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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: The Constitution in Action: Article Ii (Lab Team 3)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity young scholars will analyze the Senate Journal of the First Congress and identify how the document demonstrates content contained within Article II of the Constitution in action.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: The Constitution in Action: Article Iii (Lab Team 4)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students will analyze the Opinion of the Court by Chief Justice Earl Warren in the Case of Miranda v. Arizona and identify how the document demonstrates content contained within Article III of the Constitution in action.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Brazil Today: Brazil's Constitution

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Constitution of Brazil. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: The Constitution in Action: Article I (Lab Team 2)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students will analyze the Declaration of Intention for Albert Einstein and identify how the document demonstrates content contained within Article I, sections 8-10 of the Constitution in action.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: The Constitution in Action: Article Iv (Lab Team 5)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity young scholars will analyze the Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii and identify how the document demonstrates content contained within Article IV of the Constitution in action.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: The Constitution in Action: Article I (Lab Team 1)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students will analyze the Oaths of Senators for the Impeachment Trial of William Jefferson Clinton and identify how the document demonstrates content contained within Article I, sections 1-7 of the Constitution in action.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Magna Carta: Cornerstone of the u.s. Constitution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, young scholars will consider "Magna Carta: Cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Writing a Constitution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from a unit called 'Writing the US Constitution.' It looks at the documents that preceded the Constitution, and the major issues that were debated while the Constitution was being created.
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eBook
Other

Institute for American Liberty: The First Principles of the Constitution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article contains information about the principles used to create the Constitution of the United States.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Creating a Classroom Constitution

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using this flipchart, students will learn about the United States Constitution and how they can create a constitution for their classroom.
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Primary
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: The Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a close look at the United States Bill of Rights, the ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It was written a long time ago-1791. Move your cursor over the picture below to see if you can read the rights given to American citizens.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Uss Constitution Museum: Room to Set Sail

For Students 5th - 8th
This is a USS Constitution Museum resource that has students compare the area of the size of the sails of the USS Constitution as it compares to their classroom.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Uss Constitution Museum: Constitution Collage

For Students 5th - 8th
Tell the class that they will be making collages of USS Constitution. Reproduce the sails and hull pages to hand out along with scissors, rulers, paste and pieces of paper 11" x 17" on which students may assemble their collages.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Uss Constitution Museum: Design a Figurehead

For Students 5th - 8th
This USS Constitution Museum resource is a lesson plan that calls for students to work together in teams to create a new figurehead for the USS Constitution that was destroyed while on patrol.
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Lesson Plan
Internal Revenue Service

Irs: Evolution of Taxation in the Constitution Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan will give students an overview of the role and purpose of taxes in American history.
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Website
Other

International Constitutional Law: Bangladesh Index

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides background material on Bangladesh's 1996 constitution It also describes the Bangladesh political parties and history of the current government.
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Website
Other

International Constitutional Law: Bangladesh Index

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides background material on Bangladesh's 1996 constitution It also describes the Bangladesh political parties and history of the current government.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Amendments to the Constitution for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
A history quiz about the Amendments to the Constitution.
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Website
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless: The Constitution: Limited Government

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the definition and explanation of limited government which evolved during the establishment of the new government in the United States.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: We the People

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will examine the original and final drafts of the Constitution and evaluate the significance of the selection of the words 'We the People.'
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Primary
US Government Publishing Office

U.s. Government Publishing Office: Thirteenth Amendment [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of the thirteenth amendment of the United States Constitution.
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Website
Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Bill of Rights Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
What is the Bill of Rights? Why were they created? Find out the purpose of these ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution and how they work to protect the citizens in the U.S.
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Lesson Plan
Internal Revenue Service

Irs: How Taxes Evolve? Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan will help learners understand that the legislative process of enacting federal income tax laws involves formal procedures based on the Constitution and informal procedures that blend and balance various interests.
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Article
US Government Publishing Office

U.s. Government Publishing Office: First Through Tenth Amendments: Bill of Rights [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of how the First through Tenth Amendments to the Constitution came to be written.