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The Founders' Constitution PrimaryThe Founders' Constitution Primary
Publisher
University of Chicago
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Primary Sources
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Lexile Measures
1420L
Primary

The Founders' Constitution

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The University of Chicago provides thousands of primary source documents concerning the diverse contents of the Constitution. Documents underlying the proposed Constitution, as well as documents of the time debating the proposed Constitution are available and sorted by the major themes of the Constitution. Links to each part of the text of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are also available.

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Concepts

popular sovereignty, the constitution

Additional Tags

antifederalists, convention, federalists, bicameralism, confederation, constitutional, political authority, republic, republican government, separation of powers, constitution

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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