Civics Task Cards: The Bill of Rights Review Activity | American History

This set of 32 Civics Task Cards make a fantastic Bill of Rights Review Activity for Civics, American Government, and American History! 32 task cards review vocabulary and key concepts related to the first 10 Amendments of the United State Constitution: The Bill of Rights! Reinforce our First Amendment freedoms, our due process protections, the individual rights of American citizens, and the Reserved Powers of the Constitution with these handy task cards! With 32 multiple-choice, short-answer, fill-in-the-blank, and picture analysis questions, this review lesson is perfect for middle or high school Civics, American History, or American Government students studying the United States Constitution!

Create a gallery walk with these task cards, play a class-wide game of Scoot, or have students who need extra help use these task cards to review your Bill of Rights unit!

Aligned to the following Florida State Standards for Middle School Civics (and easily applicable to other states, as well):

• SS.7.CG.2.3: Identify and apply the rights contained in the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the U.S. Constitution. 
• SS.7.CG.2.4: Explain how the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights safeguard individual rights.

This Civics Task Cards: The Bill of Rights Review Activity covers:

✯ Key vocabulary related to the Bill of Rights:

• Vocab includes: Individual Rights, Due Process, Reserved Powers, Double Jeopardy, our First Amendment freedoms, and more!

Sample Questions:

• What is double-jeopardy and which Bill of Rights Amendment protects you from it?
• Define self-incrimination and provide a brief example.
• Fill in the words missing from the Eighth Amendment: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor _________ and _________ punishments inflicted.”

✯ Key concepts related to the Bill of Rights: Through multiple-choice, short-answer, quote and picture analysis questions, these task cards review the main ideas of a standard Bill of Rights curriculum.

• Content reviews: The First Amendment freedoms, the Due Process Amendments, Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists, the influence of the English Bill of Rights, and the main ideas behind each of the ten Bill of Rights Amendments! 

Sample Questions:

• Your right to have a lawyer represent you in a criminal trial, and to have witnesses in your defense, come from this due process Amendment.
• How many Amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
• “You have the right to remain silent,” advice police give when placing a person under arrest, invokes which Bill of Rights Amendment?

Use these task cards to review for your Unit Test, Quarter Exam, or End of Course Exam! You can set up these task cards in a centers or stations activity, as a gallery walk, or play a class-wide game of Scoot! 

The non-editable, printable PDF comes with 2 versions of the task cards: a Coloroption with a green background, and an ink-saving Black & White set. 

I’ve also included an Answer Key and an optional 2-sided Student Responseworksheet for students to log their answers. 

The digital version of these task cards aer offered as a self-grading TPT Easel Assessment! TPT Easel assessments can be assigned directly to your Google Classroom, or shared with students on your preferred LMS with a URL!

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