Standard 7-2.5

7-2.5 Explain how the Enlightenment influenced the American and French revolutions leading to the formation of limited forms of government, including the relationship between people and their government, the role of constitutions, the characteristics o...

Grade(s): 7

Year: 2011

Analyzing the Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and Creation of US Constitution

Lesson

The student will be able to evaluate significant American founding documents in relation to the outcome of the American Revolution.

Birth Of The Constitution | History in a Nutshell

Episode 1

Video

After the American Revolution, the new United States of America needed to form a permanent government of its own. Why did the Articles of Confederation fail, and how did the U.S. Constitution come to...

Minnie Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement

Lesson

This lesson can be a component of a year-long project based lesson on civil rights or one part of a single, shorter PBL focusing only the civil rights era after World War II. This particular extension...