Topic:  How to Create a Directed Learning Activity Guide

Objective: Provide step-by-step process to conceive, research, design, and document participant self-directed learning activities for a variety of subjects
Grade level:  6 - 12             Est Time: 2 - 3 hours   

State standards:  n/a

Author: Michael Harris

Topic:  What About the Fourteenth Amendment?

Objective: Provide a brief introduction to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Grade level:  6 - 12             Est Time: 65 minutes   

State standards:

Author: Michael Harris

Topic:  Understanding the 2nd Amendment

Objective: Help bottom quartile literacy students understand, in simple language, what the 2nd Amendment says, what a "right"
Grade level:  6             Est Time: 60 minutes   

State standards:

Author: Fred Hickmon

Topic:  The Ten Commandments

Objective: Understand the relationship between the Ten Commandments and American law and morality.
Grade level:  6             Est Time: 60 minutes   

State standards: 7.3 Analyze the development of civilization in the Indus Valley

Author: Meshell Smith

Topic:  How a Bill Becomes a Law

Objective: SWBAT discuss the Legislative Process; SWBAT understand current legislation
Grade level:  6             Est Time: 50 minutes   

State standards: MS.10 – Analyze the structure and function of local and state government in Mississippi.

Author: Pamela Fields

Topic:  The Bill of Rights /word         The Bill of Rights /pdf

Objective: Students will understand the purpose and key protections of the Bill of Rights and be able to ide
Grade level:  6             Est Time: 50 minutes   

State standards: C.8.3 — Evaluate the significance of the Bill of Rights and explain how it protects individual right

Author: Rebecca Trussell

Topic:  New England Colonies The Basic Ideas of the Constitution / word         
             New England Colonies The Basic Ideas of the Constitution / pdf

Objective: Students will identify and explain the key ideas behind the U.S. Constitution and how they connect to early colonial principles.
Grade level:  6 - 8            Est Time: 30 minutes   

State standards: Analyze the challenges and central ideas involved in creating the new nation.

Author: Rose Wright

Topic: From Articles to the Constitution: Building a New Government / word
             From Articles to the Constitution: Building a New Government / pdf

Objective: Students can describe the powers of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
Grade level:  6             Est Time: 60 minutes   

State standards: Standard 7C.6: Examine the development of the Constitution of the United States of America

Author: Wanda Wilson