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Student Handouts

Constitutional Principles

For Students 8th - 12th
Keep track of constitutional principles with a graphic organizer. Pupils define, describe the origins of, and note down the location of the following terms: checks and balances, federalism, individual rights, limited government, popular...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Coming of Independence

For Students 7th - 8th
Provide your learners with an opportunity to show what they know. Have them answer 10 questions on colonial America, 13 Colonies, colonial legislature, and popular sovereignty. There are 5 true/false and 5 multiple choice questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Maryland During the Secession Crisis

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners identify the problems Maryland encountered during the secession crisis. They analyze census data and through an examination of the resolutions made by Maryland's Southern Rights Convention of 1861.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sectionalism, Popular Sovereignty, and Secession

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine sequence of national events that resulted in the Civil War by using primary sources, and creating timelines and maps.