Ms. Mac's U.S. History
  • Welcome To Ms. Mac's Class
    • Class Syllabus
    • Class Calendar
  • World History
    • Industrial Revolution
    • French Revolution
    • Haitian Revolution
    • World War I
    • Russian Revolution to Soviet Union
    • Chinese Revolution
    • World War II in Europe
  • U.S. History
    • Pre-Columbian America and The Columbian Exchange >
      • Pre-Contact America: Clovis Points
      • Pre-Contact America: Buffalo Hunts and Whaling
      • Pre-Contact America: Cahokia-The Corn People
      • Christopher Columbus
    • Colonial Era >
      • Juan Cabrillo and the San Salvador
      • Jamestown
      • Pilgrims, Puritans and Colonial Wars
      • Atlantic Slave Trade and Anti-Slavery Literature
      • Early American Military History
    • Founding Era >
      • American Revolution >
        • Declaration of Independence
        • The Continental Soldier
        • Rappin' the Revolution
        • Founding Fathers on Broadway!
      • Constitution >
        • Constitutional Convention
        • Bill of Rights
        • School Court Cases
        • COTUS Booklet
    • Slavery >
      • Virginia Slave Laws
      • Frederick Douglass
      • Atlantic Slave Trade and Antislavery Art and Poetry
    • Western Expansion >
      • Lewis and Clark >
        • Native Americans
        • Members of Corps of Discovery
        • Jefferson's Vision
        • Mind of Lewis and Clark
        • Corps of Discovery
        • Ethnography
        • Scientific Discoveries
        • Adventures
    • American Civil War >
      • Introducing, Mr. Lincoln >
        • Lincoln's Daily Life in Washington
        • Lincoln Essential Questions
        • Understanding Lincoln
        • Gettysburg Address and Henry V
        • Lincoln-Douglas Debates
      • Civil War Simulation >
        • Massachusetts 54th
        • Berdan Sharpshooters
        • Irish Brigades
        • Zouaves
        • Calvary
        • Artillery
    • Reconstruction and Greater Reconstruction
    • Gilded Age
    • World War I in America
    • Great Depression
    • WWII in the Pacific
    • Cold War
    • Vietnam War
  • Special Projects
    • Bayard Wilkeson Project
    • Ford's Theatre Oratory Project
    • National History Day
    • Hamilton! Lesson Using the Broadway Show >
      • Rappin in the Classroom
      • Founding Fathers on Broadway!
      • Hamilton Traveling Exhibit Activities
      • Hamilton Sign Up!
    • 9/11 History versus Memory
    • The South in American History
    • Books of Study >
      • McCullough's 1776
      • Ambrose's Undaunted Courage
    • Digital History
    • Distance Learning for ALL >
      • U.S. History-Spring 2020 >
        • April 13th-17th
        • April 20th-24th
        • April 27th-May 1st
        • May 4th-May 8th
        • May 11th- May 15th
        • May 18th-May 22nd
      • World Cultures-Spring 2020 >
        • April 13th-17th
        • April 20th-24th >
          • Marshall Plan
        • April 27th-May 1st >
          • The Kitchen Debate
        • May 4-8
        • May 11-15
        • May 18-May 22
    • Facing Crisis Head On
  • Contact

COTUS Booklet

We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people.'
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Joanne Freeman on Creating the Constitution
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Constitution of the United States Booklet

Imagination is the beginning of creation.
You imagine what you desire,
​you will what you imagine,
​and at last, you create what you will.
George Bernard Shaw. 
After studying the Constitutional Convention, the Constitution, the Preamble, the Bill of Rights, and court cases associated with student rights, you will create a booklet that analyzes and creates what is relevant to you in our Constitution. 
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  • Cover Page:  Name and Illustration of CONSTITUTION
  • Pages 1-3:  PURPOSES OF THE CONSTITUTION-Dividing each page in two, list the six purposes stated in the Preamble. Then use one quote from John F. Kennedy's Inaugural that matches the stated purpose. You must have six separate quotes.
  • Pages 4-8:  REINTERPRETATION OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS-Dividing each page in two, recreate the Bill of Rights as Sam Fink illustrated. Use a "theme" like Sam Fink, as he used birds in his reinterpretation. Make sure your "theme" can relate or connect to the ideals behind the Bill of Rights.
  • Pages 9-10: COURT CASES ON STUDENT RIGHTS- This will be done in class, but these are the court cases-
  • Back Cover: "WORDS INSPIRE"-Explain and connect your favorite quote from Kennedy's Inaugural relating it to our Constitution and what is happening today.

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