The History of the U.S. Constitution Resources, Notes, Projects, and MORE!

This History of the Constitution Resource Set Includes:

• Notes outline (FOLLOWS HISTORY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION POWERPOINT)
• Vocabulary sheets to complete
• Biography/ research worksheets for important figures from the Constitutional Convention
• Writing prompts
• Pamphlet project defending the U.S. Constitution
• Museum of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 packet/project
• And MORE!

Resources cover the following topics:

• Unit Vocabulary
• States create a constitution & new state governments
• The Articles of Confederation - strengths and weaknesses
• The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
• Shays' Rebellion
• Constitutional Convention
• Alexander Hamilton
• James Madison
• Federalists vs. Antifederalists
• The Federalist Papers
• The Great Compromise
• The Three-Fifths Compromise
• How the Roman Republic inspired the Founding Fathers
• Magna Carta & The English Bill of Rights
• Enlightenment influences the U.S. Constitution
• The ratification process of the U.S. Constitution
• U.S. Bill of Rights