Lively exercises help students grasp why our early founders adopted the U.S. Constitution by comparing to the alternative, The Articles of Confederation?order versus chaos! This ToolBook also includes study of The Bill of Rights and The Federalist Papers.
A very complex topic made easy through engaging lectures, games, and lots of graphic organizers.
- Origins of the U.S. Constitution: Three documents. Two philosophers. What is the main purpose of government?
- The Articles of Confederation: An experiment that failed. Why?
- The Constitutional Convention of 1787: Using worksheets, students become the actual delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Guys v. Gals: While the guys deliver clever speeches, the gals explain the bundle of compromises.
- Ratification: From the Federalist Papers, interpret famous lines such as "If men were angels..." Stage a debate between Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
- The Bill of Rights: Using political cartoons, examine your rights? yesterday and today.
- Principles Beneath the Constitution: Play "Name that branch!" and "Separate those Powers!" To what extent did the Constitution live up to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence?
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| Three Documents Shaped the Constitution | |
| #1 Document | w/ lecture The Magna Carta, 1215 |
| #2 Internet | Political Cartoons: No on is above the law |
| #3 Lecture w/ internet | The English Bill of Rights, 1689 |
| #4 Document w/ lecture | The Mayflower Compact, 1620 |
| #5 Lecture | The Pilgrims believed in “self-government” |
| #6 Student activity | The “Survivor” Compact, 2005 |
| #7 Internet Homeework | The Three Documents |
| #8 Graphic organizer | The Three Documents |
| #9 Graphic organizer | Causes & Results |
| #10 Group analysis | Report Card on the Constitution |
| #11 Game | Three Documents |
| #12 Game | The Great Race |
| Two Books Shaped the Constitution | |
| #13 Lecture | John Locke: Two Treatises of Government, 1689 |
| #14 Lecture | Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws, 1748 |
| #15 Quotations | Great Quotations: Montesquieu |
| #16 Group analysis | Bloom! Majority Rule |
| #17 Game | Two Books and The Bell Game |
| #18 Game | The Great Race |
| #19 Graphic organizer | 1,2,3 branches! |
| #20 Quotations | Great Quotations: Democracy |
| #21 Quotations | 20th centurty thoughts on democracy... |
| #22 Lecture | Review: What shaped the Constitution? |
| #23 Game | Don’t look up! |
| #24 Graphic organizer | What shaped the U.S. Constitution? |
| #25 Game | Mars/Venus |
| #26 Group analysis | Life is like a rock group |
| #27 Group analysis | Life is like a rock group |
| #28 Group analysis | Life is like a rock group |
| #29 Game | Honk if you hate history! |
| #30 Game The Last Man Standing... | |
| The Articles of Confederation | |
| #31 Lecture w/ document | America’s first constitution: An experiment that failed! |
| #32 Group analysis | What if your school were run like the Articles of Confederation? |
| #33 Graphic organizer | The Articles of Confederation vs. The Constitution |
| #34 Graphic organizer | Compare & Contrast: Articles of Confederation vs. Constitution |
| #35 Game | The Great Race |
| The Constitutional Convention | |
| A series of student speeches recreate and explain the Constitutional Convention of 1787. | |
| #36 Lecture | The Preamble |
| #37 Group analysis | Life is like a rock group |
| #38 Outline | Debates at the Constitutional Convention and sign-up sheet |
| #39 Game | Take notes for “Guess that Guy!” |
| #40 Student project | Narrator #1: The Setting |
| #41 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am George Washington |
| #42 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am James Madison |
| #43 Student project | Narrator #2: The Debates |
| #44 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am Edmund Randolph |
| #45 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am William Paterson |
| #46 Student project | Narrator #3: Who won-Virginia or New Jersey? |
| #47 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am Roger Sherman |
| #48 Student project | Narrator #4: The Great Compromise |
| #49 Student project | Narrator #5: Slavery! |
| #50 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am Charles C. Pinckney |
| #51 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am John Rutledge |
| #52 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am Luther Martin |
| #53 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am George Mason |
| #54 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am Oliver Ellsworth |
| #55 Student project | Narrator #6: The 3/5th clause! |
| #56 Lecture | The 3/5 clause |
| #57 Group analysis | Bloom! The 3/5th clause |
| #58 Group analysis | Bloom! The commerce clause |
| #59 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am James Wilson |
| #60 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am Gouverneur Morris |
| #61 Student project | Narrator #7: How is the President elected? |
| #62 Internet | Political Cartoons: The Electoral College |
| #63 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am Ben Franklin |
| Ratification of the Constitution | |
| #64 Student project | Narrator #8: Ratification |
| #65 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am Alexander Hamilton |
| #66 Student project | Persuasive Essay: I am John Jay |
| #67 Student project | Narrator #9: The Federalist Papers |
| #68 Quotations | Great Quotations: The Federalist Papers |
| #69 Group analysis | Bloom! The Federalist Papers |
| #70 Quotations | The Anti-Federalists |
| #71 Student project | Narrator #10: The Bill of Rights |
| #72 Document | The Bill of Rights |
| The Constitutional Convention: A Review | |
| #73 Student project | Create a newspaper about the Constitutional Convention |
| #74 Game | I am Alexander Hamilton |
| #75 Quotations | Great Quotations |
| #76 Group analysis | Life is like a rock group |
| #77 Group analylsis | Life is like a rock group |
| #78 Lecture | The ideals of the Declaration of Independence |
| #79 Group analysis | Life is like a rock group |
| #80 Debate | The Great Debate: Evaluate the Great Compromise |
| Review the Constitution | |
| #120 Game | The Origins of the Constitution |
| #121 Game | People at the Constitutional Convention |
| #122 Game | The ABCs of the Constitution |
| #123 Game | Can you speak Constitution? |
| #124 Game | The Chalkboard Game |
| #125 Game | Mars/Venus |
| #126 Game | Honk if you hate history! |
| #127 Debate | The Great Debate: Evaluate the Constitution |
| A Copy of the Constitution | |
| #128 Document | A Copy of the Constitution |
| Test 551 Questions | |
About Performance Education ToolBooks
Each ToolBook has 4 basic components:
- Lectures and Stories―provide the basic facts behind the subject being covered and help establish a framework for further learning
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- The Tests―practice and preparation for the end-of-grade state tests, with hundreds of practice test questions.
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