Rap the Rights

Welcome: Rap the Rights
Description: Students will explore the first ten amendments. They will become experts on the amendment they have been assigned. They will explore the websites provided and write down key ideas, explanations, and examples of their amendment. The students will then have to produce lyrics to a song or rap that explain their amendment. I will ask the students to TRY and make the lyrics flow and rhyme. All the lyrics will be put together and the class will sing their song.
Grade Level: 6-8
Curriculum: English / Language Arts
Keywords: Bill of Rights, Lyrics, Poetry, Amendments, Constitution
Author(s): Kelly Kohan