Teaching Civics Creating a Bill of Rights in Space

Creating a Bill of Rights in Space

Posted By eparker On August 2, 2013 @ 7:48 pm In | Comments Disabled

Author: Washington State Courts

Students discuss the pros and cons to adding a Bill of Rights to their constitution for their space colony. Hypothetical situations are used to highlight rights. The lesson helps the students discover the need for a Bill of Rights.

Objectives:

Students will define “rights.”
Students will analyze and apply the U.S. Bill of Rights to hypothetical situations.
Students will create an Intergalactic Bill of Rights.

Source: http://www.courts.wa.gov/education/lessons/?fa=education_lessons.dspPlan&plan=CreatingRightsInSpace ^[1]

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