Lesson 19 - What Rights Did the Constitution protect?  How Was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

South Dakota Application

1. How does the South Dakota Bill of Rights compare to the National Bill of Rights?

Activities:

1. Students will create a compare and contrast chart between the South Dakota Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights.

2. Students can focus on one specific amendment in the U.S. Constitution and research how it is addressed in other state constitutions. For example: The Right To Bear Arms

3. Create a game to review the basic rights listed in the Constitution (Jeopardy, Trivia Pursuit, Hollywood Squares, Pictionary)

Assessment

Teachers monitor student success in complete of game review

Resources

• We The People, pgs. 240-244

• http://www.harbornet.com/rights/s-dakota.txt

• http://www.guncite.com/journals/dowcons.html

• http://www.harbornet.com/rights/states.html

• http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/index.html#statelaw