Created by Rachel Cavell
Bard College Institute for Writing & Thinking
NYS Common Core Grades 11 & 12:
United States History and Government Participation in Government and Civics
Through a one-day professional development workshop, educator-participants engage with IWT’s writing-to-read strategies, and learn by doing. That is, participants engage in the work they would do with their students. This workshop has three sections: Writing to Read The Federalist Papers, Writing to Understand Bills of Rights and Case Law, and Believing & Doubting, Applying the Practices through Lesson Planning. Through these activities, educators will come away with a better understanding of how to utilize the foundational documents and case law in the classroom.
This lesson plan meets the following guidelines of New York State’s Common Core Social Studies Framework (2017):
- Constitutional Foundations: 11.2c
- Foundations of American Democracy: 12.G1a, 12.G1b, 12.G1d, 12.G1e
- Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: 12.G2a, 12.G2b, 12.G2c, 12.G2d
Workshop Material Anthology PDF
IWT’s Core Writing (& Reading) Practices
The Historical Society’s website contains a wealth of related resources, including mini-biographies of lawyers and judges included in the lesson.
Writing to Read The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers
Written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay
Alexander Hamilton
Author of The Federalist Papers
John Jay
Author of The Federalist Papers
NY Ratification of the US Constitution
Transcript
Writing to Understand Bills of Rights and Case Law
The New York State Bill of Rights
1787
Image citation: Library of Congress, Rare Book & Special Collections Division, KF4515.