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Celebrate Constitution Day

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Students examine the constitutions structure, content, and underlying philosophy by skimming through as a class then breaking into groups to focus on separate articles. To reinforce learning they individually analyze constitutional principals.

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9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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