Osu History Teaching Institute: u.s. Constitution: The Powers of the Presidency

Article describes how the written constitutions adopted by each of the 13 colonies were the seeds of the U.S. Constitution including the Bill of Rights. Includes questions for discussion and small group activity.

Finish up your study of the United States Constitution with the third resource in a three-part series. Class members respond to three questions that focus on the relationship between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution and...

A workshop, appropriate for elementary, middle school, and high school students, through which participants examine a variety of primary documents and their relationship to the U.S. Constitution. This resource provides workshop...

The French Revolution challenged political, social and cultural norms in European society. The lesson is broken down into three parts: political, shifts in power, French nationalism.

This resource presents section 6 of article 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which details the rights and disabilities of members of Congress. The site discusses congressional pay, and privileges from arrest and of speech or debate in an...

The 18th amendment regarding the prohibition of intoxicating liquors, as it is worded in the U.S. Constitution. Annotations about the validity, enforcement, and repeal of the amendment are provided, as well as footnotes.

What does it mean to be American? Explore the constitution and what it really means to be a citizen here. First, learners of all ages will investigate different primary source documents. Then, they establish each document's...

High schoolers determine how President Lincoln promoted emancipation. In this slavery instructional activity, students examine primary documents, including the U.S. Constitution, to reconstruct Lincoln's attempts to end slavery and...

Explores the development of the textile industry in Great Britain, focusing on the invention of various machines. Also,discusses the social effects of the Industrial Revolution and the connections between the Industrial Revolution and...

This lesson plan places a human face on the Holocaust, by focusing on survivors' testimony, letters and journals from survivors and those who were killed, and poetry.