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University of Chicago

The Founders' Constitution: Popular Basis of Political Authority

For Students 9th - 10th
This speech, "The Address and Reasons of Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania to Their Constituents," contains some of the arguments for opposing the Constitution.
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PBS

Pbs Liberty!: Congress Adds a Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative site recounting the events of December 15, 1791, when the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution. Learn about the Bill of Rights and the freedoms it was designed to protect!
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Yale University

Avalon Project: The Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Yale's School of Law provides the text of the ten original amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a list of the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and see why these additions were made to the ruling document.
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Explaining the Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the need for a Bill of Rights to be added to the Constitution. Find out what each of the first ten amendments means.