Smart Board

SSCG6 The student will demonstrate knowledge of civil liberties and civil rights.
a. Examine the Bill of Rights with emphasis on First Amendment freedoms.
b. Analyze due process law expressed in the 5th and 14th Amendments.
c. Explain selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights.
d. Explain how government seeks to maintain the balance between individual liberties and the public interest.
e. Explain every citizen’s right to be treated equally under the law.


We will review the Bill of Rights as a whole group (slides 1-11). Students will be called individually to use the SMART board in order to list and describe which ammendments can be catagorized as personal freedoms, the protection of citizens, the rights of the accused and the rights of states and citizens. Students will then be divided into groups of 2-3 and be given a list of scenarios in which a right has been violated. As a group they will use their text, notes and class discussions to decide which amendment has been violated. Once everyone has finished we will then use the SMART board to list answers and decide as a class if each group has indeed choosen the correct amendment and why.

This lesson was adapted from SMART Exchange - USA