Module Description

Learners will read and analyze selected U.S foundational documents (The Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights). They will use the knowledge they acquire to develop a research project that they will present to a larger audience.  In addition, they will write an informative essay analyzing the 18th-century philosophical influences on these documents.

Anchor Texts

Declaration of Independence

Bill of Rights

Text Set

Video: Reading of D of I

Declaration of Independence - Plain Text

Bill of Rights- Plain text

Bill of Rights Explained- Audio

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Key Concepts

Close Reading 

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Assignments

Snowden Activity

Writing Your Own D of I

Resources

Paul Harvey: Cost of signing the D of I

Summary #1

Summary #3

Summary #2

Summary #4

Investigating D of I

Bill of Rights Scenarios

Value of Rights

Writing Task

Declaration Language Frames

Original Declaration of Independence