Constitution with Duck

That's okay because our 4th Amendment protects him from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. 

That's okay because our 1st Amendment gives us freedom of speech, petition, and religion, as well as assembly and press.

That's okay because our 2nd Amendment gives us the right to keep and bare arms.

People are petitioning outside about building a new church!

Kaileigh Sabatka is a senior in high school. She is taking a government class. She doesn't know much about the government, mostly because her memory isn't good and this topic is a lot to comprehend. But by writing this book, her comprehension of the first 5 amendments is much better.<br/><br/>The Duck Song is a well-known or heard-of song, and so hopefully it helps you remember the first 5 amendments. 

The same man is being asked so many questions, but isn't answering any of them!

The soldiers are forcing the man out of his house, but he is saying no!

The same man is yelling about his house being searched!

That's okay because our 5th Amendment is the due process of law, which means he can't be compelled by the government to provide incriminating information about himself. This is also known as "the right to remain silent."

That's okay because our 3rd Amendment forbids the forcible housing of military personnel in a citizen's home during peacetime and requires the process to be “prescribed by law” in times of war.

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