Student Choice Project

Project #1: Bill of Rights Comic Strip.

Students will turn the Bill of Rights into a comic strip. Each amendment will

be transformed into an illustration with a few air bubbles to depict it. Students

should use creativity to form digital or non-digital works of art that portray the

main idea of each amendment.

How to make a comic strip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTkQ-rVP5U0

Bill of Rights Illustrations:
http://www.legaltechdesign.com/visualawlibrary/2014/02/14/bill-of-rights-2/

Project Rubric
Excellent -Good requirements -Good requirements -Good requirements
are fulfilled. are fulfilled. are fulfilled.
-Illustrations are - Air bubbles are -presentation of the
creative, well thought creative organized and amendments express a
out and well organized. show deep deep understanding of
understanding of each the Bill of Rights.
amendment.
Good -Average requirements -Average requirements -Average requirements
are fulfilled. are fulfilled. are fulfilled
-Illustrations clearly -Air bubbles clearly -Presentation of comic
represent the main idea explain the strip clearly explains
of corresponding corresponding the main idea of each
amendments amendment. amendment.

Average -All ten amendments in -Each illustration has -Comic strips presented
the Bill of Rights are air bubbles that help to class using a real or
represented with an explain the illustration digital medias.
illustration. (real or and corresponding
digital medias) amendment.

Needs Improvement -Not all amendments -Air bubbles are -Comic strip
are represented in the incomplete, missing or presentation is
comic strip with an don’t make sense to the incomplete and or
illustration. Illustration illustration and or the student show unclear
are lacking effort or corresponding understanding of the
incomplete. amendments. Bill of Rights.
 Project #2: Bill of Rights Court Case Presentation.

Students will present the Bill of Rights in a presentation using court cases.

Court cases should display how each amendment has been upheld in court.

Presentations can take many forms as long as each Bill of Right amendment is

represented with a corresponding court case.

How to make a PowerPoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTWf8Ck8Dk8

Bill of Rights court cases:
http://www.awdsgn.com/classes/fall10/th/womeldorf/pages/wk8/index.html

Project Rubric

Excellent -Good requirements -Good requirements -Good requirements

are fulfilled. are fulfilled. are fulfilled.
-Court cases are well -Poster board or -presentation is clear,
explained and PowerPoint are concise and shows
corresponding creative, well organized mastery of
amendments are well and neat. amendments and their
relation to court cases
understood
Good -Average requirements -Average requirements -Average requirements
are fulfilled. are fulfilled. are fulfilled.
-Court cases clearly -Each court case is -Student displays good
explain the importance represented with a understanding and
and main idea of the picture or visual aide. explain the 5 w’s of the
corresponding court case in relation to
amendment. its amendment.
Average -Student uses a court -Students display each -Students present their
case to explain each amendment and court court cases to the class
amendment of the bill case using a poster using their poster
of rights (10) board or PowerPoint board or PowerPoint
-Each court case that is presentation. presentation.
used is relevant to the -Presentation includes
amendment. some pictures.
Needs Improvement -Student is missing -Student’s display is -Student’s presentation
amendments and or lacking organization, is not clear and
explanations. understanding, and organized
pictures. -Presentation is lacking
understanding of the
Bill of Rights.
 Project #3: Create your Own Bill of Rights.

In this project students will create their own bill of rights and present them

to class. Presentations can be a live speech accompanied with visual aides or a video

presentation edited with visual effects. Just like the Bill of Rights students will be

required to create ten amendments that protect the life, liberty, and pursuit of

happiness of U.S. citizens.

Effective Public speaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FOCpMAww28

How to Make a video and edit on your phone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik0nHIItbq8

Project Rubric

Excellent -Good requirements -Good requirements -Good requirements

are fulfilled. are fulfilled. are fulfilled.
-Student Bill of Rights -Students reference a -Student presentation
show a understanding historical quote in their is well structured,
and connection to explanation of each organized, and display
enlightenment ideas as amendment. great understanding.
well as the Magna Carta
Good -Average requirements -Average requirements -Average requirements
are fulfilled. are fulfilled. are fulfilled.
-Student displays Bill of -Students explanations -Students present their
Rights that are clearly include the 5 w’s Bill of Rights and use a
connected to historic visual aide for each
events. amendment.

Average -Student creates a Bill -Students provide -Students clearly

of Rights with 10 explanation to each of present their Bill of
amendments that the amendments they Rights to the class
protect the lives, liberty chose. using some visual
and pursuit of aides.
happiness.

Needs Improvement -Amendments do not -Student is missing -Student does not

protect the rights of explanation of their clearly present their
citizens and their lives, amendments or Bill of Rights and
liberties, and pursuits explanations are provide little or no
of happiness. unclear. visual aides to explain
their amendments.