SIOP Lesson Plan

Standards:
5.1.9.C: Analyze the principles and ideals that shape United States government: Liberty, Freedom,
Democracy, Justice, Equality
5.1.9.D : Compare and Contrast the basic principles and ideals found in significant documents

Theme: The Bill of Rights - Amendments Four and Five

Lesson Topic: The Bill of Rights and the rights they give you
During this lesson, the students will study the fourth and fifth amendment in one 30-minute
class period.

Objectives:

Language:
Define key words that they do not understand while reading through the text of the Amendments.
Simplify colonial language into familiar terms while reading through the text of the Amendments.

Content:
The students will examine the fourth and fifth amendments of the Constitution and the rights they
give citizens. They will also decode these amendments and put them in their own language.
The student will be able to identify the key concepts the fourth and fifth amendments fully.
The students will be able to match an amendment to a situation in which the Bill of Rights may
need to be referenced through a Kahoot

Learning Strategies
Graphic organizer: there are a lot of ideas and rights that go into the fourth and fifth amendments.
Being able to visualize these ideas will be help their learning process instructional
Pair/share: After creating the graphic organizers they can pair up and share the information verbal
Kahoot: In order to know that the students grasped the lesson, they will do a Kahoot using their
graphic organizer as reference.

Key Vocabulary: warrant, search and seizure, Grand Jury, double jeopardy, due process, self-
incrimination, amendment,

Language will be reinforced through:

Graphic organizers
Kahoot
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Materials
Graphic organizer
Pen or Pencil
Copy of the fourth and fifth amendments
Computer or phone

Motivation: Each student in the class is a United States citizen. Therefore, they will all be affected by the
Constitution, and the Bill of Rights throughout their lifetime. For this reason, the Bill of Rights is an
important part of American life and should be studied in class.

The students will be motivated through examples and language that will relate to them. Instead of looking
at examples that may never affect them, students will be looking at real life situations. For example, in
the fourth amendment asking them if the police can search their lockers. They will also share
experiences where they saw the Bill of Rights being used in their everyday life. The fourth and fifth
amendment are two that mostly affect the students, therefore by reviewing these it will affect them
personally.

Presentation: Since this lesson will be based on the Bill of Rights, the students will have prior knowledge
on the subject as we as a class will have been studying and reviewing for previous class periods.

Language and vocabulary will be reinforced through daily repetition and review of the important concepts
and rights given through the Bill of Rights

For the few class periods that are a talking about the Bill of Rights, class will begin with a review of the
amendments that had already been covered. The teacher will then introduce the new section of terms
and the amendment itself.

Practice/application:

BEFORE:
Before the lesson begins, a short review of the past amendment will take place. The teacher will then
hand out the graphic organizers that the students will fill out throughout the lesson. We will also read the
original text (powerpoint) as a class. This allows the students to begin to get an idea as to what they will
be learning.

DURING
The students will be working as a full class on decoding the Bill of Rights, specifically the fourth and fifth
amendments. The students will be asked questions throughout the lesson. For example, while discussing
the fourth amendment they may be asked can the police search your locker without a warrant.
Throughout the lesson, students should be filling out the guided graphic organizer that they can review
for the Kahoot and also use as a study tool.

Em - Review previous amendments

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Lauren & Danielle - Fourth Amendment

Make sure when talking about the fourth amendment that we mention you give up this right when you go to
the airport or are pulled over in suspect of drunk driving, because it is for the safety of all citizens.

Em - Fifth Amendment

Lauren & Danielle - Kahoot

AFTER
Finally, the students will do a Kahoot that will give them situations and they will identify the amendment
that is being used or broken.

Kahoot questions:
Suzy has a locker on the first floor of the school. She keeps all her books in it. One day, the police came
in to her homeroom and said they needed to search her locker but they did not have any reasonable
suspicion that any crime had occurred. Is this allowed?

No, because there is no probable causewhich means there is no evidence to show that a crime has
been committed.

Allison and her parents go to the airport because they are flying to Disney World for spring break this
year. When they get to the airport, they have to put their bags on a conveyer belt and Allison has to take
off her shoes and put them in a bin. Then, they all have to walk through a detector. Is this allowed?

