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- Liberation and deliberation: The North Carolina ratification debates of 1788
- This lesson focuses on the deliberations over ratification of the US Constitution by the North Carolina legislators. In particular it traces the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-federalists found in the primary sources digitized in the Documenting the American South collection.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Mark Laskowski.
- Does my vote count? Teaching the electoral college
- In Election 2008, page 4.4
- Students will learn about the electoral process and its history through reading, research, and discussion. They will then convene a constitutional convention to debate altering this process.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies)
- By David Walbert.
- Election 2008
- Educational resources to help students and teachers understand the 2008 elections.
- Format: (multiple pages)
- The Federalist Papers: No. 68. The mode of electing the president
- In Election 2008, page 4.5
- In this essay, written as a letter to the New York Packet in 1788, Alexander Hamilton argues for the method of electing the President spelled out in the original United States Constitution.
- Format: letter
- The Constitutional Convention
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.3
- The Articles of Confederation proved too weak to govern the new United States effectively, and in 1787, Congress authorized a convention to revise the document. Instead, the convention wrote an entirely new constitution for the United States.
- Format: article
- North Carolina demands a declaration of rights
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.6
- North Carolina initially rejected the United States Constitution, insisting that it be amended and that a Declaration of Rights be added. The text of the proposed declaration and amendments is provided here with historical commentary noting which provisions found their way into the Bill of Rights.
- Format: document
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- The Federalist Papers
- Contains the original text of the Federalist Papers, also known as The Federalist. This is a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison between October 1787 and May 1788. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Library of Congress
