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iCivics

I Civics: Amendment Mini Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This mini-lesson highlights the Constitution's amendments. Students will learn about some of the most critical additions to our Constitution and how those additions guarantee their rights.
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iCivics

I Civics: Changing the Constitution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
America's constitutional government has changed over time as a result of amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court decisions, legislation, and other practices. Students will use the seven basic principles found in our government...
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iCivics

I Civics: The Constitutional Convention Mini Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore how the U.S. government was created in the years following the Articles of Confederation.
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iCivics

I Civics: Congress in a Flash!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn what Congress is, what the Constitution says about the legislative branch, and how a bill becomes law. They analyze some actual language from the Constitution, compare the House and the Senate, and simulate the lawmaking...
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Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: Surveying State of the Union Addresses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learning module with multi-media resources helps students understand the constitutional basis and history of the State of the Union Address, identifying important historic themes and significant topics. Includes video, graphic...
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iCivics

I Civics: No Bill of Rights, No Deal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In the debate over the Constitution, the Bill of Rights was a deal-breaker. In this lesson, young scholars learn why the federalists thought the Constitution didn't need a bill of rights and why the anti-federalists refused to accept the...
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Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: What Is a Republican Government?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
This lesson will help you understand why the Founders thought a republican form of government was best. Learners will also learn about civic virtue and the common welfare.
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Success Link

Success Link: 1787 [Archived Version]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
By using the novel, Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz, and 1787 by Joan Anderson, students learn the lively discussion among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention concerning the ratification of the document they...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: A Nation's Voice

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A Nation's Voice is a lesson plan that uses internet sites, magazines and books, electronic encyclopedias and databases to understand the policy making of the U.S.
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American Bar Association

American Bar Assoc.: Separation of Powers, Connecting the Separate Powers [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th
This lesson involves role-playing to help the students understand the separation of powers. [PDF]
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Literature and Comp: Animal Farm by George Orwell

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the reading of Animal Farm by George Orwell. It provides links to a study guide and an online text of the novel. It lists The Seven Commandments, Animal Farm's original Constitution and reminds students to pay...

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