Each senior government student was in charge of creating a poster for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution and then explaining the amendment to the rest of the class. Advanced students were required to do something “outside of the box” with their poster presentation.
Senior Kelsey McLaughlin, who was in charge of the 18th amendment; which prohibited the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol; made protest signs to ban alcohol for each of her classmates to hold up.
All the amendment posters are hung around the top wall of the room creating a wallpaper border which serves as a reference throughout the remainder of the government course.
As a culminating activity seniors wrote a comprehensive essay about three principles that are the foundation of American government using their pocket Constitution. To read how brilliantly so many of our young people write about our government, quoting excerpts from our founding documents, and then citing amendments that further embedded those principles into our society, honestly, it will almost make you tear up. Watching our students do all these great things really does give one hope for the future.
