English summary + one historical example + one G5-life scenario. This becomes the starter for the signature-amendment essay in Lesson 11.