Law & Society

 STUDENTS CHOSE ONE  OF THE TWENTY-SEVEN AMENDMENTS TO RESEARCH AND THEN CREATED BROCHURES ABOUT THEIR AMENDMENT. THEY WERE GIVEN A STEP BY STEP CRITERIA SHEET THAT OUTLINED THE QUESTIONS AND TOPICS THAT SHOULD BE REPRESENTED IN THEIR PROJECT. THEY USED VARIOUS RESOURCES -- THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, LIBRARY, INTERNET AND CLASSROOM MATERIALS. STUDENTS  USED THE WINDOWS PROGRAM "BROCHURE" OR CREATED THEIR BROCHURES FREESTYLE, AS LONG AS THEY STAYED WITHING THE LIMITATIONS SET ON THEIR CRITERIA SHEETS. THEY WERE ALSO PROVIDED WITH THEOPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND BEYOND THE PRIME EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR PROJECT BY REFLECTING ON THE PROSPECT OF "WHAT IF YOUR AMENDMENT WAS NOT RATIFIED, HOW WOULD SOCIETY AS A WHOLE BE AFFECTED?"