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Here are the teacher pack items for Ideas That Shaped the Constitution:
In this experience, students explore people, ideas, and documents that shaped the U.S. Constitution, including: the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, Charles de Montesquieu, John Locke, and the Mayflower Compact. Then they explain the main idea of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense. ObjectivesOverview
Many factors went into shaping the U.S. Constitution. In this experience, you will explore some of these factors, including people, ideas, and documents that influenced the Constitution.
Objectives
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Write some examples of democratic values and principles. To list more than one, separate them with commas, like this: cake, bread
Some examples include: liberty, freedom, equality, justice, popular sovereignty (majority rules).
Ask students to identify values that have been important throughout our nation’s history.
Next, think about how those values and principles are reflected in a democratic government. Write a short description of ways that the United States government reflects democratic values. (You may want to consider what you’ve learned about the Constitution or heard on the news.)
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