Raising A.B.C. is designed to help students discover how candidates get elected and how participating in the voting process creates better citizens.  Raising A.B.C.--Kids Get Out the Vote was written by Peggy Wyns-Madison, a former Teachers Network web mentor. 

My Bill of Rights

Use this form to write your own personal Bill of Rights! 

Be it known to all people that I __________________, being a citizen in good standing of _____________ and being of sound mind and body, do wish to state that every one of the following rights is mine and that I accept the responsibility that accompanies these rights. 

1. The right to play outside with my friends ______________ and ________________, knowing it is my responsibility to go home in time to eat supper and do my homework. 

2. The right to stay up and ___________________ , knowing it is my responsibility to _______________ 

3. The right to ______________ , knowing it is my responsibility to __________________. 

4. The right to ___________________, knowing it is my responsibility to ________________. 

5. The right to ___________________, knowing it is my responsibility to ________________. 

This Bill of Rights is hereby signed, sealed, and ratified this day of ________________, in the year ________________. 

Signed: __________________________ 

Witnessed by: __________________________ 

Reprinted with permission from "A Bill of Rights K-12 Resource Packet" published by the Michigan Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution.