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=[|GROWTH OF A NATION]10 Minute video depicting the growth of our nation from the original 13 colonies=

=[|MILLION DOLLAR CITIZEN GAM]= =[|BILL OF RIGHTS GAME]= =[|BRANCHES OF POWER][| Interactive game teaches the three branches of government]= =[|ARGUMENT WARS] Test your powers of persuasion by arguing a real Supreme Court Case= =[|DO I HAVE A RIGHT] Run your own law firm of lawyers who specialize in Constitutional Law.= =[|EXECUTIVE DECISION] Take on the role of president= =[|SUPREME DECISION][| Cast the deciding vote in a Supreme Court Case]= =[|LAW CRAFT] Play a member of Congress from the state of your choice= =GOVERNMENT RESOURCES= =[|NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: LEWIS AND CLARK]Clicking on points along a sepia-toned map lets students trace Lewis and Clark's search for a water route from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast. Along the way, they’ll learn about the approximately 300 new plant and animal species the explorers encountered and read about their run-ins with grizzly bears, their perilous passage through the Bitterroot Mountains, and, of course, their famous partnership with the Native American Sacagawea.= =THE CONSTITUTION RESOURCES=