Understanding the Constitution
The U.S. Constitution is the cornerstone of America’s laws and has a great deal of influence on our daily lives, but how much do your kids know and understand about this important document?
Understanding The Constitution is a Notebook Companion™ to The Interactive Constitution (sold separately). This publisher-approved Notebook Companion™ is the perfect tool to help your students truly understand the importance of the Constitution.
What Students Will Learn
Understanding The Constitution is broken into 8 sections that can be completed at whatever pace works for your family. It’s open-and-go and requires no prep work.
Understanding The Constitution covers the following topics:
- What is the Constitution?
- Creating the Constitution
- The Preamble
- The Legislative Branch
- The Executive Branch
- The Judicial Branch
- Amending the Constitution
- The Bill of Rights
Each lesson includes:
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- Open-ended notebooking questions that gauge comprehension
- Room to draw people or objects related to the lesson or what the student learned about the Constitution and what it means to them
- Two or more optional writing prompts that challenge students to write short pieces of fiction or nonfiction in response
- Two or more optional research projects for older students that challenge them to dig deeper into various related topics through independent research
Most lessons also include vocabulary work for key words shared throughout the text. A bonus glossary project is also included for students to record the vocabulary words featured in the study.
This publisher-approved Notebook Companion™ is the perfect tool to help your students truly understand the importance of the U.S. Constitution.
The Interactive Constitution
Do you want to teach your students about the United States Constitution in a fun way that will help them actually remember the facts?
The Interactive Constitution by Bushel and Peck Books has gorgeous interactive features like color-changing words, flaps, wheels, and a special vocabulary decoder. This interactive book will help kids understand about different types of government, checks and balances, the bill of rights, and more. There’s never been a better way to discover the world-changing importance of this historical document.
The Interactive Constitution by Bushel & Peck Books makes it fun and easy to understand, and our Notebook Companion™ guides students as they read the book. Our open-ended narration questions encourage them to think about what they have read, and plenty of opportunities to sketch in response to the lessons are provided.
The Interactive Constitution includes engaging hands-on features such as a Vocab Decoder, fold-outs, sliders, and more.
The Interactive Constitution is a required book for our Notebook Companion™ and sold separately. Created with publisher approval, our Notebook Companion™ follows along with the book so you can get the most out of it.
Bonus Freebie
The U.S. Presidents Coloring Notebook includes 45 coloring pages and 45 corresponding notebooking pages, each featuring a President of the United States. The notebooking pages give students a chance to record what they have learned about the individual or write questions they have and what they’d like to learn about the nation’s leaders.
Individuals included are:
- George Washington
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- John Quincy Adams
- Andrew Jackson
- Martin Van Buren
- William H. Harrison
- John Tyler
- James K. Polk
- Zachary Taylor
- Millard Fillmore
- Franklin Pierce
- James Buchanan
- Abraham Lincoln
- Andrew Johnson
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- James A. Garfield
- Chester A. Arthur
- Grover Cleveland
- Benjamin Harrison
- William McKinley
- Theodore Roosevelt
- William H. Taft
- Woodrow Wilson
- Warren G. Harding
- Calvin Coolidge
- Herbert Hoover
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Harry S. Truman
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Richard M. Nixon
- Gerald R. Ford
- Jimmy Carter
- Ronald Reagan
- George H.W. Bush
- Bill Clinton
- George W. Bush
- Barack Obama
- Donald J. Trump
- Joe Biden
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