Origins of the U.S. Bill of Rights KWL Resource
Origins of the U.S. Bill of Rights
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In this lesson, we will be examining English and American documents related to the origins of
the U.S. Bill of Rights in order to determine if the rights within the U.S. Bill of Rights are more
inherited by the English, colonial America, or revolutionary America.
Before you read English, Colonial, and American documents related to the origins of the U.S.
Bill of Rights, fill in the first two columns, “What I Know” and “What I Want to Know.” Fill in
the last column, “What I Learned,” after completing your research.
Topic: Origins of the U.S. Bill of Rights
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now…
ant to Know…
earn…
What I Know about the origins of the U.S. Bill of
What I Want to Know about
What I Learned about the
Rights…
the origins of the U.S. Bill of
origins of the U.S. Bill of
Rights…
Rights…
1.
What is the U.S. Bill of Rights?
2.
How many rights are within the U.S. Bill of
What I Want to Know about
What I Learned about the
Rights?
English and Colonial
relationship between English
documents related to the U.S.
and Colonial roots and the
Bill of Rights…
U.S. Bill of Rights…
3.
What’s the difference between the U.S. Bill of
Rights and other amendments to the U.S.
Constitution?
What I Want to Know about
What I Learned about the
State Constitutions related to
relationship between the
the U.S. Bill of Rights…
American State Constitutions
and the U.S. Bill of Rights…
4.
What are the origins of the U.S. Bill of
Rights? Why does the U.S. Bill of Rights
contain the rights it does?