The Constitution at Work
Seeing the Big Picture

About this Activity
- Created by:National Archives Education Team
- Historical Era:Across Eras: Civics & Government
- Thinking Skill:Historical Analysis & Interpretation
- Bloom's Taxonomy:Analyzing
- Grade Level:High School
In this activity students will analyze documents that span the course of American history to determine their connection to the U.S. Constitution. Students will then make connections between the primary sources they have examined and sections of the Constitution, and determine the big idea(s) found in the Constitution exemplified by each.
For a version in Spanish, visit La Constitución en Acción.
https://www.docsteach.org/activities/student/the-constitution-at-workFor a version in Spanish, visit La Constitución en Acción.
Documents in this activity
- Constitution of the United States
- Delaware's Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
- Drawing for a Game Board
- Letter from LeRoy M. Satrom
- Letter from Sheryl Byland to President Eisenhower
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Taking the Presidential Oath of Office
- The Monroe Doctrine
- Nomination of John Marshall to the Supreme Court
- Opinion of the Court by Chief Justice Earl Warren in the Case of Miranda v. Arizona
- Population Schedule for the 1930 Census Listing Mikael Amerikian
- President Lincoln's Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Resolution to Censure Senator Joseph McCarthy
- Senator Lyndon B. Johnson's Oath of Office
- State of Maine General Order Number 57
- Supreme Court Building
- Tennessee's Ratification of the 19th Amendment
- What is sabotage? Sabotage is treason!