Creation of the United States

Day 1: Colonial Influence

Presentation & Notes (ppt)

Magna Carta (video)

Mayflower Compact (video)

English Bill of Rights (video)

Thomas Paine & Common Sense (video)

Day 2: Hey King, Get Off Our Backs!

Reading of the Declaration of Independence (Video)

Too Late to Apologize (Video)

If Absent: Tea, Taxes, & the American Revolution (Video)

Day 3: Wanted, A Just Government

Declaration of Independence (Video)

Presentation & Notes (ppt)

Articles of Confederation (video)

Constitution Convention (video)

The Constitution, the Articles, and Federalism (Video) [if absent]

Day 4: Anatomy of the Constitution

School House Rock: Preamble (video)

Constitutional Compromises (video)

We're Free: Let's Grow (Optional)

Presentation & Notes (ppt)