Yes, this is allowed because when you fly, you give up your Fourth Amendment rights. These searches
are accepted by citizens because they are for their own safety.

You are on trial for stealing your classmates watch. Your classmates lawyer says that you are guilty
because he knows you are, but does not provide any evidence other than the fact that he claims he
knows you did it. Later on, the jury says they believe you are guilty. Is this allowed?

No, because there is no proof showing that you are guilty, therefore you are innocent until proven guilty.

Matthew steals a candy bar from the school store. He is put on trial and is found guilty. A few months
later, he steals a candy bar from the same store and is put on trial again. Is this allowed?
No, because you cannot be tried twice for the same crime.

Miranda goes to her house and watches tv after school. When she is home, the government comes to
her house and claims that they need to use her home as a public home to house soldiers for a week. The
government pays Mirandas family for the time they are using their home. Is this allowed.

Yes, because it falls under eminent domain, which requires the government to pay citizens when it takes
over their property for public use.
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Review/assessment: Before we begin the Kahoot, as a class we will review the graphic organizer that
should have been filled out during the lesson. This will be used to complete the Kahoot. The Kahoot will
tell us how much the students learned during the lesson and if any of the content needs to be reviewed.

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/explaining-bill-rights/

http://www.constitutiondecoded.com/us-constitution-3rd-4th-5th-amendments.html

Script

Lauren: Now its time to go over the information that was presented through this lesson by
playing a game of Kahoot. Kahoot is a game where you answer questions on your phone by
logging into the website/app on your phone.

Student: *takes out phone and opens up website/app*

Lauren: Type in the given pin number that is shown here on the board. Once you have that
typed in and it says your a member create a nickname for yourself.

Student: *types nickname once signed into the game*

Lauren: Now that youre all signed in, this is how the game works. A question will appear on the
screen, it will be a scenario that could realistically occur and you need to match it to the correct
Amendment we previously went over in class, either the fourth or fifth. The scenario involves
one of those amendments either being used or broken, your job is to identify which is occurring.
You may look back to your graphic organizer to help you come to your answer. Each question
has a time limit, and you will find out if you got the question right away there is immediate
feedback.

Danielle: Do you have any questions before starting?

Student: No, I understand how to play.

Danielle: Perfect! The first question we have for you is, Suzy has a locker on the first floor of
the school. She keeps all her books in it. One day, the police came in to her homeroom and said
they needed to search her locker but they did not have any reasonable suspicion that any crime
had occurred. Is this allowed?

Student: No, because there is no probable causewhich means there is no evidence to show
that a crime has been committed.
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Lauren: Awesome job! Thats correct! Remember, you can look at your graphic organizer to
help you. Now its time for the next question. Allison and her parents go to the airport because
they are flying to Disney World for spring break this year. When they get to the airport, they
have to put their bags on a conveyer belt and Allison has to take off her shoes and put them in a
bin. Then, they all have to walk through a detector. Is this allowed?

Student: Yes, this is allowed because when you fly, you give up your Fourth Amendment rights.
These searches are accepted by citizens because they are for their own safety.

Danielle: Thats correct! The next question is, You are on trial for stealing your classmates
watch. Your classmates lawyer says that you are guilty because he knows you are, but does
not provide any evidence other than the fact that he claims he knows you did it. Later on, the
jury says they believe you are guilty. Is this allowed?

Student: No, because there is no proof showing that you are guilty, therefore you are innocent
until proven guilty.

Lauren: Good job, right again! The next question is, Matthew steals a candy bar from the
school store. He is put on trial and is found guilty. A few months later, he steals a candy bar
from the same store and is put on trial again. Is this allowed?

Student: No, because you cannot be tried twice for the same crime.

Danielle: Perfect! Your last question is, Miranda goes to her house and watches tv after
school. When she is home, the government comes to her house and claims that they need to
use her home as a public home to house soldiers for a week. The government pays Mirandas
family for the time they are using their home. Is this allowed.

Student: Yes, because it falls under eminent domain, which requires the government to pay
citizens when it takes over their property for public use.

Danielle: It seems like you understood the material we taught since you got all the questions
correct!