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Web Links and Resources
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Use the following links for our current unit of study:
Three Branches of Government
http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm
Massachusetts:
Massachusetts facts provided by our Commonwealth
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf4.htm
Road to the Constitution:
Jefferson's Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt001.html
See Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration. He spent a great deal
of time taking ideas from John Locke, his committee members-- John
Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston.
American History Time Line
http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/a_us_history/1700_1800_timeline.htm
This excellent time line will summarize in a chronologically the important events leading up to
the writing of the U.S. Constitution. It is well-worth reading.
Comparing the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution
http://www.usconstitution.net/constconart.html
See how the Articles of Conferation compares to our Constitution.
This site shows how weak the "Articles" were and why they needed to be changed.
The Notes of James Madison at the Constitutional Convention
http://www.nhccs.org/Mnotes.html
The Framers
This website has information on each of the 55 Framers.
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/alpha.html
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