The National Archives and Records Administration provides a lesson plan on the American Revolution. Content includes excellent historical background, as well as several primary source documents, pictures, and engravings detailing various...

This letter from George Mason shows his Anti-Federalist opinions and opposition to a planned centralized government.

The years immediately following the end of the Revolutionary War were fraught with problems both domestically and in foreign affairs. There were also accomplishments in the expansion of the economy. Read about the problems and why...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This unit covers the content area featuring the challenges faced by the new nation including the writing of the Constitution, government powers, the Bill of Rights and the War of 1812.

Take this eleven question unit test over US history during the period of 1754 and 1800.

Ohio test preparation material on the important historical documents from which the principles of U.S. democracy are reflected. With video tutorials, practice, and assessment.

This interactive lesson plan gives students a quick snapshot of the Constitution, including the purpose of each article, the powers of the three branches, how a bill becomes a law, and the concepts of separation of powers and checks and...

Look at the debate and eventual compromise, between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists that occurred around the creation of the U.S. Constitution.

The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia provides an extensive biography on the life of James Madison. Provides information about his life before and after the presidency as well as his policies on foreign and domestic...

10-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and covers events pertaining to the U.S. Constittution.

10-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and covers events pertaining to the U.S. Constitution.

See how state constitutions were the incubator of ideas that eventually became embodied in the U.S. Constitution.

A quick comprehension check over the period in US history when the constitution was being established.

Born near Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina, Charles Pinckney was the child of a wealthy family. He received a first-rate education and became an accomplished lawyer. Pinckney joined the state militia during the American...

A brief discussion of Shays' Rebellion and why it was but a symptom of a weak central government under the Articles of Confederation. See what some saw as a way to fix the problems.

This history of the American Constitution discusses how the Constitution served as a basis for inspiring and regulating laws made across the nation.

The delegates of the Constitutional Convention framed the Constitution of the United States as a basis of government to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

Read online from James Madison's report of William Patterson's proposal of the New Jersey Plan at the Federal Convention, 1787. Link to related document: Articles of Confederation as related specifically to each proposal in the New...

Ohio Test Prep video from which students learn how the Northwest Ordinance established a precedent for governing the United States.

This site provides extensive information regarding several American constitutional issues such as: impeachment, war powers, interstate commerce, and the amendment process. Hyperlinks can be found throughout each constitutional issue to...

Video test preparation module for Social Studies on the U.S. Constitution teaches students about provisions and compromises made during the Constitutional Convention and how the terms reflect Enlightenment thinking.

This site is from a unit called 'Writing the US Constitution.' It looks at the documents that preceded the Constitution, and the major issues that were debated while the Constitution was being created.

Read about how the state governments in the new American nation served as the laboratory to try out new ideas of governing and treating citizens. See how remarkably similar the ideas put forth in state constitutions were to each other.

A biography of the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and author of some of the Federalist Papers.