In this activity, students will learn how the Declaration of Independence has been made available so that Americans can still read this important document. They will follow the steps that were involved in printing copies of the Declaration of Independence from a 19th century copper engraving during the American Bicentennial celebrations in 1976. After analyzing images of the drafting, printing, and copies of the document, they will use context clues and information about the printing process to arrange the images into chronological order. They will also be tasked with determining why the document remains relevant today.

Additional Tags

american bicentennial, america’s bicentennial, bicentennial, declaration of independence, united states bicentennial

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)