We the People Quilt

Bring the Bill of Rights to life! Create a visual Bill of Rights to hang in the classroom using Crayola™ Color Sticks™ Colored Pencils.

• 1.

  Students will read the Bill of Rights and choose an amendment to illustrate for the classroom quilt.

• 2.

  Measure an 8in. x 8in. square (20.3cm x 20.3cm) on white construction paper, and cut it out with scissors.

• 3.

  Use Color Sticks™ Colored Pencils and Crayola™ Heads ‘n Tails™ Markers to draw the illustration. Lay the Color Sticks flat to cover a large background area.

• 4.

  Punch holes in all four corners of the quilt square with a hole punch.

• 5.

  Connect the quilt squares together by threading large paper clips through the holes.

• 6.

  To create a header to hang the quilt squares, cut a long strip of posterboard with scissors. Write a heading with Heads ‘n Tails™ Markers. Punch holes along the bottom of the header and attach the quilt squares with paper clips.

• 7.

  Cut small strips of fabric with scissors and tie them onto the paper clips to finish the quilt.

Benefits

• Students will be able to identify and explain the amendments in the Bill of Rights.
• Students will understand why the Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution.
• Students will research and discuss the Philadelphia Convention (Constitutional Convention).

Adaptations

• Students can review and analyze Supreme Court Cases that involve a Bill of Rights amendment.
• Students can conduct a mock trial regarding a Bill of Rights amendment.
• Students can review Article 5 of the U.S. Constitution which outlines the process of amendments. They can research amendments added to the Constitution since the Bill of Rights.