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Lesson Plans - 12th Grade

First Amendment Poster

Students create posters about the First Amendment freedoms of speech and the press.

Explaining the Bill of Rights

Students work in groups to rewrite the Bill of Rights in their own words.

Drafting the Declaration of Independence

Students work in small groups to compare and contrast Thomas Jefferson’s rough draft of the Declaration of Independence with the final version

Declaration of Independence Timeline

Students sequence events in chronological order. Students demonstrate research skills using the Internet and library sources.

The Declaration of Independence

Welcome to ushistory.org’s Declaration of Independence website. This site provides a wealth of information about the signers of the Declaration, the history of the Declaration, and an online version of the Declaration for you to read.