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This The Constitution: What It Says and What It Means lesson plan also includes:
Learners get the chance to act as representatives to the Constitution Convention, and must decide whether or not to recommend your state ratify the new framework. After examining the Constitution line-by-line, they consider their positions on the topic. Other activities include a structured class read-a-long to hear the story of the Constitutional Convention.
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constitutional amendments, constitutions, ratification of the united states constitution, the constitutional convention, the preamble to the united states constitution, the constitution, the united states constitution, the bill of rights, the anti-federalists, federalism, the federalist papers, the federalists, the federalists and anti-federalists, the separation of powers, the judicial branch, the judicial system, checks and balances, citizenship, civil rights, rights, responsibility, primary source analysis, primary sources
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Instructional Ideas
- Use activities to paraphrase the meaning of passages of the Constitution
- Have students advocate as members of a state considering whether it should ratify the Constitution and write persuasive essays
Classroom Considerations
- Resource recommends reading aloud a book that is not included with the unit plan
Pros
- Resource includes instructional differentiation and rubrics
- Read-a-loud engages the class in the content of the lesson
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- None