Creating the Constitution

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1. Read the TrueFlix book on The Constitution, chapter 1, and explain why you think we need a constitution. If you do not have access to TrueFlix use this link.

BrainPop: The Constitution (Take Review Quiz after watching the movie)

Game: The Constitution

Quiz: The Constitution

2. What kind of governments did the new states create for themselves?

Art: Constitution

3. What is the difference between a democracy and a republic? Why do you think the United States is a republic?

PBS: Do I have the Right

Fling the Teacher: The Constitution

Interactive: Seven Principles of the Constitution

Quiz: Colonel Era

4. What do you think some issues were that divided the Continental Congress as it developed a plan for national government?

Game: Power Play

5. What were the structure and powers of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?

Game: Game Show

PBS: Branches of Power Game

6. How did state claims to western lands affect the acceptance of the Articles of Confederation?

Quiz: Constitution

7. What was the Northwest Ordinance?

Quiz: US History, Revolution and the New Republic

8. Why was Shay's Rebellion important?