United States Constitution MEGA BUNDLE for Civics & American History

This Happy Teacher Resources Constitution Mega Bundle offers a complete unit on the United States Constitution! Content covers the Articles of Confederation, Constitutional Convention, the Preamble, and the Structure and seven Principles of the Constitution. Perfect for middle school Civics, American History, or American Government students!

This U.S. Constitution Mega Bundle includes the following seventeen resources: 

✯ Articles of Confederation & the Constitutional Convention

• Articles of Confederation Article & Review. This Article & Review provides an overview of the weaknesses and failure of the Articles of Confederation. 
• Articles of Confederation Tombstones. Creative culminating project for your Articles of Confederation unit. Put up on your bulletin board!
• Constitution Newspaper Group Project. Students demonstrate comprehension of the Articles, Shays’ Rebellion, and the Constitutional Convention with this newspaper group project.

✯ The Preamble to the Constitution

• The Preamble Annotated Close-Read. Introduce students to the Preamble by moving line-by-line through the text.
• Preamble to the Constitution Scenario Match. Cut-and-paste matching activity with scenarios.
• The Preamble: Government in Action Activity. Match real-life scenarios to the purposes of government described in the Preamble.
• We the People: Preamble One-Pager. Review the goals of government in this creative culminating activity. 

✯ Structure of the Constitution

• Understanding the United States Constitution. This article & review breaks down the structure and seven principles of the Constitution. Includes a comprehension review, graphic organizer, and reflection. 
• Structure of the U.S. Constitution Activity: Headline News. Students assemble an interactive notebook-style project that displays a “webpage” of news stories in which the government carries out some of their Constitutional duties and powers. Students match each news story to the correct Article and Section of the Constitution, then summarize in 1-2 sentences what Constitutional power the government is using in the story.
• Structure of the Constitution Matching Activity. Students summarize and illustrate the various sections of the Constitution. 
• Amending the Constitution Article & Review. This one-page article summarizes the Amendment process detailed in the Constitution! Includes a comprehension review. 

✯ Principles of the Constitution

• Principles of the Constitution Gallery Walk. Students analyze historical images for connections to the 7 constitutional principles.
• Principles of the Constitution In Action. Match news headlines and primary source quotes from the Constitution to the 7 principles. 
• Principles of the Constitution Quotation Match. Match historical quotations to the Constitutional principles. 
• Principles of the Constitution One-Pager. Students define and illustrate the seven principles in this vocabulary one-pager.

✯ Unit Review: 

• United States Constitution Task Cards. 32 task cards covering the topics included in this bundle: the Articles of Confederation, Constitutional Convention, Preamble, and the Structure and Principles of the Constitution. 
• United States Constitution Review Activities. 4 puzzle games reviewing key concepts related to the Constitution! 

The resources in this bundle are presented as non-editable, printable PDFs. Where possible, digital TPT Easel resources are also available, which can be assigned directly to your Google Classroom from TPT. Check each resource’s product page via the links above to see if there is a digital copy available.

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