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This page provides you with links //(click on **pictures** or **underlined text**) // to some informational and interactive web sites on the formation of the U.S. Constitution. Most of these links provide the same information. You may find one site explains what you are looking for better than others, so have fun exploring! You are also free to search independently. ........mmm...........mm.. Click to READ the Constitution! Government archives provide some historical knowledge and an interesting Q&A page! What was the government of the 13 states like before the Constitution was written? The [|Articles of Confederation] served as our country's original constitution. It empowered the states and protected their rights while limiting the powers of the national Congress. How did the Founding Fathers change this? (//Click the chart//, then //scroll down// to the "For Kids" section and to see a comparison of our nation's government before and after the Constitution.) How did the Founding Fathers resolve the many opposing [|viewpoints]? What were the big issues being debated?
 * select "Articles of Confederation vs Constitution - chart"**

Be sure to look into the organizational [|structure] and the balance  of powers! It is also important to look into the [|Bill of Rights] ! The Bill of Rights is only the first 10 Amendements. There are currently [|27 Amendments] !

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 * __Here are a few other sites to look into__:**
 * [|Mr Nussbaum]explains each section of the Constitution in detail on his site.
 * EnchantedLearning.com provides a copy of the Constitution to be read, explains each section, and includes a [|timeline].
 * The National Constitution Center offers biographical information on the [|delegates]who attended the Constitutional Convention and an [|interactive search]for keywords (in the Constitution), how it relates to specific topics and supreme court cases.
 * USConstitution.net has a website on the [|Constitution for kids in grades 4 through 7].
 * Visit [|ConstitutionForKids.net].
 * TeachingAmericanHistory.org offers day by day summaries, [|major themes], biographies of the delegates, and an interactive historical map of Philedelphia.
 * [[image:MapPhiledelphia.jpg width="118" height="95" align="center"]]

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 * CongressForKids.org summarizes various aspects of the Constitution. [[image:CongressForKidsLOGO.gif width="97" height="100" align="center" link="http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_index.htm"]]