integrated literacy assignment

Integrated Literacy Assignment

Whitney Veihl10/30/12

The GLCE’s

U3.3.3 U3.3.7

Explain why the Constitution Convention was convened and why the Constitution was written

Describe the concern that some people had about individual rights and why the inclusion of a Bill of Rights was needed for ratification.

Books

If You Were There When They Signed the ConstitutionRichard Rosenblum Scholastic

http://shop.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=13491&langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&categoryId=16614&src=BTB000403BKLT0100000




Books

A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our ConstitutionBy Betsy Maestro Illustrated By Giulio Maestro

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688101925?ie=UTF8&tag=theholidayzone&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0688101925




Books

Understanding the Bill of Rights By Sally Isaacs

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/listing/2686830071328?cm_mmc=GooglePLA-_-Book-_-Q000000633-_-2686830071328&cm_mmca2=pla&r=1



Books

Shh! We're Writing the Constitution [Paperback] By Jean Fritz

http://www.amazon.com/Were-Writing-Constitution-Jean-Fritz/dp/0698116240/ref=pd_rhf_ee_s_cp_2




Poetry

I Am The American ConstitutionBy Katherine Kay Graven

I am the American Constitution.Do you know my nameThere is not to be a substitutionI am not to be changed

I am the American ConstitutionI do not waver in what I preachFor common men are my leadersIt is God’s wisdom that I speak

I am the American ConstitutionFor my people I am here to protect and serveThe ones who are weak among the governmentBut though me they can still can be heard

I am the American ConstitutionI was blessed with a soul of my ownWas born from a bloody RevolutionMaking my peoples demands known

I am the American ConstitutionMy life is ending my words are being ignoredThere is a Fascist government revolutionSatan himself is knocking at my door

I am the American ConstitutionAnd my name is being marredIn the grips of unlawful persecutionBecause a government wants me disbarred

I am the American ConstitutionMy fathers spoke of being freeChildren get to know my contributionsYour voice is the only thing protecting me.

If I am sent to my executionWhere will that lead my country’s soulFor I am the American ConstitutionThat keeps American’s Government under control

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-the-american-constitution/



Songs

Constitution Preamble - School House Rockhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OyU4O80i4

Bill of Rights Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efKy4J81PTg&feature=related

Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?Do you know about the government?Can you tell me about the Constitution?Hey, learn about the U.S.A.

In 1787 I'm toldOur founding fathers did agreeTo write a list of principlesFor keepin' people free.

The U.S.A. was just startin' out.A whole brand-new country.And so our people spelled it outThe things that we should be.

And they put those principles down on paper and called it the Constitution, and it's been helping us run our country ever since then. The first part of the Constitution is called the preamble and tells what those founding fathers set out to do.

We the people,In order to form a more perfect union,Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,Provide for the common defense,Promote the general welfare andSecure the blessings of libertyTo ourselves and our posterityDo ordain and establish this

Constitution for the United States of America.

In 1787 I'm toldOur founding fathers all sat downAnd wrote a list of principlesThat's known the world around.

The U.S.A. was just starting outA whole brand-new country.And so our people spelled it outThey wanted a land of liberty.

And the Preamble goes like this:

We the people,In order to form a more perfect union,Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,Provide for the common defense,Promote the general welfare andSecure the blessings of libertyTo ourselves and our posterityDo ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

For the United States of America...

http://www.schoolhouserock.tv/Preamble.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OyU4O80i4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efKy4J81PTg&feature=related




Websites

Bill Of Rights

America’s Founding Fathers

http://kids.usa.gov/government/about-our-government/index.shtml



Websites

About the Bill of RightsGames:

Celebrate the ConstitutionConcentration- Bill of Rights

…And Tons More!!

http://www.congressforkids.net/games/billofrights/2_billofrights.htm



Artwork

Bill Of Rights Howard Chandler Christy

http://www.encore-editions.com/american-art-artist-paintings-prints-by-howard-chandler-christy-bill-of-rights-1942-approximate-original-size-60x40




Artwork

The scene at Signing of the Constitution, oil painting. Original Artwork by Howard Chandler Christy, 1940

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters_of_freedom_zoom_pages/charters_of_freedom_zoom_6.2.1.html



Primary Sources

The U.S. Constitution

http://www.google.com/imgres?num=10&um=1&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=920&tbm=isch&tbnid=5MaGWQEnhvLkSM:&imgrefurl=http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/us-constitution.htm&docid=-0jv74ECxWFRxM&imgurl=http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/usgfx/const-1.jpg&w=600&h=724&ei=M1yQUKb2G9Pq2wWno4CQBQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=1&sig=113261357727703262680&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=149&tbnw=123&start=0&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,i:138&tx=78&ty=38








Primary Sources

The Bill Of Rights

http://www.google.com/imgres?num=10&um=1&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=920&tbm=isch&tbnid=Ih5JjOQaq4glAM:&imgrefurl=http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/billofrightsintro.html&docid=A02lsCHQhrUAmM&imgurl=http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/billofrights.jpg&w=250&h=283&ei=0luQUOb2Dqbw2QXG_oCgDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=184&vpy=174&dur=927&hovh=226&hovw=200&tx=134&ty=105&sig=113261357727703262680&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=144&tbnw=127&start=0&ndsp=35&ved=1t:429,i:135








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