Civics EOC Tutorial
Topic: The Bill of Rights
Presenter: Mr. Regnier
Please sit four to a table.
Benchmark
Evaluate rights contained
in the Bill of Rights
and other amendments to
the Constitution.
SS.7.C.2.4
Benchmark Clarifications
Students will recognize
that the Bill of Rights
comprises the first ten
amendments to the U.S.
Constitution.
Students will recognize the
five freedoms protected by
the First Amendment.
Students will evaluate how
the Bill of Rights influences
individual actions and social
interactions.
Students will use scenarios
to identify rights protected
by the Bill of Rights.
Students will use scenarios
to recognize violations of the
Bill of Rights or other
constitutional amendments.
Benchmark Limitations
 Items will not require
students to identify
protected rights by
specific amendment
numbers.
***Remember: the
first ten amendments
to the Constitution
are known as the Bill
of Rights.***
Round-Robin read each
amendment in each
category at your table.
(One amendment per
person, rotating).
Raise your hand when you
are done.
Rally Coach
a. One student reads a question out
loud and then answers it (explain
your answer, too).
b. The other three students at the
table agree or disagree with the
answer.
c. The table must come to a
consensus. One an answer is
agreed upon, write a brief
statement under it EXPLAINING
why your answer is correct.
d. Students take turns as the reader.
Bill of Rights Question 1
Which three rights are guaranteed by
the Bill of Rights?
a. Freedom of speech, right to work,
right to petition the government
b. Right to bear arms, right to a
speedy trial, right to an education
c. Freedom of speech, right to bear
arms, right to a speedy trial
d. Right to vote, right to work, right to
a speedy trial
Bill of Rights Question 2
The Statement below was made by Thomas
Jefferson in a 1786 letter to John Jay.
…our liberty, which cannot be guarded but by
the freedom of the press…
Why should this freedom be guarded?
a. to provide the news media with a guaranteed
profit
b. to keep the news media from controlling the
political process
c. to provide the government with an accurate
information source
d. to keep the government from becoming the
primary information source
Bill of Rights Question 3
The image below symbolizes a right
protected by the Bill of Rights.
What constitutional right does this image
symbolize?
a. speedy trial
b. trial by peers
c. legal representation
d. peaceable assembly
Bill of Rights Question 4
Which constitutional
principle is applied when
police inform suspects of
their rights?
a.
b.
c.
d.
due process of law
eminent domain
double jeopardy
trial by jury
Bill of Rights Question 5
Why does the U.S. Supreme Court
continue to debate the
constitutionality of the death
penalty?
a. Citizens are protected from
unreasonable search and seizure.
b. Citizens are protected from cruel
and unusual punishment.
c. Citizens are protected against
double jeopardy.
d. Citizens are protected against
unfair trials.
Bill of Rights Question 6
The statement below was made by President Dwight
Eisenhower upon signing Public Law 396 in 1954 which
added “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance.
“To anyone who truly loves America, nothing could be
more inspiring than to contemplate this rededication of
our youth, on each school morning, to our country’s true
meaning.”
Which First Amendment protections have been cited in
opposition to this change?
a.
b.
c.
d.
establishment and free exercise
establishment and association
speech and free exercise
association and speech
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