Founding Fathers, Freedom Week, and Constitution day
- Smithsonian American Enterprise Online
- Declaration of Independence Interactive LOC
- LOC Rewriting the Declaration of Independence
- Independence Artwork and Interactive Painting
- LOC Constitution Day
- Constitution Paintings
- Docs Teach: National Archives
- SHEG Lesson
- Founding Fathers' Motives Lesson
- Economic Interests of Delegates
- 6 Pillars of Character
- Amendment Cootie Catcher
- American Founding Toolkit
- Florida DOE Founding Fathers Month Activities
- Gilder Lehrman Founding Fathers Activities
- Biographies of Founding Fathers
Federal Reserve Materials from Lesley Mace:
- Hamilton Video: This was the school-friendly version.
- Ben Franklin printer lesson link
- Ben Franklin and birth of a paper money economy: Book and Lesson Plan
Links from PowerPoint
- National Archives Founding Documents
- Sign the Declaration Activity
- TedEd: Declaration of Independence
- LOC Editing the Declaration of Independence
- C3Lesson
- Fair Vs Unfair & Town Hall Activities
- NIE Celebrate Freedom
- SHEG D of I Activity: Selfish vs Altrusitic
- D of I Painting and Painting Interactive
- TedEd Who Made the Constitution?
- Teaching American History.org:
- Constitution Costs EconEdLink Lesson
- Lesson on Constitution Shaped Economy
- Constitution Doc Analysis LOC
- Free Constitution and App
- Student Friendly Bill of Rights Activity
- 6 Big Ideas National Archives Activity
- Scholastic Bill of Rights in Student Lives
TED Ed Lesson for What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence
- Library of Congress Primary Sources on Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln (Includes edited copy of the Declaration of Independence).
- Primary Source Analysis Guides from the Library of Congress
- SHEG Declaration of Independence Lesson Plan
- Elementary Achieve Lesson: includes the card game, town hall, and other activities.
- Library of Congress Constitution primary sources
- National Archives Mapping the Constitutiowww.archives.gov/legislative/resources/education/constitutionn
This is the famous Declaration of Independence painting by John Trumbull on display in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building. Did you know that this painting is not 100% accurate? Check out this History.org and the Yale Art Gallery for more information. Then explore the painting interactive to discover some inaccuracies.
View the TED Ed video to build context for the making of the American Constitution.Then check out the following resources:
Check out this Ranker.com article on Constitutional Amendments explained in movies. Here is an example on Freedom of Speech.