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Lesson Topic: Preamble Subjects: Social Studies, Language Arts, Art Materials: * We the People: The Constitution of the United States of America By Peter Spier * Copy of the Preamble * 10 pieces of poster board * Preamble cut into phrases and placed in a bag "We, the People of the United States"; "in order to form a more perfect Union"; "establish Justice"; "insure domestic Tranquility"; "provide for the common defense"; "provide for the general Welfare"; "and secure the Blessings of Liberty"; "to ourselves and our Posterity"; "do ordain and establish this Constitution"; "for the United States of America" Procedures: * Explain to the students that the Preamble of the Constitution is the introduction that states the main purpose of the Constitution. * Show the students the pictures from We the People and explain what each phrase of the Preamble represents. * Have the students read the Preamble together as a class. * Separate the students into groups and assign each group a phrase of the Preamble. Each group should use resources in the classroom as well as We the People to create a poster board (phrases, illustrations, etc.) of what they think the phrase means. Each group will present their phrase and explain what they believe it means. * Keep students in the same group and pass out a bag filled with the phrases of the Preamble to each group. Each group should be able to put the strips in the proper order. After each group has completed their Preamble, they will read it aloud as a group to the class. Assessment: * The teacher will evaluate the student's participation in the Preamble activity by monitoring their group work while creating an illustration of their Preamble phrase. * The students will complete an illustration of a Preamble phrase. * The students will also be required to put the phrases of the Preamble in the correct order and read aloud to the class.