
Supporting Question 1: The Nation’s Founding Ideals
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Language
English — USSubject
- History
- Social Studies
Grade
9–12Duration
One 50-min class period- Democracy & Civic Engagement
- Human & Civil Rights
- Racism
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Students explore Supporting Question 1 through a series of activities that help them analyze the ideals within the Declaration of Independence. They will define ideal and identify the ideals found in an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence. They conclude with a Formative Task that asks them to illustrate the nation’s founding ideals.
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