Young Yorkers Leaflet: Town Meetings Teach the Bill of Rights

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Teacher Edition, Page 1		 Description: Using the Bill of Rights as the starting point, students determine how the Constitution affects them in their daily lives through discussion in a series of Town Meetings.

Learning Goals:

  • Develop an awareness of the importance of the Bill of Rights
  • Conduct a series of Town Meetings to discuss what rights they see as important
  • Participate in the representative democratic process
  • Reinforce social studies concepts of citizenship, justice, human rights, choice, and the political system in the New York State syllabi

Number of pages: 9 (teacher edition - 5; student edition - 4)

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