Lesson
Unit 2 Civics Connection: An Apple of Gold in a Frame of Silver
A review lesson for Unit 2 (1763-1800) that asks students to evaluate the link between constitutional principles and the content studied.
Founding Principles
Objectives:
- Analyze excerpts from John Locke’s Second Treatise on Government, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and Abraham Lincoln’s writings to recognize the main principles of the Founding documents that guide the American Experiment to the present day.
- Evaluate the significance of constitutional principles in facilitating self-government for ordered liberty by formulating a response to the lesson-guiding question: Explain the relationship between the apple of gold and the frame of silver. What is the significance of the principles outlined in each Founding document?
Materials
Lesson Components
Lesson plan
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More Information
It is recommended but not essential that students complete the Civics Connection lesson in Unit 1 before this lesson so they are familiar with the colonial origins of American republicanism. If this is the first time your students have considered constitutional principles, have them begin by focusing specifically on natural rights, liberty, and republican government.
Standards
Advanced Placement
- Topic 3.4 · Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution
- Topic 3.8 · The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification
- Topic 3.9 · Constitution
- Theme · American and National Identity
- Theme · Politics and Power
- Learning Objective · Unit 3D
- Learning Objective · Unit 3I
- Learning Objective · Unit 3J
- Historical Development · 3.2.I.A
- Historical Development · 3.2.I.B
- Historical Development · 3.2.II.C.i
- Historical Development · 3.2.II.C.ii
- Reasoning Skill · Developments and Processes
- Reasoning Skill · Sourcing and Situation
- Reasoning Skill · Source Claims and Evidence
- Reasoning Skill · Contextualization
- Reasoning Skill · Making Connections
- Reasoning Skill · Argumentation
- Reasoning Process · Comparison
- Reasoning Process · Continuity and Change
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