This interactive internet scavenger hunt is a engaging and

This interactive internet scavenger hunt is a engaging
and technology based activity for students to learn
about the Bill of Rights. Students will research using
various given websites to learn what the Bill of Rights
are, how they place limits on the power of
government, and why they are included in the
constitution.
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Name: _________________________ Date: ______________
Directions: Click on the links provided to answer the
questions below.
Amendment
1. Define amendment: ________________________________
_________________________________________________
2. How are amendments made?
Step 1: ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Step 2: ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Reason for Bill of Rights
3. Why were the Bill of Rights put in the Constitution? ______
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
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Bill of Rights
4. What are the Bill of Rights? _________________________
__________________________________________________
5. Why are the Bill of Rights helpful for citizens? __________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
6. Who wrote 12 amendments and presented them to the
First Congress in 1789? ______________________________
7. How many of the amendments were passed and put into the
Constitution? ____________________
8. Fill out the chart below by writing each amendment in your
own words.
First Amendment
Second Amendment
Third Amendment
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Fourth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Sixth Amendment
Seventh Amendment
Eight Amendment
Ninth Amendment
Tenth Amendment
9. Take the ten question quiz at the bottom of the page.
What was your score? _____________
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1. A change or addition to the Constitution
2. Step 1: Proposal - An amendment can be proposed by
either a two-thirds vote in Congress, including both the
House of Representatives and the Senate, or a national
convention made up of two-thirds of the states. All our
current amendments were proposed by Congress.
Step 2: Ratification - Next, the amendment has to be
ratified. It can be ratified by either three-fourths of the
state legislatures or by state conventions in threefourths of the states. Only the 21st amendment used the
state convention method.
3. Because some delegates would not approve the
Constitution when it was sent to the states for
ratification until it included a bill of rights listing the
individual rights of every citizen.
4. The 1st 10 amendments to the United States Constitution
5. They ensure certain freedoms and rights to the citizens
of America. It put limits on what the government could do
and control.
Answers taken
6. James Madison
from websites
7. 10
including ducksters
8. Answers will vary – ensure that students and congress for
kids
have an accurate explanation of each
amendment in their own words.
9. Answers will vary
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Thank you for downloading my
Bill of Rights Interactive
Internet Scavenger Hunt. I hope that you
enjoy using it as a valuable resource in your
classroom! Please let me know if you have
any questions or concerns. My email is
[email protected].
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