The 27 Amendments

Using non-linguistics to make learning the amendments relevant and memorable!

Leah AshleyNew Hanover HS

lashley@nhcs.net

Nonlinguistic Representation

Learners acquire and store knowledge in 2 primary ways:

1. Linguistic– by reading or hearing lectures

2. Nonlinguistic – visual imagery

• Visual representations help students recognize topics

• kinesthetic: movements

The more students use both systems of representing knowledge, the better they are able to think about and recall what they have learned.

(Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock,2001)

Nonlinguistic Representation is an imagery form of representation.

expressed as mental pictures & physical sensations

Bill of Rights

• The B.o.R. (basic rights)

• Lists rights that ALL citizens (you and me)get

• All are rights that colonists didn’t get!

• Wrote them to make sure that future generations will receive these rights

• “…our POSTerity. (post-game)

Amendment 1 (I)• It’s a RAP!

• RAPPS! ReligionAssemblyPetitionPress SpeechYou can PRAY ABOUT IT, TALK ABOUT IT IN A GROUP,

WRITE OUR LEADERS ABOUT IT OR WATCH ITON THE NEWS… EVEN WEAR IT ON A SHIRT!—THAT’S ALL YOU GOTTA DO! JUST RAPPS!

Amendment 2 (II)• How many bare arms do you

see?“WOW! I SEE 2 BARE ARMS!”

Amendment 3 (III)Think: “3” Little PIGS!…You don’t have to let anyone in! •Go ahead huff and puff!

Amendment 4 (IV)• Jay-Z

• (jay-z has 4 letters) OR• 4 (JAY-Z) • before 5 (50 cent)

• I heard "Son do you know why I'm stoppin' you for?"Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hats real low?Do I look like a mind reader sir, I don't knowAm I under arrest or should I guess some mo'?"Well you was doin fifty-five in a fifty-fo' ""License, registration and step out of the car""Are you carryin' a weapon on you I know a lot of you are"I ain't steppin out…all my paper's legit"Well, do you mind if I look round the car a little bit?"Well my glove compartment is locked so is the trunk in the backAnd I know my rights so you goin' need a warrant for that"Aren't you sharp as a tack, you some type of lawyer or..somebody important or somethin'?"Nah, I ain't pass the bar but I know a little bitEnough that you won't illegally search my #@%&!The 99 PROBLEMS LYRICS are the property of the respective authors, artists and labels, the lyrics are provided for

educational purposes only.

Amendment 5 (V)1. Due Process2. I plead the 5th! (don’t self incriminate…

yourself?)3. Double Jeopardy4. Grand Jury5. Eminent Domain (house)I “due” what I gotta “due” in my house,

you don’t have to say a word so hush your mouth…it’s grand to know that peers will decide and you will only be in jeopardy once for that crime…

Amendment 6 (V+I)= VI

• 666 • Think something bad• Even “bad" criminal people will get a

right to a trial by jury • (criminal cases only)

Amendment 7 (VII)

• 7 rhymes with heaven• Not criminal cases but civil• You get a jury trial!

Amendment 8 (VIII)

• I “8” nothing• Number 8 looks like a paddle• No cruel and unusual

punishments!• This includes excessive bails and

fines• Guess what looks like an 8 too:

– $

Amendment 9 (10 is X so…1 - X) IX

• In case we forgot any…

• 9 rhymes with “mine”

• Rights given to the people…us!

Amendment 10 (X)

•Not for us, but for the states!

Amendment 11(XI)

•1 1 •S S •Suits against states

Amendment 12 (XII)

•1 2 •Voting for the #1 man and

the #2 man!•voting for the Pres and Vice

Pres

Amendment 13 (XIII)

• 13 is an unlucky number• Being a slave was not good • Think slavery!

• Abolished it!

Amendment 14 (XIV)

•1 (one) 4 (four) ALL!• We are all equal under the law!• **HUGE!!!!

– Anytime one is not being treated equally…. Cite the 14th!

– Connect to 5th too! (open your hand!)

Amendment 15 (XV)

• African American suffrage• Guess what?• African American has 15 letters!

– 13, 14 and 15 go together!

Amendment 16 ( XVI)

•Do you like taxes?

•We all are “sick-teen” of paying taxes!

Amendment 17 (XVII)

•Now we get to elect senators!

•“Senate-teen”

Amendment 18 (XVIII)

• What can’t you do at 18?• Drink…• Prohibition (can’t do)• **only one that was repealed by

another!• Repealed-

– you “peel” a banana and then throw it away...you CANCEL it!

Amendment 19 (XIX)

•What age do women

look the best?

•Nineteen!

Amendment 20 (XX)

• Terms of president, vp and congress

• President gets inaugurated on Jan. 20!

Amendment 21 (XXI)

• What can you do at 21 years of age?• Exactly…

• Prohibition is repealed!

Amendment 22 (XXII)

•Pres only gets two two!

•Two terms!

Amendment 23 (XXIII)• People in DC love

23!

• Or, MJ’s number– He last played for

the…

Amendment 24 (XXIV)

• No poll taxes!• 2 vote 4 free

Amendment 25 (XXV)

• What if the pres dies or leaves office?• Rhyme it: “25 president dies”

Amendment 26 (XXVI)

• 18 year olds get suffrage!• 2 + 6 = 8teen year olds

Amendment 27 (XXVII)

•Rhyme it:–“Congress would be in heaven if it wasn’t

for 27!”

Strategies galore!

• Federalism– Federal and state governments share

power over the people – Umbrella

• Popular sovereignty– We rule (everyone gets a crown)

• Federal court system– SAD

• LEJ-123… say it with me!