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Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights (ID# 17805)
Contributors: Debra Leschyn
Subject: History-Social Science
Grade Level: 11
This lesson could also be used for the following grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Additional Subjects: Government, Political Science
Instructional Setting: Whole Class
Student Population: Reading two or more years below grade level, Special Education
General Description of Lesson:
Students will view a United Streaming video called You, The Jury, then they will answer questions about what "rights" the defendent enjoys during his trial.

Standards

Content Standards Strand/Domain: History Grade 11

Content Standards:
11.1.4 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence. Examine the effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction and of the industrial revolution, including demographic shifts and the emergence in the late nineteenth century of the United States as a world power.

Objective(s) of lesson:
Students will identify concepts such as Confrontation Clause and the Exclusionary Rule. They will identify 6th amendment rights, and 4rth amendment rights. They will identify segments of the video where rights are compromised.
Specialized resource(s) included in this Lesson Plan: www.pbs.org

Software Applications: MS Word
Computer Equipment: Computer, Internet Access, Broadband Connectivity
Video Equipment: None

Teacher Technology Competency Level (CTAP2 Rubric):
General Computer Skills: Intermediate
Procedure

Time Required: 2 class period(s) of 50 minutes.
Materials and Resources used by teachers and students:
Digital Projector
Access to material from www.unitedstreaming.com

Preparation for Teacher:
Preview the video on United Streaming.

Step by Step Teacher Procedure:
Pass out large font text of the Bill of Rights
Assessment

Assessment Type(s): Teacher-made Questions - large type

Assessment Plan:
The teacher will show segments of the video and students will identify the Amendment and the right that is illustrated by the segment by highlighting the Amendment and noting which video segment is illustrative of that particular civil liberty.

The accommodation is that most of the information is presented auditorially and the student can use a highlighter to answer the questions rather than laboriously writing them out. If even using a highlighter is difficult, the student could use a laptop computer with the document open and use the highlight feature of the word processing program to identify the section of the video that contained the particular right illustrated.