Government

3.8(A)

Big Papers That Built Our Country

Identify the purposes of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights.

Part of The student understands important ideas in historical documents at various levels of government

Read the lesson

Intro

Two Famous Papers

Long ago, America was not its own country. Rules came from a king far away. Many people thought the rules were unfair. Leaders wrote two famous papers to fix this. Let's find out why each paper was written and what it still does for us today.