Brief Description
Students work together to create a Bill of Rights for a colony they are founding on a distant planet.
Objectives
Students consider their own priorities in terms of rights.
Students practice negotiation skills.
Keywords
Bill of Rights, collaboration, negotiation
Materials Needed
pencils, paper
Lesson Plan
The entire lesson, Activity 1- Planet X, is available online as part of Cool Planet for teachers Developing Rights activities. The site also contains additional related activities and extension activities.
Assessment
Students will be evaluated on their ability to work together to create a list of reasonable rights and responsibilities.
Lesson Plan Source
Cool Planet for teachers
Submitted By
Linda Starr
National Standards
Social Sciences:
NSS-C.K-4.5
NSS-C.5-8.5
