Each group's job is to generate a list of responsibilities that go with each assigned amendment. After groups have completed their assignment they will report to the whole class. To insure individual accountability, students need to know that any member of the group could be called on to report to the class. Conclude with a discussion of the relationship between rights and responsibilities. Optional Day 2 Activity.
Students meet back in groups and turn their list of responsibilities into a written statement.
Students write a paragraph on the relationship between rights and responsibilities. Teacher creates a matching quiz. Column A could paraphrase each of the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. Column B could list a responsibility that matches with each amendment.