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ERIC Number: EJ387909
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Making the Constitution Meaningful.
Pelow, Randall A.
Social Studies Journal, v18 p5-9 Spr 1989
Describes learning activities based on the U.S. Constitution that enhance higher level thinking skills in elementary students. One activity proposes a hypothetical constitutional amendment banning Saturday cartoons; a second taxes children's earnings; and other activities focus on dramatizing events surrounding the Constitutional Convention. (LS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Dramatic Play, Intermediate Grades, Simulation, Social Studies, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Constitutional Convention; United States Constitution