Fourth graders will be introduced to the primary documents of the Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution. They will figure out the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and compare them to the US Constitution. Students will be able to explain four improvements made in the US Constitution and write an essay.

Concepts

the constitution

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Additional Tags

forms of government, articles of confederation

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Classroom Considerations

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