Unit 2 Final Activity

Now that you have completed the assignments in this unit, let's move on to the final activity for this unit. 

Select an article that is connected to one of the topics that you studied in this unit and complete this handout.

Alternative Assessment - If you like, you may do the following assignment instead of the current event. It's your choice!

Stretching Exercises for the Constitution: Changes after the Bill of Rights

• Examine one amendment from the Eleventh Amendment through the Twenty-seventh Amendment.
• Present a report and a poster on the amendment.
• Discuss the amendments and their effect on the Constitution

What you will do:
Research the historical background of a constitutional amendment
Summarize and discuss research findings
Recognize the chronology and impact of the amendments

What you will need:

• Textbooks and other available annotated sources of the Constitution

• Poster sheets and other necessary poster materials
  

Web Sites:

• Constitution of the United States, Amendments 11-27

• Notes on the Amendments

The steps to follow:

1. Research an amendment passed since the Bill of Rights (11-27).
   
2. Write a one-page report that summarizes your findings. Include the following:
   
• The specific purpose and/or impact of the amendment.
  
• Historical background surrounding the creation of the amendment.
  
• Identification of the portion of the Constitution (by Article, Section, and specific language) modified by the new amendment's requirement
3. Design a Powerpoint presentation to be displayed as part of a class timeline of amendments. The Powerpoint should display the following:
   

• The number, title, and date of the amendment.
• Several slides taking the main points from your one page report on the amendment.
• Several illustrations or images that represents the amendment
  

ARE YOU DONE??? LET'S MOVE ON TO THE LAST UNIT!