The Constitution: Drafting a More Perfect Union

Students will analyze an unidentified historical document and draw conclusions about what this document was for, who created it, and why. After the document is identified as George Washington’s annotated copy of the Committee of Style’s draft constitution, students will compare its text to that of an earlier draft by the Committee of Detail to understand its evolution.

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Standards

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

Grades

9, 10, 11, 12

Subjects

Legislative Branch/Congress

Resource Types

Lesson Plans, Primary Sources

Teaching Strategies

Writing, Whole Class, Whole Class Discussion, Small Group, Small Group Discussion, Individual Work

Civic Days

Constitution Day

Constitution Articles

Preamble, Constitution Day, Constitutional Convention

Tags

George Washington