Happy Bill of Rights Day! It commemorates the day (Dec. 15) in 1791 when three-fourths of the states ratified the ten amendments that became a permanent part of the U.S. Constitution. The Magna Carta helped influence the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights helps protect Americans from government abuses. It protects our freedom of speech, press, religion, and other rights.

Enjoy this word search called “Bill of Rights”. Word searches develop spelling skills, extend vocabulary, and emphasize pattern recognition. Find all the hidden words! Enjoy replaying one of your favorite word searches. Each time you replay it, the words are reordered to make it more challenging.

Word Search Instructions:

1. To view vocabulary words in the boxes below the puzzle, click on each box.
2. To play, click on the first letter of the word and then click on the last letter of the vocabulary word to highlight the entire word in the puzzle.
3. Words may be found going forward, backward, up, down, or diagonally.
4. After each vocabulary word is found, each word in the box will have a slash through it if clicked on.
5. Once you have completed the word search, a message will say “CONGRATULATIONS! YOU WIN!”
6. Have fun!

Mobile version may vary. (Word Box: bill, rights, speech, religion, press).

Homeschoolers: sketch/color an illustration. Theme: rights. Read the story called Squirrel Nutkin in Learning to Read: Fairy Tale Adventures. Tell us in your own words how Old Brown protected his rights.