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Name __________________________ You’ve Got Rights We Defeated the Aliens… Now What? The year is 2056. After a huge battle with alien invaders that nearly destroyed the world, people are afraid about what rights they’ll have under a new government. Leaders have decided to create the Pamphlet of...

Name __________________________ You’ve Got Rights We Defeated the Aliens… Now What? The year is 2056. After a huge battle with alien invaders that nearly destroyed the world, people are afraid about what rights they’ll have under a new government. Leaders have decided to create the Pamphlet of Protections to define what rights people will have. Look at the proposed rights. Mark the ten you think should be included: Pamphlet of Protections _____ 1. The people shall have the right to own weapons. _____ 9. All people shall be protected equally by the laws. _____ 2. Everyone must be friends with everyone else. _____ 10. The people shall never be forced to house _____ 3. People are free to express their opinions on soldiers in their home. any subject. _____ 11. No person shall be searched without a _____ 4. A person accused of a crime has the right to a fair trial. good reason. _____ 5. Criminals shall not be punished in a way that is _____ 12. The people shall be free to drive as soon as they mean or weird. can operate a car. _____ 6. The people shall have the right to clean streets _____ 13. No person shall be required to fight in a war. and parks. _____ 14. No person will be put on trial twice for the _____ 7. Laws can’t stop adult citizens from voting. same crime. _____ 8. The people shall have the right to a free education. _____ 15. A person may follow any religion or no religion. Anticipation Activity Name __________________________ We Defeated the Aliens… Now What? The year is 2056. After a huge battle with alien invaders that nearly destroyed the world, people are afraid about what rights they’ll have under a new government. Leaders have decided to create the Pamphlet of Protections to define what rights people will have. Look at the proposed rights. Mark the ten you think should be included: Pamphlet of Protections _____ 1. The people shall have the right to own weapons. _____ 9. All people shall be protected equally by the laws. _____ 2. Everyone must be friends with everyone else. _____ 10. The people shall never be forced to house _____ 3. People are free to express their opinions on soldiers in their home. any subject. _____ 11. No person shall be searched without a _____ 4. A person accused of a crime has the right to a fair trial. good reason. _____ 5. Criminals shall not be punished in a way that is _____ 12. The people shall be free to drive as soon as they mean or weird. can operate a car. _____ 6. The people shall have the right to clean streets _____ 13. No person shall be required to fight in a war. and parks. _____ 14. No person will be put on trial twice for the _____ 7. Laws can’t stop adult citizens from voting. same crime. _____ 8. The people shall have the right to a free education. _____ 15. A person may follow any religion or no religion. © 2023 iCivics, Inc. Anticipation Activity  Name __________________________ You’ve Got Rights We Defeated the British… Now What? The year is 1787. After a bloody war against the British, the colonists have won their independence and spent years debating and revising the structure and function of their national government. Many former colonists are excited, but some people are afraid about what rights they’ll have under a new government. They’ve already suffered under the The first United States flag heavy hand of the British king. And some question when equality will apply to all of “We the People.” So, how did people get a list that defines what rights Americans will have? Leaders of the new United States wrote a Constitution that explains exactly how the new government will work. The only problem? It can’t take effect until it’s approved by the states. And there are some state leaders who don’t like it. Known as the Anti- Federalists, they fear a strong central government, and they are Virginia Museum of Fine Arts demanding that the Constitution include a list of individual rights. They’re threatening to stop the Constitution from being approved unless a list is added. But another group, known as the Federalists, insists the All of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were Constitution alone is enough to protect people’s’ rights. They White males. The average delegate was in their 40s, wealthy, warn that it’s impossible to list every single right that citizens well-educated, and had significant political power. About half of the delegates enslaved humans in their lifetime. What should have. And they feel that once the rights are written, the perspectives may have been missed in discussions government could take advantage—by violating rights that aren’t about the new nation? on the list. Both sides feel they have the best arguments. To move forward, they hammer out a compromise: the Bill of Rights. Instead of including a list of rights in the main part Library of Congress of the Constitution, they add it as the first ten amendments, or changes, to the Constitution. One of these amendments assures that the rights listed are not the only ones citizens have. There are three main categories of rights: individual freedoms, protections against government abuse and power, and rights of people accused of crimes. A Broader We The original Bill of Rights As time passed, amendments added protections to the Constitution to ensure that the rights promised to “We the People” in the Preamble Virginia Museum of Fine Arts include protecting a broader definition of “We.” Amending the Constitution is not an easy process—because the Framers wanted the nation to have stability. But this has meant it has been hard for groups of people who were denied rights to claim them. After the bloody Civil War was fought between the northern and southern states, Black people, who had been enslaved in the United States, fought for and gained their Nannie Helen Burroughs (holding freedom. