On the Flip Side

Project Overview

Driving Question:

How can we create change in our nation through revising the constitution?

SUMMARY:

In this project students will uncover and discover the U.S. Constitution. Through exploration, students will then determine what needs to be changed in the Constitution and why that change should happen. They will represent their changes in a newly written U.S. Constitution.

Standards/Competencies:

ELA 2.1: Identify a core message and audience

ELA 4.1: Introduce the topic

ELA 4.2: Develop the main idea with key points

ELA 4.3: Use words and transitions to create cohesion

ELA 4.4: Use a formal style, objective tone, and advanced vocabulary

ELA 4.6: Strengthen writing through revision

GCS 2.1: Expresses clear personal perspectives on situations, events, issues, or phenomena

S.S.1: Change, continuity, and context

Minor Products:

  1. Socratic seminar

Major Products:

  1. Revised Article of the Constitution

Student Work