Warm-up Write the following text in your journal. Be ready to recite it with the class.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed.

Celebrate Freedom Week

Declaration Collage

Objective

I will identify the influence of ideas from historic documents by rewriting the text in your own words and creating a collage of the Declaration of Independence.

Activity• Using the text from the Declaration of Independence that you wrote

in your journal, rewrite the Declaration in your own words.

• It must:• Be in paragraph format.• 7th grade vocabulary.

• You cannot use the same phrases from the Declaration.

• You may use your Chrome Book to use a thesaurus and dictionary.

1st Period Declaration RewriteAmericans believe that the following statements are unmistakably correct, that all people are treated the same as other, that a higher power has blessed you with rights that cannot be taken away, that these rights include your existence, freedom, and we have the right to go after things that make us happy, that to protect these rights, the people that run our government are voted by the people, the government gets their power from the citizens.

2nd Period Declaration RewriteThe citizens of the United States believe the laws to be obvious, that everyone is treated equally and fairly, that the laws and rights are blessed by your beliefs with individual power, this includes existence, freedom, and the right to live life the way you want, to make sure people follow these laws and have these rights, our leaders and politicians are established by us, getting their power and being allowed to have power from us.

4th Period Declaration RewriteThe citizens of America believe the following to be clear, that all people are constructed equivalent, they are blessed by their producer or maker with assured built in rights, with this freedom is the ability to live, choose, and find pleasure, to protect this freedoms the citizens elect the government, then the government does what the people want them to do.

5th Period Declaration RewriteAmericans grip these fact to be unquestionable, that every person is conceived identical, that they are equipped by their designer with positive essential rights, the rights include being, independence, and seeking of bliss, to protect these benefits, laws are given to the people, acquiring their capabilities from the approval of the people.

6th Period Declaration RewriteAmerican citizens have rights that they can be trusted with and are clear, that all people are created the same, we are equipped by our maker with specific fundamental rights, and with these include well being, choice, and the seeking of joy, to make sure these rights are protected a government will be appointed among the people, getting their power and approval from the people of society.

7th Period Declaration RewriteThe American citizens keep these promises of our rights to be undeniable, that all citizens remain the same, people are blessed by their originator with assured fundamental rights, and with that comes breathe, choice, and quest of joy, to defend these rights, the leaders are chosen by the citizens, the government acquires these abilities and gifts from the people.

Activity• Using the Declaration of Independence, you will make a collage.

• Find Pictures that represent the phrases:• Newspapers• Magazines• Draw your own pictures• You must be able to explain how the pictures represent the phrase!

• Glue those pictures on manila paper and write the sentence the picture represents.

We hold these truths to be self-evidentthat all men are created equal

That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights

That among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men

Deriving their just Powers from the consent of the Governed.

Declaration of Independence

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed. “

Collage must have 4 pictures per phrase. All phrases in the Preamble must be represented in the collage!

We the People of the United States

PreambleEstablish Justice

Provide for the common defense

Promote the general welfare Secure the blessings of liberty to

ourselves and our posterityEstablish this Constitution

for the United States of America

In order to form a more perfect union Ensure domestic Tranquility