Amendments
Bill of Rights
Definitions
Examples
Freedoms
Scenarios
Science
Vocabulary
100

Right to bear arms

2nd Amendment

100

No quartering of soldiers

3rd Amendment

100

Cannot be tried for the same crime twice

Double Jeopardy

100

Iowa makes a law that all gun owners need to turn in their weapons to their local sheriff's office

2nd Amendment

100

A student choose to read a Bible after finishing their test

Religion

100
To prepare for war, the government made a law requiring all citizens to allow soldiers into their homes for weekly meals

3rd Amendment

100

Likelihood of something happening

Probability

100

Distinguishing quality or characteristic

Traits

200

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures

4th Amendment

200

Includes grand jury, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, due process, and eminent domain

5th Amendment

200

What the police have to have in order to search you or your property

Warrant or probable cause
200

The police found the stolen laptops in Joe Smith's trunk when the warrant stated they could only search his home

4th Amendment

200

A student shares their opinion on the president

Speech
200

The government took Old McDonald's farm to build an interstate but only gave him $35 

5th Amendment: Eminent Domain

200

Categorizing something according to shared qualities or characteristics

Classification

200

Change in the characteristics of a species over several generations and relies on the process of natural selection

Evolution

300

List the five freedoms in the first amendment

Religion, press, assemble, petition, and speech
300

Right to a speedy and public trial by an unbiased jury, must be informed of charges, can confront witnesses and subpoena witnesses for your defense (compulsory process). Also have the right to an attorney or legal counsel

6th Amendment

300

Fair trial through the legal system

Due Process

300

When Sue was on trial for murder, they put all of her co-workers on the jury

6th Amendment - unbiased or impartial jury

300

A group of patriots gathered to protest the tax on tea

Assemble

300
When Miss Bruns sued the school for wrongful termination, she was denied the right to jury 

7th Amendment - civil cases

300

A fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other evidence of an animal rather than of the animal itself.

Trace Fossils

300

Formed from the remains of dead animals and plants

Body Fossils

400

Right to a jury in civil cases, where the amount exceeds $20 

7th Amendment

400

Protects against cruel and unusual punishments and excessive bail

8th Amendment

400

Issues an indictment or brings about charges against the accused

Grand Jury

400

After running a red light, Mrs. Fassler was forced to be crossing guard for 24 hours

8th Amendment - cruel and unusual punishment

400

A newspaper journalist reports on the bombings in Iran and criticizes the government's actions

Press

400

After being caught trespassing, Miss Beenken's bail was set at $50,000

8th Amendment - excessive bail

400

An unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of developmen

Embryos

400

Organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring- so the idea that a population of animals to change over a period of time


Natural Selection

500

People have more rights than listed in the US Constitution

9th Amendment

500
Powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states and the people

10th Amendment

500

Courts can issue of subpoena to force someone to testify in court 

Compulsory Process

500

After being accused of robbing a bank, Mr. Greening's trail was held 50 years later

6th Amendment - right to a speedy and public trial

500

A student goes around collecting signatures to encourage the school to improve the lunch options

Petition
500

Iowa made a law that schools will now be in session all year long, no summer breaks

10th Amendment 

500

Change that can occur through different gene combinations to their offspring (ex. One sibling is taller than the other one in the same family, with the same “gene pool”

Genetic Variation

500

Plants and animals with desirable characteristics bred to reproduce


Artificial Selection