United States Founding Documents

A gallery of study resources about significant primary source documents from American history. This gallery highlights resources designed to enhance study of a few significant primary source documents from American history.

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Grades

11, 12, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Subjects

Legislative Branch/Congress

Resource Types

Primary Sources, Research (Digests of Primary Sources)

Teaching Strategies

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

Civic Days

Constitution Day, Fourth of July

Constitution Articles

Preamble, Article I, First Amendment, Bill of Rights, Constitutional Convention, Meaning of Constitution

Tags

Declaration of Independence, Federalist Papers