No-Prep The Constitution: Forming a New Government with Depth and Complexity
This no-prep unit on the writing of the US Constitution was designed to integrate reading, writing, and higher-order critical thinking with essential social studies content. Using the thinking tools of Depth and Complexity, students will read and respond to content in rigorous, meaningful ways, and will be able to connect and apply their understandings in new ways.
Included in this resource you will find close read texts in a variety of formats; multiple avenues for student response, including frameworks for thinking based on depth and complexity as well as graphic organizers with high-level analysis prompts; primary source analysis; scaffolded questions and writing prompts; and assessment and evaluation tools.
This no-prep unit on the writing of the US Constitution was designed to integrate reading, writing, and higher-order critical thinking with essential social studies content. Using the thinking tools of Depth and Complexity, students will read and respond to content in rigorous, meaningful ways, and will be able to connect and apply their understandings in new ways.
Included in this resource you will find close read texts in a variety of formats; multiple avenues for student response, including frameworks for thinking based on depth and complexity as well as graphic organizers with high-level analysis prompts; primary source analysis; scaffolded questions and writing prompts; and assessment and evaluation tools.
This no-prep unit on the writing of the US Constitution was designed to integrate reading, writing, and higher-order critical thinking with essential social studies content. Using the thinking tools of Depth and Complexity, students will read and respond to content in rigorous, meaningful ways, and will be able to connect and apply their understandings in new ways.
Included in this resource you will find close read texts in a variety of formats; multiple avenues for student response, including frameworks for thinking based on depth and complexity as well as graphic organizers with high-level analysis prompts; primary source analysis; scaffolded questions and writing prompts; and assessment and evaluation tools.
You'll get all of the following:
Close Read Text for Five Central Concepts
Student Frameworks for Understanding
Graphic Organizers with Rigorous “Dig Deeper” Prompts
Primary Source Analysis
Pre-and Post-Assessments
Culminating Activities
Rubric
Implementation Guide