A Primary Source 4 Individual Rights 6 The History of the Bill of Rights 8 The 1st Amendment 12 The 2nd Amendment 16 The 3rd and 4th Amendments 18 The 5th Amendment 20 The 6th 7th and 8th Amendments 22 The 9th Amendment 24 The 10th Amendment 26 The Bill of Rights Today 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 CONTENTS
A PRIMARY SOURCE There are lots of ways to learn about history One of the best ways is to look at primary sources These are sources of information that actually come from the time period you want to learn about Primary sources can be letters newspaper articles drawings photographs and more The diary of a Revolutionary War soldier is a primary source while a history book about the Revolution that was written much later is a secondary source This letter written by the American patriot Nathan Hale in 1776 is an example of a primary source 4
Primary sources help us learn what happened in the past as well as how people felt about what happened After all details get fuzzy as stories are retold Some of the most studied primary sources are the documents that established the American government Among the most important of these is the U S Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments or additions to the U S Constitution This original handwritten copy of the Bill of Rights is kept in the National Archives in Washington D C The U S Constitution is the document that lays out the most basic law of the United States Vocabulary 5
