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We the Second Graders

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Students study the history, development and meaning of the Constitution. They participate in a classroom simulation of the Constitutional Convention by writing a Preamble, developing a government, and writing a Bill of Rights for their classroom.

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the bill of rights, constitutional amendments

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bill of rights, social studies
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2nd
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Social Studies & History
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