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Curated OER

Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Relocation Camp Experience of Estelle Ishigo

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study World War II through art.
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Curated OER

The State vs. The Individual

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explain the roles of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments in regards to due process and eminent domain. They apply their knowledge of the takings issue by creating a political cartoon depicting a takings event.
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Curated OER

Presidential Eligibility

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine what requirements determine who can and can't run for president.
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Curated OER

Democracy in the Middle East

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain that President Bush's foreign policy to promote democracy is a departure from the Cold War policy of containment, and examine the reasons this policy has been proposed at this time.
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Curated OER

Why or Why Not Law?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, in groups, study the law on the Internet.
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Curated OER

America Responds to Terrorism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss truths and myths dealing with the subject of terrorism.
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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Constitution Day Activities: Middle and High

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How was the Constitution created? What did the delegates contribute in creating the Constitution?
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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Constitution Day Activities: Middle and High 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What would life be like without the freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly, and the right to petition?
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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Constitution Day Activities: Elementary

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Who were Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Patrick Henry, and George Mason?
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Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: We the People: Constitution Day Pdf [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This teachers guide has activities for Constitution Day.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: The United States and the Barbary Pirates

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson and activity in which students analyze foreign policy challenges on paying ransom. Students study U.S. response to the Barbary pirates and apply their knowledge to modern day terrorism and foreign policy examples.