Final+Project

The Bill of Rights by Ms. Peggy Leggett

The teacher will explain the origin of the Bill of Rights and as well as engage students into a conversation about their rights. Questions will be asked as to what rights do you as a citizen believe you are entitled to. Why do we need rights and which rights have help to shape our country? The class will look at the first amendment and discuss the basic five freedom guaranteed in the first amendment. The students will read about the first ten amendments in their textbooks. Students will then log in to quizlet.com and create flashcard to study the first 10 ten amendments. By the end of the week students will have to create a complete project to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the material after using quizlet.com. The teacher will demonstrate to the students how to use quizlet.com and create a jing video to explain how to create a comic book on toondoo.
 * __Lesson Summary __**

The learner will investigate the foundations of the American political system and explore basic values and principles of American democracy. (Grades 10)
 * __North Carolina Competency Goal 1: __**

 **__Objective 1:07__** Evaluate the extent to which the Bill of Rights extended the Constitution.

 **__Essential Questions:__**  How does the Bill of Rights offer protection for citizens? Was the Bill of Rights in to guarantee freedom to citizens? How are rights granted in the Bill or Rights limited by the interpretation of the judiciary branch?

Students will read the chapter on the Bill of Rights create flashcards on Quizlet.com Later in the week students will again go to Quizlet.com and play space race and create as well as take a quiz using the website.
 * __Hand it in teaching __****<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **__ Publish it teaching: __** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will (notes, textbook or quizlet.com) then go to toondoo.com and create a comic book of five slides or more on the Bill of Rights (first ten amendments). The cartoons will be made available to other students to view, rate, and discuss.

How to create a toondoo cartoon <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(Click on this link to view a short tutorial on how to create and customize your cartoon.) [|Voki on Bill of Rights Cartoon]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **__Project-Based Learning Strategy__** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Students will be creating a multimedia presentation using the toondoos comic software application. The projects will reflect their mastery of key concepts and processes in regard to understanding the Bill of Rights as well as the usage of technology. This activity is using the PBL method, simply because the students will acquire knowledge and experience in the process of designing, creating, planning, and producing as well as in the content area. They will be more engage by applying their individual creativity as to how they capture their understanding of the first ten amendments. This type of learning fully engrosses the students and helps the material to become more relevant and significant for each individual student; the teacher ultimately allows the students to be in control of their own learning.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> __**Assessment Strategies**__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In order to get an idea about what the students have already learned before creating their comic books students will go to quizlet.com and create a test with a variety of test questions. Once the test is complete student’s will print their test results. The teacher will present different examples of comic book created though toondoo. Teacher will provide a guide and or checklist of what will be expected in the content of each comic about that particular amendment. The teacher will be observant while constantly checking on each student's progress though out the activity. This will be done to in order to provide another level of assessment as well as feedback to help students maintain their focus as they complete the project. The final step in the project is for students to publish their work. The teacher will add all student-created comic by url to the teacher’s webpage so others, such as parents, peer, and colleague can view students work. Each project will then get a final evaluation by way of a rubric, teacher observation, student feedback in order to gain a clear and concise picture of each student’s level of comprehension.