They watched School House Rock and learned about the first ten amendments, then broke in to groups to discuss ideas for what to include in their own Bill of Rights.
- Constitution Day is observed on Sept. 17.
- Mrs. Jones’ 5th Grade class learned about the Constitution, focusing on the Bill of Rights.
- Students then made a list if ideas to include in their own Bill of Rights. A vote of 3/4 of students is needed to ratify each idea.
(Below is the transcript from the broadcast story)
September 17th celebrates the 237th anniversary of the ratification of the constitution in 1787.
So, Lauren Jones’s 5th grade class at Bickel Elementary is learning about the constitution.
“Today is Constitution Day,” Jones told Idaho News 6. “We’re going to be digging into that background and in particular we’re going to be focused on the bill of rights and we’re going to be building a classroom bill of rights.”
After learning about the first ten amendments, students broke into groups to create their own classroom bill of rights.