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The 27 Amendments

The 27 Amendments. Using non-linguistics to make learning the amendments relevant and memorable! Leah Ashley New Hanover HS lashley@nhcs.net. Nonlinguistic Representation. Learners acquire and store knowledge in 2 primary ways: 1. Linguistic by reading or hearing lectures

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The 27 Amendments

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  1. The 27Amendments Using non-linguistics to make learning the amendments relevant and memorable! Leah Ashley New Hanover HS lashley@nhcs.net

  2. Nonlinguistic Representation • Learners acquire and store knowledge in 2 primary ways: 1. Linguistic • by reading or hearing lectures • Nonlinguistic • visual imagery • Visual representations help students recognize topics • kinesthetic: movements • The more students use both systems of representing knowledge, the better they are able to think aboutand recall what they have learned. (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock,2001) Nonlinguistic Representation is an imagery form of representation. expressed as mental pictures & physical sensations

  3. Bill of Rights • The B.o.R. (basic rights) • Lists rights that ALL citizens (you and me)get • All are rights that colonists didn’t get! • Wrote them to make sure that future generations will receive these rights • “…our POSTerity. (post-game)

  4. Amendment 1 (I) • It’s a RAP! • RAPPS! • Religion • Assembly • Petition • Press • Speech • You can PRAY ABOUT IT, TALK ABOUT IT IN A GROUP, WRITE OUR LEADERS ABOUT IT OR WATCH ITON THE NEWS… EVEN WEAR IT ON A SHIRT!—THAT’S ALL YOU GOTTA DO! JUST RAPPS!

  5. Amendment 2 (II) • How many bare arms do you see? “WOW! I SEE 2 BARE ARMS!”

  6. Amendment 3 (III) Think: “3” Little PIGS!…You don’t have to let anyone in! • Go ahead huff and puff!

  7. Amendment 4 (IV) • Jay-Z • (jay-z has 4 letters) OR • 4 (JAY-Z) • before 5 (50 cent)

  8. I heard "Son do you know why I'm stoppin' you for?"Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hats real low?Do I look like a mind reader sir, I don't knowAm I under arrest or should I guess some mo'?"Well you was doin fifty-five in a fifty-fo' ""License, registration and step out of the car""Are you carryin' a weapon on you I know a lot of you are"I ain't steppin out…all my paper's legit"Well, do you mind if I look round the car a little bit?"Well my glove compartment is locked so is the trunk in the backAnd I know my rights so you goin' need a warrant for that"Aren't you sharp as a tack, you some type of lawyer or..somebody important or somethin'?"Nah, I ain't pass the bar but I know a little bitEnough that you won't illegally search my #@%&! The 99 PROBLEMS LYRICS are the property of the respective authors, artists and labels, the lyrics are provided for educational purposes only.

  9. Amendment 5 (V) • Due Process • I plead the 5th! (don’t self incriminate…yourself?) • Double Jeopardy • Grand Jury • Eminent Domain (house) I “due” what I gotta “due” in my house, youdon’t have to say a word so hush your mouth…it’sgrand to know that peers will decide andyou will only be in jeopardy once for that crime… (charged once)

  10. Amendment 6 (V+I)= VI • 666 • Think something bad • Even “bad" criminal people will get a right to a trial by jury • (criminal cases only)

  11. Amendment 7 (VII) • 7 rhymes with heaven • Not criminal cases but civil • You get a jury trial!

  12. Amendment 8 (VIII) • I “8”nothing • Number 8 looks like a paddle • No cruel and unusual punishments! • This includes excessive bails and fines • Guess what looks like an 8 too: • $

  13. Amendment 9 (10 is X so…1 - X) IX • In case we forgot any… • 9 rhymes with “mine” • Rights given to the people…us!

  14. Amendment 10 (X) • Not for us, but for the states!

  15. Amendment 11(XI) • 1 1 • S S • Suits against states

  16. Amendment 12 (XII) • 1 2 • Voting for the #1 man and the #2 man! • voting for the Pres and Vice Pres

  17. Amendment 13 (XIII) • 13 is an unlucky number • Being a slave was not good  • Think slavery! • Abolished it! 

  18. Amendment 14 (XIV) • 1(one)4 (four)ALL! • We are all equal under the law! • **HUGE!!!! • Anytime one is not being treated equally…. Cite the 14th! • Connect to 5th too! (open your hand!)

  19. Amendment 15 (XV) • African American suffrage • Guess what? • African American has 15 letters! • 13, 14 and 15 go together!

  20. Amendment 16 ( XVI) • Do you like taxes? • We all are “sick-teen” of paying taxes!

  21. Amendment 17 (XVII) • Now we get to elect senators! • “Senate-teen”

  22. Amendment 18 (XVIII) • What can’t you do at 18? • Drink… • Prohibition (can’t do) • **only one that was repealed by another! • Repealed- • you “peel” a banana and then throw it away...you CANCEL it!

  23. Amendment 19 (XIX) • What age do women look the best? • Nineteen!

  24. Amendment 20 (XX) • Terms of president, vp and congress • President gets inaugurated on Jan. 20!

  25. Amendment 21 (XXI) • What can you do at 21 years of age? • Exactly… • Prohibition is repealed!

  26. Amendment 22 (XXII) • Pres only gets twotwo! • Two terms!

  27. Amendment 23 (XXIII) • People in DC love 23! • Or, MJ’s number • He last played for the…

  28. Amendment 24 (XXIV) • No poll taxes! • 2vote4 free

  29. Amendment 25 (XXV) • What if the pres dies or leaves office? • Rhyme it: “25 president dies”

  30. Amendment 26 (XXVI) • 18 year olds get suffrage! • 2 + 6 = 8teen year olds

  31. Amendment 27 (XXVII) • Rhyme it: • “Congress would be in heaven if it wasn’t for 27!”

  32. Strategies galore! • Federalism • Federal and state governments share power over the people • Umbrella • Popular sovereignty • We rule (everyone gets a crown) • Federal court system • SAD  • LEJ-123… say it with me!

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