If you give America a Constitution

By: Morgan Helton

If you give America a

Constitution she will probably

find a few mistakes…

And if she finds a few mistakes,

she will ask you for some

amendments.

For her first amendment she will

probably get excited and want to

have the freedom of religion, speech,

press, assembly, and petition.

All this Freedom will remind

her that she would also like the

right to bear arms.

And chances are that she will

not want to be forced to

quarter soldiers in her home

either.

When she thinks of home she

will probably realize that she

will need the right of search and

seizure to protect her

embarrassing sticker collection.

And looking at all her stickers will

remind her that no person should have to

testify against themselves in the court of

law. She will ask you to make that the 5th

amendment.

Chances are that she would also

like the right to a speedy trial by

jury in criminal cases…

And if she has trial by jury in

criminal cases she will probably want

to have it in civil cases as well

All this talk of court and law will

scare America and she will probably

want you to add the 8th amendment

against cruel and unusual

punishment.

And chances are she will want everyone to

know that even though all individual rights

aren't listed in the constitution they can still

not be violated.

This will probably make her think of the

states and how they too should have

rights.

You will tell her that

she now has made 10

amendments and she

will probably want

to see them.

When she sees them she will want

everyone to agree on it

So chances are she will get some people to sign it, people like William Few, Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Charles Pinckney.

America will be so proud that

she will ask you to hang it up

so everyone can see…

She will look at it for a

long time, and she will

probably find a few

mistakes,

And if she finds a few mistakes,

Chances are she will probably ask

you for a few amendments…

Links…

•

(link to book activity site for kids)

• ( helpful website

about the bill of rights and constitution)

•

(Game to help Memorize bill of rights)

5 Extras (Constitution Knowledge)

The constitution has 3 main parts

• The Preamble- Introduction to the Constitution

• The Articles – Explains how government is set up and is run.

• The Amendments – Conditions added into the constitution.

The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments.

• There are 27 amendments total in the constitution

The Bill Of Rights Can always be added to.