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Susan Leeson’s Lesson Plans for the Constitutional Convention
May 6, 2010
The honorable Sue Leeson graciously supplied us with all of her material for the Constitutional Convention lesson plan. From the competing plans to the presentation itself, her plan will get your students talking about the arguments the founders had in crafting our political framework.
Lesson Plan A (66) Lesson Plan B (52) Lesson Plan C (43) Constitutional Convention Presentation (55)
5th Workshop Survey
February 20, 2010
Sue Leeson Presentation
February 20, 2010
Here is Sue Leeson’s presentation on the Declaration of Independence from Weekend Workshop 3
Sue Leeson's Power Point on the DOI (72)
Historiography and Texas
February 19, 2010
Here are some more resources on the fight brewing over history standards in Texas:
- How Christian Were the Founders?
- The Tea Party and the Constitution
- Texas State History Standards – History Lessened
Weekend 3 Resources
February 19, 2010
Here are the backwards design lesson planning resources for weekend three:
The Thirteen Colonies - Unit with standards (94)Road to the revolution links:
http://www.masshist.org/revolution/topics.php
The coming of the American Revolution, a good brief explanation of events
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/USAHistory/AmericanRevolution/AmerRevolution.htm#Timeline
A kid friendly timeline of the coming of the American Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_timeline.html
A brief timeline of the coming of the American Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_subject.html#pivotal
A PBS subject index of the colonial and revolutionary era