Bill of Rights Matching Cards

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1 Introduction: The Bill of Rights Matching Cards game is designed as a fun review of all ten of the Bill of Rights. QUEST INSTRUCTIONS 1. Print out the card sheets. The Online Teacher Resource Suite Constitution Quests: Activities for Students 2. Cut the cards and distribute them to the students. There are 24 cards total for 12 different amendment questions; these include 12 Amendment cards and 12 Answer cards. 3. Have the students get into groups of four or five and assign one student to be the Speaker of the Answers. Each Speaker should get a copy of the answer sheet on the next page. 4. All of the Answer cards are already mixed up. However, each Answer card has a letter in the bottom-right corner so that you can easily help students know if the cards match up or not. 5. Have the students shuffle the Amendment cards and place them face-down on the left side of their desks. The Answer cards should go to the right side of their desks face-up. The cards should not be stacked but laid out individually. 6. Each student picks up an Amendment card and matches it with the appropriate Answer card, one at a time. The Speaker will verify that each match is correct as it happens; if not, the Amendment card goes back down as in the game Memory. 7. If you d like, the first student in the group to complete the game can be declared the winner. Bill of Rights Matching Cards Constitution Quest Page 1 Copyright 2013 Liberty Day. Copying of Constitution Quests for student distribution is permitted.

2 Official Answer Sheet Directions: Use this Answer Sheet for the Bill of Rights Matching Cards Game to see how your groupmates do! In the bottom corner of each Amendment card is a number and in the bottom corner of each Answer card is a letter. The Amendment cards with each of the following numbers should match up with the letter that is listed after the number. Amendment Card #1. Amendment Card #2. Amendment Card #3. Amendment Card #4. Amendment Card #5. Amendment Card #6. Amendment Card #7. Amendment Card #8. Amendment Card #9. Amendment Card #10. Amendment Card #11. Amendment Card #12. Z C T W R A D K O Y V B

3 Amendment 1 Three of the rights that Congress cannot make laws to stop are: 1 You cannot be held to trial for a major crime R Amendment 2 In order to defend ourselves, Congress cannot stop people from: 2 To a jury trial O Amendment 3 Soldiers cannot live in your house except when: 3 You are convicted by a jury trial A Amendment 4 The only reason a police officer can search your house or body is: 4 That you pay more than a reasonable bail That you pay more than a reasonable fine Give cruel & unusual punishment (torture) Y

4 Amendment 5 Unless a Grand Jury finds enough evidence for a trial against you: 5 Freedom of religion Freedom of speech Freedom to assemble peacefully Z Amendment 5 You cannot be punished, put in jail, or fined for any crime unless: 6 Other rights too V Amendment 6 Having a speedy trial means that if you are arrested the government cannot: 7 Owning a weapon C Amendment 6 There are three things you have the right to have if you are arrested for a crime. They are: 8 The states or the people B

5 Amendment 7 In the event of a civil case (a case between you and another person) you have the right: 9 We are at war and Congress passes a law giving permission T Amendment 8 If you are convicted of a crime, there are three things the government cannot order: 10 If a judge gives permission and thinks there is enough evidence that you may have committed a crime W Amendment 9 There are rights listed in the Constitution, but you also have: 11 Keep you in jail for a long time without a trial by a jury D Amendment 10 If the Constitution does not give certain powers to Congress, those laws should be left up to: 12 The right to know what you are accused of The right to see and hear people who are witnesses against you A lawyer to help get witnesses on your behalf K