Securing Our Freedoms Beyond the Bill of Rights

Save freedom of speech

Overview

Students analyze primary sources from the Library of Congress including Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” and “The Bill of Rights” to the U.S. Constitution. Students then identify amendments related to two of the four freedoms from the primary sources and then work in small groups to reach consensus and propose a new amendment to secure rights or freedoms not included in the Bill of Rights.

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Grade

Middle School

Subjects

Civics, Social Studies

Length

40-80 minutes

Topics

amendments, bill of rights, FDR, fear, four freedoms, Franklin D. Roosevelt, freedoms, norman rockwell, rights, speech, want, worship

Author

Citizen U CRF

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