28th Amendment Ideas Student Project and Slides
Drafting a proposed 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, students research a modern issue, support their proposal with sourced statistics and weigh who would oppose it.

- Grades
- Grades 7–12, Middle School, High School
- Pages
- 10
- File type
- Zip
- Subject
- Social Studies, History, History: USA, Government
- Topic
- constitution, government
- Resource types
- Presentations, Teacher Tools
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The 28th Amendment Project guides students through creating their own constitutional amendment as an inquiry-based learning activity. Students take on the role of lawmakers and draft a new amendment to address a modern-day issue. This creative project leads students through anticipating opposition, problem-solving current events, and innovating solutions within the legal system. Pairs well with the 27 Amendments slides and notes to provide context of the amendment process. This versatile project works for individual, small group, or whole class learning in social studies and government courses for grades 7-12. With teacher slides, a student project guide, and a grading rubric, educators have all the materials needed to engage students in an authentic citizenship experience. Rather than just studying history, students get hands-on practice with the legal amendment process.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Explain how an amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed
- Support a policy proposal with statistics from cited sources
- Analyze likely opposition to a proposal and why passage would be difficult
Teaching tips
- Students need internet or library access to find statistics and sources for the evidence table.
- Walking through the sample ideas table, where each amendment sits beside its potential opponents, can model the opposition analysis before students pick their own issue.
Skills covered
- Source evaluation — checking research sources for bias while gathering statistics
- Persuasive writing — explaining in a paragraph how the amendment would benefit the country
- Counterargument analysis — identifying groups likely to oppose the proposal
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Core concepts
- Constitutional amendments
- Amendment process
- Source bias
- Counterarguments
- Civic engagement
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