My New Way to Have Students Express Their Understanding...

May 7, 2016

This week as I was having a great time with my dear friend Janet some wonderful things happened.

One of those things, I would like to share with you in my blog below:

I had the opportunity to meet my great friend Janet Caruthers on Thursday, May 5, 2016; and she gave me so many great ideas for my 27 - 67 Constitution project. I now have a great way to use Open Ended Statements and making sure my students clearly understand those words in the United States Constitution. I will be sharing with you some of those things in the next few days. I have started revision on my 27 - 67 Constitution with not just questions but rather 27 statements where the students can still find the answers and read the section the answer comes from which will allow them to retain that information much longer.

 

An example, you may be aware that the 19th Amendment deals with rights for women. Instead of just asking the question as I have in my present 27 - 67 Constitution booklets; because of the couple of hours with Janet, I now have tried this example and using the same information but now the student is not guessing but rather must know for sure. "The Nineteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution gives ________ the right to __________. Now there is no doubt that the student knows the answer and even better the student now understand that he/she can reference page 23 of the 27 - 67 Constitution booklet and find the following, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

 

My Open Ended Statements will of course be grade level understanding.. I believe that from 5th - 7th grade this would be an understandable Open Ended Statement and for 8th grade and above this statement could be written at a much higher level which I will be doing this week.

 

Please give me any feedback that you can provide before I go final with this method. Thanks Janet for taking your time with me this week. I will see you on Thursday when I come to Tampa.

 

Joseph L. Cofield

Happy Birthday...

May 7, 2016

Did you know, that the 27th Amendment or final amendment added to our Constitution actually was submitted by Congress to the States as part of the proposed Bill of Rights on September 25, 1789?

The amendment was not accepted as part of the Bill of Rights which was ratified on December 15, 1791.

However, The Twenty-Seventh Amendment was ratified on May 7, 1992 by the vote of Michigan.

Now because of my good friend Cory, you can now read the rest of the story below:

Source: Mokra (Stock Exchange).

Today we celebrate the 24th anniversary of the 27th Amendment (ratified May 7, 1992). Here’s what you need to know:

WHAT IT DOES

The 27th Amendment makes sure that members of Congress can’t vote for their own pay raises (or pay cuts)–any change in compensation won’t take effect until the next election.

WHY IT WAS ADDED

The 27th Amendment, which is the most recent addition to the Constitution, was actually among the amendments that James Madison proposed in 1789. Ten of those amendments were approved and became known as the Bill of Rights, but this one languished for another 203 years, making it the longest ratification process in U.S. history.
So what revived Madison’s original vision? In 1982, Gregory Watson, a 20-year-old college student at the University of Texas, Austin, wrote a paper on Madison’s unratified proposal. He launched a letter-writing campaign and within a decade, in large part thanks to his efforts, what would have been the Second Amendment was passed as the 27th Amendment.

WORD-FOR-WORD

No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

Thanks Cory, you have motivated me to get back on my blog today.

Joseph