High School Resource

The Bill of Rights: Debating the Amendments by Library of Congress

In this lesson, students will examine a copy of twelve possible amendments to the United States Constitution as originally sent to the states for their ratification in September of 1789. Students will debate and vote on which of these amendments they would ratify and compare their resulting “Bill of Rights” to the ten amendments ratified by ten states that have since been known by this name.

Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.5.6.b.1, SS.7.4, SS.7.5.b and more!

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