This plan can cover 4 to 6 separate days, in order for the students to fully emmerse themselves in the fine points of the U.S. Constitution. The teacher can start by presenting students with hypothetical situations which could affect their personal life situations. Such examples can include:
- You are told you have to practice a new religion which has recently been established by the government
- The government forcibly confiscates the guns which your family uses for hunting
- You are not allowed to vote in the next presidential election after your 18th birthday.
The students discuss their reactions to these and other situations which could personally affect them. The issues must relate to various items in the amendments to the Constitution. Next the students, working in groups of 3 or 4 begin to take pictures or video (using the digital camera) of visual representation of different Constitutional amendments. They will upload these pictures onto their computer. Students will also search the internet for various current news articles discussing violations of the Constitutional amendments. Students are required to identify the amendments referred to in the articles and the reasoning processes which led to their decisions. The students will cut and paste their pictures and articles onto PowerPoint slides and create a short presentation on relating the amendments in real-life situations outside the classroom. After all the groups have completed their analyses within a designated time frame, the entire class reconvenes to present their slides and compare/contrast them.
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