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments ended slavery and promised rights banner) protested and wrote about the need for Black and white to formerly enslaved people. Later, the 19th and 26th Amendments ensured that women to work together to achieve women and citizens as young as eighteen would have the right to vote. Even today, suffrage (the right to vote). many people are actively campaigning for amendments to make sure that the rights promised in the Constitution are for everyone. © 2023 iCivics, Inc. 1  Rights Activity Name __________________________ You’ve Got Rights Pamphlet of Protections The Bill of Rights Protection # Amendment 1 _________ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Protection # Amendment 2 _________ A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Protection # Amendment 3 _________ No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner... Protection # Amendment 4 _________ The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Protection # Amendment 5 _________ No person shall... be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. Protection # Amendment 6 _________ In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury... and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. Protection # Amendment 7 _________ In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. © 2023 iCivics, Inc. 2  Rights Activity Name __________________________ You’ve Got Rights Pamphlet of Protections The Bill of Rights Protection # Amendment 8 _________ Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Protection # Amendment 9 _________ The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. Protection # Amendment 10 _________ The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. Expanding the “We” Protection # Amendment 13 _________ Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Protection # Amendment 14 _________ All persons born or naturalized in the United States... are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Protection # Amendment 15 _________ The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Protection # Amendment 19 _________ The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Protection # Amendment 26 _________ The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age. © 2023 iCivics, Inc. 3  Review Name __________________________ You’ve Got Rights A. Categorize. Below is a list of rights found in the Constitutional B. Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist. Decide amendments. Complete the graphic organizer by writing the whether each statement describes Federalists, number of each right beneath its corresponding category. Anti-Federalists, or both. Write the letter in the correct area of the Venn diagram. Constitutional Rights A. Feared a strong central government. Bill of Rights Later Amendments B. Thought the Constitution was enough to protect citizens’ rights. INDIVIDUAL LIMITS ON RIGHTS OF VOTING NATURAL FREEDOMS GOVERNMENT THE ACCUSED RIGHTS RIGHTS (LIFE, C. Agreed to the Bill of Rights as a compromise. FREEDOM, ETC.) D. Worried a list of rights might be seen as the ONLY rights people had. E. Thought the Constitution needed a list of 1a. The freedom to practice any religion or no religion. protected rights. 1b. Right to assemble peacefully. F. Opposed the Constitution as-is. 2. Right to keep and bear arms. 4. No unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. G. Believed people had rights that should be protected. 5a. The government can’t take a person’s life, liberty, or property without due process H. Wanted the Constitution to be approved as-is. of the law. 5b. No person can be charged twice for the same crime. Federalists Anti-Federalists 5c. The government can’t take private property without compensation. 6a. The right to a speedy trial. 6b. People acccused of a crime have the right to a lawyer. 8. No cruel and unusual punishments. 9. Rights listed in the Constitution are not the only rights people have. 13. Slavery shall not exist in the United States. 15. People have the right to vote regardless of race. 19. Women cannot be denied the right to vote. C. Missing Amendments Think about the amendments listed below, then describe one thing that might happen if the amendment was missing from the Constitution. The first one has been done for you. Without this… …this might happen! I could be forced to quarter (house) soldiers. This could mean I would have to give up my room and our family 3rd would have to pay for the soldier’s food which could be a financial burden. 6th 4th 8th 1st © 2023 iCivics, Inc. 4  Cut & Paste Matching Activity Name __________________________ You’ve Got Rights Matching Activity. Use this page to organize the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Amendment Matching: Paste Activity. Cut each box out and read the statement. Paste it on the amendment that is the best match. The government Did you find a The right to have cannot deprive Bail, fines and No unreasonable right not listed in a jury hear your you of life, liberty punishments searches and the Constitution? case in a criminal or property must not be seizures. It still belongs to trial. without due excessive. the people! process of law You have freedoms of You don’t If a power The right to have religion, speech, have to house isn’t given to a jury hear your Citizens can keep press; and the soldiers in your the federal case in most civil and bear arms. right to assemble home during government, it trials. peacefully and peacetime. goes to the states petition the or the people. government. © 2023 iCivics, Inc. Amendment Matching: Cut