Trueflix Featured Book: Bill of Rights Shannon Wegener

TrueFlix Featured Book: Bill of Rights
Shannon Wegener

DESCRIPTION: Students analyze how the Bill of Rights affect their everyday life through varies activities.

Grade 7th

CCSS: ELA GRADE 7

RI.7.2 Grade 7 Students: Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

RI.7.3 Grade 7 Students: Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).

RI.7.4 Grade 7 Students: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

OPENING: Students will complete interactive activities that will connect the bill of rights to their everyday life.

PROCEDURES:

1. Students will watch short video on bill of rights, then read TrueFlix flipbook on the bill of rights and complete the quiz.

2. Students will use electronic flashcards at http://www.studystack.com/mystacks-516021 to play a variety of games to review vocabulary from the flipbook.

3. During their reading, students will complete their fan deck with each bill of right on it. http://bb.tangischools.org/courses/1/00-01-13-049-736/content/_42547_1/FanDeckTemplate.pptx

4. Students will use the book to create a diorama of the bill of rights.

CLOSURE: Students will summarize how the bill of rights affect their lives today.