IN Set up

1. IN Set up • Page 21—Leave blank and label it Amendment Process • Pages 22-24—Tear apart the activity that you just did and glue onto these pages • Page 25—Staple the notes packet

2. Let Freedom Ring

3. The Constitution is flexible and can change with the times through amendments Article V of the Constitution describes the process of amendments The founding fathers made this process a difficult one HERE IT IS

4. THE AMENDMENT PROCESS 1. Proposal 2. Approval 2/3 of the House & Senate Approval in 3/4 of state legislatures or special conventions or request of 2/3 of the state legislatures

5. THE BILL OF RIGHTS The first ten amendments to the Constitution are the Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights protect individual liberties SO WHAT ARE THEY?????

6. Stop the War! Stop the War! Amendment 1 Freedom of Religion Freedom of Assembly Freedom of Speech Freedom of the Press Freedom to Petition Dear Mr. President,

7. Amendment 2 The Right to Bear Arms

8. You can’t stay here! Amendment 3 No quartering (lodging) soldiers in private houses

9. Amendment 4 I hear you knocking, but you can’t come in without a warrant! Police, open up! No unreasonable searches and seizures

10. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney … Amendment 5 Due Process

11. Court’s adjourned! Amendment 6 Right to a Speedy Trial

12. Guilty Guilty Guilty Guilty Guilty Amendment 7 Right to a trial by jury

13. Amendment 8 Confess or I’ll beat it out of you! No cruel and unusual punishment

14. Privacy Amendment 9 We have other rights too! Powers Reserved to the People

15. Amendment 10 The states have rights too! States’ Rights

16. OTHER AMENDMENTS There are 27 total amendments to the Constitution 13-15 gave rights to the freed slaves 19 gave women the right to vote 26 changed the voting age from 21 to 18 years