1. Exploring the Bill of Rights For the 21st Century

2. Music & the Bill of Rights

3. For What It's Worth: written by Stephen Stills (1966) recorded by Buffalo Springfield (1967)

4. For What It’s Worth There’s something happening here
What it is ain’t exactly clear
There’s a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it’s time we stop,
children, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down

5. Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it’s time we stop,
hey what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
There’s battle lines being drawn

6. What a field day for the heat A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
It’s time we stop, hey,
what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down

7. Into your life it will creep It starts when you’re always afraid
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you’re always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down

8. Questions for Discussion
What do you think the song is about i.e. “what’s going on?”
Analyze each stanza of the song and identify the rights or freedoms that are related to each verse.
What do you think is the overall message of the song?
Discuss how For What It’s Worth relates to the Bill of Rights.

9. Making Connections: The Bill of Rights in Art

10. Artwork #2
Artwork #1

11. Artist: Norman Rockwell Exhibit: The Four Freedoms
Artwork #4
Artwork #3

12. Artwork #6
Artwork #5
Artist Van Gogh, The Prison Courtyard

13. Artwork #7

14. Questions for Discussion
What are some common themes that you saw in the artwork?
Why do you think artist depict rights and freedoms in their art?
What do these pieces of art tell us about American culture?