Students assume their rights were invented in 1776. This assignment shows them the truth: the right to a jury trial, free elections, and protection from cruel punishment came out of an 800-year fight with English kings — and they can trace nearly every one back to three specific documents. Across four sections, students translate real excerpts from the Magna Carta, Petition of Right, and English Bill of Rights into modern texts, map ten rights they have today back to the document each one starte