The Founding Fathers contributed to the United States in many ways. Class members explore various Founding Fathers through research, group work, and realia. The final product of group work are posters and artistic representations of realia that are then discussed as a class.

Concepts

biographies, political parties, the founding fathers

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Additional Tags

constitutional era, founding fathers, realia, political parties, biography, 1790s, social studies

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Classroom Considerations

• You will need to find research materials on your own; this may present an opportunity for you to teach your class how to search effectively online

Pros

• Comes with a handout for each group to read and use to guide their work
• Provides a difficulty ranking for each of the pieces of realia for differentiation purposes

Cons

• None