The Constitution: A 200 Year Experiment 
These lessons are designed to provide teachers and lawyers with background
information, teaching activities, and students handouts that address the
significant issues of the constitutional convention and the major principals
of our constitutional system. The materials are organized into two
sections, one section with lessons appropriate for grades 1-6, the second
section appropriate for grades 7-12. In some cases, the lessons can
be used in both elementary and secondary classrooms. Contents include:
Need for Rules and Laws; Preamble: Americans on Purpose; The Summer of
1787; Federalism; Separation of Powers; The Presidency; The Legislative
Branch; The Judiciary; Conflicts between rights and powers; Comparative
law; and Rights reserved to the people.
Grade Level: Elementary-Secondary
