Description
U.S. Constitution Activities: Reading Comprehension, Bill of Rights & Government: Teach students all about the U.S. Constitution with this engaging, cross-curricular resource designed for upper elementary students! This U.S. Constitution activities packet combines informational reading, reading comprehension, writing, vocabulary, poetry, Social Studies activities, and more to help students understand the history, structure, and importance of the United States Constitution.
Students will learn why the Constitution was created, how the federal government is organized, what the Preamble means, how the three branches of government work, why checks and balances are important, and how the Bill of Rights protects individual rights and freedoms. Student-friendly explanations and varied activities make complex government and civics concepts easier for upper elementary learners to understand.
Perfect for Constitution Day, U.S. government units, civics lessons, American history, Social Studies, and integrated ELA instruction!
INCLUDED:
- Print and Go Packet
- Colored and Black-and-White options
- U.S. Constitution Reading Comprehension, 3 Informational Reading Sets
- U.S. Constitution Reading Passages
- Text-Dependent Comprehension Questions
- Answer Keys
Constitution & Government Activities
- What Is the U.S. Constitution?
- Understanding the Preamble
- “We the People” Activity
- Three Branches of Government, Legislative, Executive & Judicial Branches
- Separation of Powers & Activity
- Checks and Balances in Action & Activity
- Bill of Rights Activity
- First 10 Amendments
U.S. Constitution History
- Road to the Constitution Timeline
- Constitution Vocabulary
Writing, Poetry & Creative Activities
- U.S. Constitution Writing Choice Board
- Constitution Poetry & Comprehension
- Constitution Acrostic Poem
- Constitution Word Search
- True or False Constitution Review
- Constitution Craft Scroll
PERFECT FOR:
- Constitution Day Activities
- U.S. Constitution Units
- U.S. Government & Civics
- American History
- Social Studies
- Reading Comprehension
- Morning Work
- Sub Plans
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Jennifer C. –
Wonderful resource!
Jill Johnson –
Good resource for Constitution Day
Cyndie Wiesen –
The students enjoyed this – thanks!
Jamie S. –
Great resource!
Renee H. –
Thank you so much for creating this resource.
Selena G. –
Great resource. Thank you!
Lynne B. –
My classes enjoyed this foldable very much!
Julia F. –
Great to use to share with my whole school for activities!
V M –
thanks
Working 4 the Classroom –
Helpful to use with students as an additional resource.
Christina S. –
Great resource!
Jamie Hallowell –
A wonderful digital resource for distance learning!
Carrie N. –
My students enjoyed learning more about the Constitution! Everything is very timely right now with the Supreme Court, the election, etc. Civics is very fun to teach. My kids enjoyed this resource.
Judi D. –
Great resource!!
Melissa B. –
We used this on Constitution Day- easy to put together and fun for the kids!!
Denise B. –
I used this resource for Constitution Day this year and the students loved it!
Waldron’s Warriors –
Thank you!
Mandy P. –
This resource is great! It included some great information for students. I particularly liked creating a class preamble (we used this in place of our social contract this year). Thank you for this engaging activity!
Just Add Glitter –
Came in handy when I needed something to use for virtual learning.
Felicia P. –
This was absolutely amazing! The students LOVED it!