THE BILL OF RIGHTS FROM A CHILD'S POINT OF VIEW (By Caroline S. Mackay)
This program goes through the first ten amendments of the Bill of Rights and shows a child how they relate to them. The other amendments are briefly mentioned. It has one character that brings humor to a serious subject. There are many acting parts that do not need to speak. You could add patriotic music of your choice at appropriate places. Some of this program is in rhyme and some is just speaking.
VITAL STATISTICS
Participants-------------------------------------30 - 100
Ages---------------------------------------------10 - 13
Performance time------------------------------45 -60 min
Constuming, Props and Scenery-----------minimal
SAMPLE
Speaker 1: Welcome to our patriotic program
Happy Constitution and Citizenship Day.
We will try to educate all of you
About the Bill of Rights and what they do
(Judge and children enter the stage and go to the mikes.)
..........Judge: Amendment number 1 (reads from parchment) Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press."
Child 1: In other words we are free to speak our opinions and write them in books and magazines.
Child 2: (aside behind hand to the audience) It doesn't mean that we can make a lot of noise and swear.
