Format
1. Introduction to the National Archives
2. Meet Sammy the Bald Eagle and learn about what it means to have rights
3. Think/Pair/Share Activity: Brainstorm rights for a Classroom Bill of Rights
4. Voting Activity: Create a Classroom Bill of Rights by voting on the top four rights
5. Examine an an example of the right to petition from the holding of the National Archives
6. Conclusion
Objectives
By completing this program, students will be better able to:
-Explain what rights are and why they are important
-Identify rights that are important for their classroom
-Create a Classroom Bill of Rights
Standards Alignment
National Standards
National Center for History in the Schools History Standards
Standards for Grades K-4 Topic 3 Standard 4A
The student demonstrates an understanding of how the United States government was formed and of the nation’s basic democratic principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Explain the importance of the basic principles of American democracy that unify us as a nation; our individual rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; responsibility for the common good; equality of opportunity and equal protection of the law; freedom of speech and religion; majority rule with protection for minority rights; and limitations on government, with power held by the people and delegated by them to their elected officials who are responsible to those who elected them to office.
United States History Content Standards for Grades 5-12 United States Era 3 Standard 3B
The student understands the guarantees of the Bill of Rights and its continuing significance.
National Standards for Civics and Government
NSS.C.K-4.C.1
Necessity and purposes of government. Explain probable consequences of the absence of government and of rules and laws. Explain that the basic purposes of government in the United States are to protect the rights of individuals and to promote the common good.
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.4
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.4
Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.1
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.