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Students research the social and historical context of the writing of the Constitution along with several features of the finished document. They use their research to create a textbook on the writing of the Constitution with text and illustration. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students increase familiarity with constitutional roots. Through research, students examine how a nation's constitution reflects the history and values of the culture that produced it. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students practice their reading comprehension skills by reading about the United States Constitution. They answer questions related to the reading to test for comprehension. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students use both electronic and traditional resources to research information about U.S. Constitution, answer questions pertaining to Congress and the Presidency, and design HyperStudio presentation to display answers to research questions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the lives of the delegates who attended the Philadelphia Convention and present a brief oral biographical sketch of them. They discover major compromises made at the constitutional convention. Students write an essay responding to prohibition. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students discuss the need to have a constitution. In groups, they watch a video about constitutions and identify amendments they would place in a class constitution. They complete a worksheet and compare their ideas with other groups to determine what is going to go into their document. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students brainstorm a list of facts about the Founding Fathers. After watching a video online, they identify facts about the Constitution as well. They compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution in a Venn Diagram. They complete an online quiz to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students watch as their teacher presents information on the Constitution, government and laws through a PowerPoint presentation. In groups, they discuss the importance of government and laws and identify the main ideas in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. To end the lesson, they work together to make a poster to show how a bill becomes law. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students examine the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. They create posters of significant portions (there are many commercially available) and discuss them. They discuss the Maine Constitution and identify some similarities. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students begin the lesson by comparing and contrasting two state constitution's preambles. After identifying the themes in the state preambles, they compare the U.S. Constitution's preamble to the states. They work together to write their own new preamble to the Constitution and research the amending process of the Constitution itself. Full Review »
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