1. Chapter 3 - Section 4
The Amendments

2. Warm-Up Quick Write:
What is an Amendment? Why was is critically important to the Founders to create the Bill of Rights?

3. Essential Question: What issues do the Amendments seek to address?

4. Act It Out: Get into groups of 2 or 3
Act It Out: Get into groups of 2 or 3. With your partner(s) create a short skit (20-30 seconds) illustrating your assigned Amendment
Use the descriptions of the Amendments on pages and the Constitution on pages

5. What was the “Big Issue” the Bill of Rights was created to fix?
Discuss

6. Brainstorm: What rights are protected by the Bill of Rights?

7. The Civil War Amendments
Added to the Constitution after the Civil War
13th
Passed in 1965 to outlaw slavery
14th
All citizens have the right to equal protection under the law
No one can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process
15th
No one can be denied the vote based on race

8. What was the “Big Issue” the Civil War Amendments were created to fix?
Discuss

9. The 20th Century Amendments: The Highlight Reel
Gave women the right to vote all state and national elections in 1920
22nd
Limited the President to two terms of office
25th
Established the line of succession when the President dies
26th
Lowered the voting age to 18