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You Got A Case

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COMBINED RATING

4.5 Stars

TEACHERS (2)

5.0

STUDENTS (5)

4.0

LENGTH

25 Minutes

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iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

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Description

An educational, story-driven game where students step into the role of a young legal intern helping clients with problems tied to the Bill of Rights. Through quick, kid-friendly cases, players practice critical thinking, decision-making and learn how constitutional rights apply in everyday life.

Vocabulary Words

Bill of Rights

Trial

Judge

Jury

Maranda Rights

Ruling

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about The Bill of Rights. Suitable for Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Explain how the Bill of Rights continues to shape debates about individual liberty and government power.

Describe how protections like the right to bear arms, trial by jury, and protection from cruel and unusual punishment are applied today.

Discuss the importance of freedom of assembly and peaceful protest in a democratic society.

Evaluate how due process and protection against self-incrimination are upheld through judicial precedent.

Explain how freedom of speech protections extend to symbolic actions and unpopular opinions.

Analyze how the Bill of Rights has been interpreted over time to apply to states and protect more groups of people.

Examine how landmark Supreme Court decisions have shaped the modern application of constitutional rights.

Interpret the First Amendment and analyze its protections of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

Analyze how the Bill of Rights limits the power of the federal government and protects individual freedoms.

Explain why the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution and how it addressed Anti-Federalist concerns.

Identify the rights protected by the first ten amendments of the Constitution.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What are some basic rights or freedoms that you think people should always have protected? How do you think being a lawyer arguing a case based on the Bill of Rights could help you understand these amendments better? Which amendment do you think you would find most important if you lived in the late 1700s? Why?

After the Game

What were the main concerns that led to the creation of the Bill of Rights? Which amendment do you think has the biggest impact on people’s daily lives today? Why? How did this game change the way you think about the role of lawyers and courts in protecting individual rights?

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