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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Creating the Us Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A collection which uses primary sources to explore the creation of the US Constitution.
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US National Archives

Our Documents: The Us Constitution (1787)

For Students 9th - 10th
See the original copy of the United States Constitution! This interactive page lets you point to the part you would like to see. Along with background information, you can also link to larger images, a typed transcript, and downloadable....
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Creating the Us Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
The sources in this primary set document the creation of the US Constitution. Includes teaching guide.
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Claremont Institute

Founding.com: The Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
The Constitution of the United States with its amendments is here.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: The United States Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a close look at this document that was written in Philadelphia in 1787. It gives us the rights that we still have today. Select a thumbnail, and then roll over the picture to zoom in.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of primary resources having to do with the constitution throughout American history.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: The Making of the u.s. Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
The introduction to the first volume of the Annals of Congress, in which there is a short history of the creation of the Constitution, and the text of the Constitution as it was first written.
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Read Works

Read Works: Passages: The u.s. Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is the Constitution of the United States; a vocabulary worksheet is provided for the words "favor" and "right."
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The History Place

The History Place: American Revolution: Constitution of United States

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of the Constitution, including images of the original document.
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Article I

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of Article I, sections 1-10, of the U.S. Constitution, establishing the Legislative Branch of the Federal government.
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Article Vii

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about Article VII of the United States Constitution.
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US National Archives

Nara: Charters of Freedom: The Constitution: Amendments 11 27

For Students 9th - 10th
Check here to read the three amendments passed during the Progressive Era, the 16th, 17th, & 18th amendments. From the National Archives and Records Administration.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: The New Nation, 1783 1815

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This website documents the United States through its struggles to become a new nation. Site includes primary source documents for the Articles of Confederation, US Constitutional Convention, and George...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: Jack Rakove and Original Meanings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interview with Pulitzer Prize Winner Jack Rakove about his book Original Meanings is very informative. He discusses the ideology of the framers of the US Constitution and the debate between Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
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Other

State of Arkansas: Constitution of the State of Arkansas [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A .pdf file of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas.
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Other

Justia: Us Supreme Court: Furman v. Georgia, 408 u.s. 238 (1972)

For Students 9th - 10th
Court documents of a case challenging the death penalty as constituting "cruel and unusual punishment" and violating the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Includes link to audio file of oral argument.
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Article Vi

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides links to papers written about Article VI of the U.S. Constitution. Sample topics include: Validity of Prior Debts and Engagements, Supremacy of the Constitution, National Supremacy, the Power of Congress in Respect...
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Other

Alabama's 1901 Constitution

For Students 3rd - 8th
This simply organized site gives a summary of Alabama's 1901 Constitution. It also gives other details about the Constitution as well as a long list of resources in a bibliography.
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Article I: Congressional Qualifications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides text of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. Section 2 of the article deals specifically with the qualifications needed to be a representative of the U.S. Congress. This site provides text as its worded in the...
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Sixth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains the text of the 6th amendment. It has several pages of annotations covering the major concepts in the rights of the accused.
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: u.s. V. Butler (1936)

For Students 9th - 10th
This Supreme Court case dealt with provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act conflicting with the Federal Constitution. Read the complete text of the court's opinions and decision. Registration for a free Findlaw account may be...
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of the United States Supreme Court decision on the appeal of the case Escobedo v. Illinois, which ruled on the right to have counsel under the 6th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution.
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US Government Publishing Office

U.s. Government Publishing Office: Eighth Amendment Further Guarantees in Criminal Cases [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the various court rulings as to what has been interpreted as "excessive bail", etc.
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Other

Us Congress: Congress, the Court, and the Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Transcript of a congressional hearing, held in 1994, to discuss whether Congress had given too much power to the Supreme Court, against the express intent of the Founding Fathers. This transcript is lengthy but informative, containing...

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