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United States Constitution Part I & II  Secondary > Learning Activities> Social Studies
Integrate Compton's by Britannica into the curriculum with these activities. Each one requires students to use one or more articles from the encyclopedia while completing these activities on the Constitution.

Constitution of the United States of America
Multimedia, Articles, Images, Constitutional Convention, Provisions , Civil liberties and the Bill of Rights, The Fourteenth Amendment, The Constitution as a living document, as well as additional reading.

TEKS 113.07. Social Studies, Grade 5, (5.16) Government. The student understands important ideas in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The student is expected to: 113.7.5.16.B Explain the purposes of the U.S. Constitution as identified in the Preamble to the Constitution.

The Fight for the Bill of Rights - 4 Scene Play and Activity
Kidspage Article

How is the constitution the supreme law of the land?
Kidspage Project
Think about laws: Why do we have laws? What document explains the laws of the United States? Who decides whether or not laws are constitutional?

What does the Constitution say about how our government is set up?
Kidspage Project
Think about how the United States government works: Why is the Constitution called the "framework" of the United States government? What are the three branches of the United States Government. Why did the writers of the Constitution decide to divide power among three, separate branches of government?

United States Constitution
Full text presentation of the Constitution of the United States ratified in 1787. Construction of Congress; Procedures of both houses of Congress; Executive office established; Construction of the judicial branch of government; Relationship of the States; Other powers of Congress; Amendments.

The Declaration of Independence
The article informs that the Declaration of the U.S. Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776.

James Madison (Biography)
James Madison was the fourth president of the United States, but may be remembered better for his role as "Father of the U.S. Constitution."

James Madison (Image)

Benjamin Franklin (Biography)
Constitutional Convention Delegate, Scientist, Revolutionary, Printer and Writer

Benjamin Franklin (Image)

George Washington (Biography)
biography of George Washington, first president of the United States. Background and early military service; Extent of his estate and land holdings in Virginia; Election to the first and second Continental Congresses; Details of campaigns led by Washington during the Revolution; Participation in the Constitutional Convention

George Washington (Image)