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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine five sections of the U.S. Constitution to see what the Federal Government has said about slavery, past and present. Then, class members research individuals and interest groups who directly impacted slavery compromises. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students trace the drafting and ratification process of the United States Constitution. They defend a Federalist or Antifederalist view of the ratification debates and explain why the Bill or Rights was added to the Constitution. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research and compare the way in which politicians establish opposition to a bill or proposition in today's world to the way it was done in the 18th century. They write an opposition document to the Constitution. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate the major issues involved in constitutional debates from Confederation to the mid-1960s. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students examine the historical issues that impacted the development of the Alaska Constitution. Using the internet, they read various articles and answer questions related to the Constitution. They write an essay from the point of view of a framer of the Constitution and discuss how far the state has progressed. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students engage in a role-playing situation to illustrate the kinds of compromised that were made a teh Constitutional Convention. They write three short 1-2 paragraph arguments and then present their arguments to the class at the appropriate time during a debate. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students identify and interpret the importance of having rules in order to maintain order at home, at school, in their community, and in the United States. They create a "working" Classroom Constitution that governs the classroom and supports school rules, policies, and procedures. Students also develop a maximum of six positively stated rules or Classroom Standards. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts surrounding the signing of the US Constitution. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students focus upon the contributions of people like Washington, Madison, and Hamilton. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students work together to write a Constitution for their classroom. As a class, they discuss the need for laws and how the concept of compromise is important. In groups, they compare the process they used for writing the Constitution to the process the framers used for the United States Constitution. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students research, examine and study about the three branches of the government and the contents of the Constitution including both the Articles and the Amendments. They create their own classroom constitution at the end of the unit. Full Review »

