US Constitution
US Constitution
The Constitution isn't a dusty document. It's a living argument — and your student is about to join it. Through hands-on projects, founding-era simulations, real Supreme Court cases, and a Hamilton-inspired lens, students in grades 6 and up will discover why this 235-year-old document still starts fights, protects rights, and shapes every American life.
The Constitution isn't a dusty document. It's a living argument — and your student is about to join it. Through hands-on projects, founding-era simulations, real Supreme Court cases, and a Hamilton-inspired lens, students in grades 6 and up will discover why this 235-year-old document still starts fights, protects rights, and shapes every American life.
We'll meet the founders as real people under pressure negotiating,compromising, arguing, and sometimes refusing to sign. We'll follow the rights they created into courtrooms, classrooms, and communities across American history. And we'll wrestle honestly with both the miracle of what they built and the hard reality of who it left out — and how Americans have fought to close that gap ever since.
Civics just got interesting.
``Did they get it right — and how would you fix it?``
Come join the conversation!
Required Text: A History of US, Book 3: From Colonies to Country
Joy Hakim · Oxford University Press
Suggested Reference: The U.S. Constitution and You
Syl Sobel · Barron's
This class is taught by Ms. Valerie. A Kitoodle instructor and homeschooling mother to 4, Valerie has decades of experience mentoring children. She holds a BA in Business and completed a graduate certificate in Art & Theology at Regent College. She recently journeyed from the Pacific Northwest back home to SoCal. Her passion is to bring literature to life through creative writing and memory-making, and spend lots of time exploring nature with her children.