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"Celebrate Constitution Day" Interactive Flash Module
An interactive flash experience, the On-line Module features "Madison's Notes are Missing", in which students travel back in time to the Constitutional Convention, talk to the delegates (with animation and voice), and write a news article about the events of that momentous time. The Module also includes a quote matching game with quotes from 10 Founders, and an interactive Constitutional Convention crossword puzzle.
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Bill of Rights Institute |
"Three Constitutions" Poster
See picture of Poster at http://www.National-Education-project.org |
National Education Project |
"Why is the Constitution Important?" Panel Discussion
"Why is the Constitution Important?" A panel discussion at the College of Wooster. |
College of Wooster |
10 Fast Facts on the Constitution
Fast Facts and teach TEN key facts about the Constitution. |
National Constitution Center |
1st Amendment Project-Based Learning Lesson
This four-week project will guide student groups through analyzing the scope and meaning of the First Amendment; conducting a survey on freedoms; and evaluating how these apply to ordinary citizens like themselves.
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USA TODAY Education |
A Biography of America
In A Biography of America prominent historians present America's story as a living narrative that is best understood from a variety of perspectives. See Program 3: "Growth and Empire" and Program 4: "The Coming of Independence." |
Annenberg Media |
A More Perfect Union - America Becomes A Nation - FILM
This 2-hour motion picture is the first comprehensive recreation of those stirring, heated debates during the sweltering summer of 1787. Also available as an educator's package, it contains 6 teaching segments in addition to the film and a teacher's guide which provides background information and perspectives designed to help teachers with classroom discussions and other learning activities related to the production.
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National Center for Constitutional Studies |
A More Perfect Union American Independence and the Constitution
A More Perfect Union: American Independence and the Constitution examines the political, social, and economic context in which the U.S. Constitution was framed. Students explore parallels between the controversies of America's formative years and our country's present-day civic discourse. |
Choices for the 21st Century |
A More Perfect Union: American Independence and the Constitution - Videos
Scholars Online brings university scholars into secondary level classrooms. Videos of scholars who have contributed to the development of curriculum units or participated in Choices professional development programs are provided in an interview format. Scholars Online is tailored for use in classrooms, for homework, and for professional development. |
Choices for the 21st Century |
A Patriot, A Traitor, and a Bill of Attainder
The case of Josiah Philips, a Tory in Virginia during the war for Independence, who was denied a fundamental right by patriots, and civil libertarians, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry.
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Colonial Williamsburg |