Roots of American Democracy | Digital Learning Activity
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Where do the foundational ideas of American Democracy come from? Did the founding fathers think up all of the ideas that form our constitution? Did we draw influence from other outside sources? Find out the answers to these questions and more with this activity! Digital and Paper Copies Included!
This "The Roots of American Democracy" Distance Learning Activity includes:
1) 5 pages of engaging graphic organizers that help your students sort out all of the key concepts about the roots of democracy in the United States. First students will trace the evolution of democracy in a timeline activity. This will show them the key events, focusing in England, that helped give guidance to the Founding Fathers when creating the Constitution. Students will then read excerpts from the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights to see where these ideas actually come from, questions help to guide understanding. Next students will complete a chart that includes the major Enlightenment thinkers that had influence on our founding fathers. These includes; Montesquieu, Locke, Rousseau, Smith, Voltaire and Blackstone. Finally, students will read quotes from Locke and Rousseau and decipher what these men believed from reading their own words, questions help to guide understanding.
This activity can be used in many different ways in the classroom. Students can work independently, in pairs or this activity can be used as a jigsaw in order to facilitate a class wide discussion about the topics discussed in the activity.
Answer Key is included!
This lesson is included in our Roots of American Democracy Distance Learning Pack which includes everything you need to "plug and play" this lesson.
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