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The constitution of the United States of America presently has 27 amendments all of which are critically important to you as an American citizen. You will look over the amendments and select one that you find more interesting to research. In your research you should identify the wording of the amendment, research the amendment's history discussing both challenges to its acceptance and cases which have been decided on it. You will present these findings using VoiceThread.



!. Divide into pairs and select an amendment to research. 2. Research you information and write your findings in a word processed document. 3. Find at least 6 pictures that visually depict your findings. 4. Remember one slide needs to quote the amendment, another must give a history, another should discuss challenges and resistance to its passing, and the remainder should discuss a case that was decided on this amendment. 5. Make sure you answer the question, "Why this amendment is so important." 6. You must get an account on Voice Thread, upload your images, connect your mic.and set-up the system preferences to recognize it. 7. Record your findings and then grab the embed code to upload you coicethread to this wikipace. http://understandingamendments.wilispaces.com. 8. Finally you will present your voice thread to the class.





This project designed and implemented by Bobbie Trotter, teacher of History for [|Mount Saint Joseph Academy]. Technical assistance and wikispace design furnished by Carol Siwinski.March, 2011