Building a Self-Governing People: Civics & US History for Middle School
This nine-unit U.S. history and civics curriculum empowers middle school students to explore how Americans have worked to create and sustain a self-governing, free society.
Each resource contains full lesson plans, essays, activities, teacher support materials, and student comprehension questions. Along with scaffolded primary sources and vocabulary lists.
This nine-unit U.S. history and civics curriculum empowers middle school students to explore how Americans have worked to create and sustain a self-governing, free society.
CurriculumHow do the Founding documents connect to our civic values and the fundamental right of citizenship?
CurriculumWhat happens to a republic if virtue is not practiced?

Each lesson and activity developed by the Bill of Rights Institute explores how the Founding principles built into the Constitution allowed the American people to protect and advance freedom and opportunity for all.
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