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Content Area: Social Studies
Index: 6.4B Grade 4 CPI 4
Standard: 6.4 - US & NJ History
Strand: B - State and Nation
Cumulative Progress Indicator: 4 - The student will identify major documents and symbols in New Jersey and American history, including the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the New Jersey State Seal, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
Grade: 4
Sample Activities:
· Prepare a very simple description of the 1947 New Jersey Constitution highlighting the Bill of Rights and the suffrage provisions. Students should compare these with the United States Constitution. How do they differ? Students develop their own charts of the differences and what they may mean.
· Students compare and contrast the U.S. Constitution and the 1776, 1844, and 1947 New Jersey Constitutions. They prepare a retrieval chart comparing provisions for the branches of government and the rights of citizens in the four documents.
Kidspiration Activities:
· Use SuperGrouper categories to create compare/contrast activities. |
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