These graphics may or may not be necessary for successful imple- mentation of the lesson. To obtain the graphics, order the paper version of the lesson. The following lesson provides primary and upper elementary with an introduction to the meaning and understanding of the Bill of Rights, in celebration of its 200th anniversary. The goal of this lesson is to develop an understanding and appreciation of the Bill of Rights through an integration of the language art skills in the primary grades. All the activities can easily be adapted to grades 5-8.
Assign book reports on colonial America.
Costumes - clothing to depict the clothing worn by the framers and founding fathers to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Maps of colonial America and current maps -compare and contrast similarities and differences. Graph paper to create word searches. For primary grades have a student or the teacher follow the words with a pointer. The teacher reads and omits the last rhyming word of each stanza.