Constitution For Kids Lesson 8
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I think this is Dan. Let's talk about the Constitution. The Constitution has seven articles and 27 amendments. I know you already knew that. You're really smart. And in this lesson, we're gonna talk about amendments 12 through 27. Let's get out our coloring tools and pocket constitutions again. I'll give you a minute to go find them. Go ahead. Go get him. You got them. All right. Last time we learned about the 1st 11 amendments, they were written in the late 17 hundreds. The 1st 10 amendments Air called the Bill of Rights. Now, remember that that may test you on that in just a few minutes. Amendments 12 through 15 were written in the 18 hundreds and Amendment 16 through 27 in the 19 hundreds. These amendments cover 200 years of American history. Wow, That's our story. The story of us. Now, here's what we're going to do. We're going to right next to each amendment, the year it was written. So let's start with the amendments written in the 18 hundreds. Okay? So turned a page 32 in your pocket Constitution. You there. Okay. You see, Amendment 12. Next to amendment 12 Right? The year 18. 04 I'm gonna write it with you here. Okay, Now, on the next page, turn the page. You'll see Amendment 13. They're right next to Amendment 13 18 65. And I'll do that with you. Okay, here we go to 18. 65. All right, Now, below that on the same page, you'll see Amendment 14 right, 18. 68 next to that one. Now turn the page and look at page 35. Next to Amendment 15. Right. 18. 70. Very good. You're really good at writing. Now, let's color these amendments. Let's pick a color together. I'm gonna go with Let's see here. I'm gonna go with a red. Okay, Let's color where it says Amendment 12. Ready. All right. Start coloring on them. And 12. All right. It's nice right now. Amendment 13 color that one. Now, Amendment 14. Nice. And now Amendment 15 whole. Look at that. That is pretty. Now we're almost done. Let's hang in there. And now we're going to travel in time to the 19 hundreds. How about I drive there? Ready? That was fast. We made it to the 15 hundreds. All right, Now, put your crayons down and pick up a pencil. Now, Amendment 16 through 27 were written in the 19 hundreds. All of them. So let's start by writing the years next to the amendments. You ready? We've got a lot of riding to do, so let's stretch. You ready? All right, now I'm ready to go. Here we go. Do you see amendments 16 and 17 on page 35? All right, now, right. 1913. Next to both of them. Thes amendments were written in the same year. Right there. All right, now, turn the page and write 1919 next to Amendment 18. Now, on the next page, we have amendments 19 and 20 right? 1920 next to Amendment 19 and then next to Amendment 20 right. 1933. Now, if you turn the page, you're gonna see we're staying in the same year. Amendment 21 was also written in 1933. So right, 1933. They're beautiful. Good writing. Now let's take a look at page 39 were jumping into the 19 fifties, and that's what rock and roll is invented. So tell you what, Let's play a little mood music while we fit a share. Work. Okay, let's see. Oh, yeah, that's nice. Here we go. Oh, yeah. Dance. No. Back to work First. Let's work first. All right. Now. Right. 1951 next to the 22nd Amendment. And 1961 next to the 23rd Amendment. Now turn the page. You are on page 40 right? 1954. Next to the 24th Amendment were getting closed and right. 1967 next to the 25th Amendment. One last page. You could feel it. You're almost there. Turned page 42 in right. 1971 next to amendment 26. And finally, you see Amendment 27 right? 19 92. That was awesome. Hard work, but it was worth it. But guess what? We got a little more work to do. We're going to cover these amendments. So let's pick one color for all the amendments Were in the 19 hundreds. That will make it easy. Now I'm gonna go with color. I'm gonna pick turquoise. Did you pick yours? All right. You and I are gonna have a little bit of fun with this coloring. You and I are going to race to see who can color amendment 16 27 the fastest. So here's what you're gonna do. Turn to page 35. I'm gonna turn there with you. Page five. You see where it says Amendment 16 Put your crayon right there. Don't color yet. Just with the tip of your crayon. Right at the A An amendment 16. And I'll tell you when the start. You ready? Let's see who can color the fastest. You ready? OK, on your mark. Get set, Go! Alright, I'm done. But a close race. But it looks like you beat me. We have now colored the entire Constitution. Doesn't it look awesome? All right, Let's see what you've learned by playing our game show once again, OK, first question. What does it mean to amend something, Say to make it better to make it better. Wow, That's right. You're smart to make it better. Second question. What are the 1st 10 amendments called? Say the cliff writes the Bill of Rights. That's right, The Bill of Rights. You're two for two So far now. The third and last question. How many amendments are in the Constitution? 27. That is right 27 3 for three. You got 100%. 10. That was awesome. The Constitution is a fun document, remember? Read it. No, it and share it. This is Dan. I'll talk to you next time.