8th Grade Constitution Assessment

We the People of the Social Studies Classes, in Order to form a more perfect Curriculum, establish Relevance, insure academic Tranquility, provide for the Common Core, promote the Student Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Education to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution Project for Vernon Middle School of Marion.

(Ah, Mrs. Woerner, you are so clever!)

The following links might be helpful in completing one, two, or all three of your project choices.  You're welcome.

MISD Library Resources (All the links to the technology tools are here too!): http://mhs.marion-isd.org/media_center/resources/
LawCraft:  http://www.icivics.org/games/lawcraft
StreetLaw - Landmark Supreme Court Cases:  http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark/home
ABC News:  http://abcnews.go.com/
CBS News:  http://www.cbsnews.com/
NBC News:  http://www.nbcnews.com/
Cedar Rapids Gazette:  http://thegazette.com/
Presidents of the United States:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents
Current Supreme Court Justices:  http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx
US Supreme Court Justices:  http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/SupremeCourt/SupremeCourtJustices.cfm
Seven Roles for One President:  http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/seven-roles-one-president
3-minute Guide to the Bill of Rights:  http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-3-minute-guide-to-the-bill-of-rights-belinda-stutzman
Magna Carta for Kids:  http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/magna-carta-kids-11691.html
Virginia Declaration of Rights:  http://kids.librarypoint.org/george_mason_virginia_declaration_of_rights
English Bill of Rights:  http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/en/English_Bill_of_Rights
The Bill of Rights:  http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_bill_of_rights.php
Women's Suffrage: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/suffrage/history.htm