Description
Discover the true story of how ten short paragraphs became America’s promise to its people!
Why did Americans insist on writing their freedoms down? Who made a promise on a snowy campaign trail, and then kept it? Did the Bill of Rights protect everyone from the start? This one-week unit study answers those questions with true stories from history, written to be read aloud and enjoyed.
Recommended for K–6
Over five days, children travel through more than two hundred years of American history. They meet a Boston lawyer who told a courtroom that “a man’s house is his castle,” James Madison riding home from a winter campaign with a frostbitten nose, Clarence Gideon writing the pencil letter that changed courtrooms, and students who wore black armbands to school.
Along the way, students read real words from the past, such as speeches, letters, and court decisions. They learn to ask the historian’s questions: Who wrote this? What did they want us to believe?
Each lesson includes:
- A story-based reading with real historical images
- Lesson audio for independent listening
- Vocabulary words with kid-friendly definitions
- Questions to Think About
The complete unit also includes:
- Activity and lapbook pages
- Coloring pages
- An illustrated timeline
- The Bill of Rights in its original words
- Discussion questions and “Be a Historian” activities
- A final quiz with answer key
- A resource list
Complete one lesson a day for a meaningful week of learning, and watch your child discover who the Bill of Rights protects.
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