Democracy, We Love It!

Summary

Whether students realize it or not, the government that they live under affects them every day. The Constitution and Bill of Rights allows them to live a life with freedoms that students in other countries have never had or are just recently being exposed to. The decisions that presidents have made in the past and in the future also affect our students’ lives. This project allowed them to express how they feel concerning the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the job of the presidents. The students created a visual project to help them do this. The visual project expressed how the major parts of our democracy influence them on a daily basis. Students worked in groups of 3 and brainstormed to discuss the effects of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the President’s role in democracy. They created a visual project using Windows Movie Maker, VoiceThread, PowerPoint, or another tool of their choice to display their individual feelings about democracy. They recorded their voices to fully explain their interactions with democracy that are displayed in the pictures and add music and other creative elements.