The U.S. Constitution: Continuity and Change in the Governing of the United States

This unit examines continuity and change in the governing of the United States. Lessons one and two are focused on a study of the Constitution and Bill of Rights and provide access to primary source documents from the Library of Congress. Lesson three investigates important issues which confronted the first Congress and has students examine current congressional debate over similar issues. Lesson four features broadsides from the Continental Congress.

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/continuity-change/
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Standards

California, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, South Carolina, Kentucky, Nevada, Connecticut, South Dakota, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Delaware, Tennessee, Maine, Common Core, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Maryland, New Mexico, Georgia, Utah, Massachusetts, New York, Hawaii, Vermont, Michigan, Alabama, North Dakota, Idaho, Virginia, Minnesota, Alaska, Ohio, Illinois, Washington, Mississippi, Arizona, Oklahoma, Indiana, West Virginia, Missouri, Arkansas, Oregon, Iowa, Wisconsin, Montana, National Standards for Civics and Government, NCSS

Grades

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 6, 7

Subjects

Legislative Branch/Congress

Resource Types

Lesson Plans, Primary Sources

Teaching Strategies

Primary Source, Informational Text, Whole Class Discussion, Whole Class Deliberation, Small Group, Small Group Discussion, Small Group Deliberation, Individual Work, Writing

Civic Days

Constitution Day

Constitution Articles

Preamble, Bill of Rights, Constitutional Convention, Meaning of Constitution

Tags

ratification, amendment process