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Teaching Overview: the Bill of Rights

Overview: the Bill of Rights

The first national election occurred in 1789. Along with President Washington, voters elected a large number of supporters of the Constitution. In fact, almost half of the ninety-one members of the first Congress had helped to write or ratify the Constitution.

USHistory.org

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How would life for Americans be different without the Bill of Rights?
STANDARDS:
RH.2 - Main Ideas, RH.3 - Historical Process

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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