Bill of Rights and Amendments
Resources: The United States Constitution and the 27 amendments in Appendix A of Constitutional Law, and appropriate websites
Prepare a 10- to 12-slide presentation using a presentation software of your choice, for example, Microsoft® PowerPoint that addresses the following:
· How and why do amendments become part of the Constitution?
· What problems with the original document motivated the adoption of the Bill of Rights?
· What have been the effects of the Bill of Rights?
· What problems with the original document, or changes in society, led to later amendments? Choose one of the following groups to discuss:
o Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments
o Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments
o Twelfth, Twenty-Second, and Twenty-Fifth Amendments
· What have been the effects of these later amendments?