Primary Source Activities: 1802 Ohio Constitution
Author: Angie Gomez
Grade(s): 6, 7, 8
Description
Allow students, in groups or individually, to examine the primary source linked under Resources to the right, while answering the questions below in order. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.
Level I: Description
1. Can you list three duties/powers each for the a) executive b) legislative c) judicial branches of Ohio government?
2. Which Article and section of the Ohio Constitution stated that there shall be no slavery in the state of Ohio?
Level II: Interpretation
1. State or interpret in your own words any five sections of the Ohio Bill of Rights.
2. How would you apply what you learned to develop an Amendment to the Ohio Constitution to update it to the present time period?
Level III: Analysis
1. What is the relationship between the Ohio Constitution and the Constitution of the United States?
2. What is the function of the Ohio Constitution?
Standards
- History 6-8, Benchmark E: Explain the causes and consequences of the American Revolution, with emphasis on both Colonial and British perspectives.
- Indicator: Grade 8, GLI 4. Explain the results of the important developments of the American Revolution including: c. Creation of state constitutions.
