Constitutional Amendment Project- DUE 9/29/2015

Constitutional Amendment Project

Assignment:

You will choose one of the following constitutional amendments to learn about independently. I will make a sign-up sheet available. Each of you will study a different amendment so that no two students research the same amendment. Remember to include the present day relevance of your chosen Amendment. You will choose one of several project options.

Timeline:

• Project is due 9/29/2015

Project options:

·              Write a two page paper (~600 words, double space, 12 pt. Times New Roman font)

·              Create a PowerPoint presentation* (requires PowerPoint at home – class time will be used for planning and outlining.

·              Write a children’s book

·              Create a board game

·              Create an informational brochure

·              Write a play

·              Write a newspaper article written from the appropriate historical perspective (~300 words) with images as well.

Requirements:

At least three different sources must be consulted. You will submit a bibliography with your project. See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01. Consult project rubric for specific guidelines and expectations.

Examples:

1.     Book

Paloutzian, R. F. (1996). Invitation to the psychology of religion (2nd ed.). Boston, 
     MA: Allyn and Bacon.

2.              Informally published Web document

Degelman, D. (2009). APA style essentials. Retrieved fromhttp://www.vanguard.edu/faculty
     /ddegelman/detail.aspx?doc_id=796

3.              Informally published Web document (no date)

Nielsen, M. E. (n.d.). Notable people in psychology of religion. Retrieved from  
     http://www.psywww.com/psyrelig/psyrelpr.htm

4.     Informally published Web document (no author, no date)  
Gender and society. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/gender.html

The amendments:

Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms

Amendment 3 - Quartering of Soldiers 

Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure

Amendment 5 - Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings 

Amendment 6 - Right to Speedy Trial, Confrontation of Witnesses 

Amendment 7 - Trial by Jury in Civil Cases

Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment 

Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution 

Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People 

Amendment 11 - Judicial Limits

Amendment 12 - Choosing the President, Vice President Amendment 13 - Slavery Abolished

Amendment 14 - Citizenship Rights 

Amendment 15 - Race No Bar to Vote 

Amendment 16 - Status of Income Tax Clarified

Amendment 17 - Senators Elected by Popular Vote 

Amendment 18 - Liquor Abolished

Amendment 19 - Women's Suffrage

Amendment 20 - Presidential, Congressional Terms 

Amendment 21 - Amendment 18 Repealed 

Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits

Amendment 23 - Presidential Vote for District of Columbia 

Amendment 24 - Poll Taxes Barred

Amendment 25 - Presidential Disability and Succession Amendment 26 - Voting Age Set to 18 Years 

Amendment 27 - Limiting Congressional Pay Increases

Online Resources:

http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html

Provides actual language of the amendments, notes, and history of the amendments

http://www.shmoop.com/constitution/first-amendment.html

An education resource site that provides nice summaries of all the amendments

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/

an online law encyclopedia. Here, you can search for detailed summaries of all of the amendments.

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html

Provides actual language of the amendments, and some background on the 13th amendment

http://electoralcollegehistory.com/electoral/crs-congress.asp Provides a detailed summary of the 12th amendment

http://www.greatamericanhistory.net/amendment.htm Background summary of 13th amendment

http://www.history.com/topics/emancipation-proclamation

Provides the history of events that lead to the passage of the 13th amendment.  Also provides a summary of the 13th amendment

http://www.history.com/topics/thirteenth-amendment Continued brief description of the 13th amendment

http://www.history.com/topics/fourteenth-amendment History of the 14th amendment – Multimedia content

http://www.history.com/topics/fifteenth-amendment Brief history of the 15th amendment and full text version

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/CivilWarRecon.html Summary and background of 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments

http://www.history.com/topics/19th-amendment History of the 19th amendment – multimedia content

http://www.history.com/topics/the-26th-amendment History of the 26th amendment – multimedia content

Max. Point Value = 5 for ea. category divided by a possible 25 for 100%

Content Area 1- origin 

Content Area 2- background 

Content Area 3: Impact