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Introduction
As citizens of the United States of America, it is our civic duty to know and understand the United
States Constitution and Bill of Rights. This is a webquest designed to develop and further your
understanding of the constitutional principles and what purpose they serve. Please follow along the
Webquest to answer questions and learn more about our constitution.
The Task
Aliens have sent a diplomacy team to Washington DC and YOU are tasked with explaining to them
the our Constitution and Bill of Rights. You must explain and summarize the principles, features,
and purpose of our Constitution and Bill of Rights in presentation form using Microsoft Powerpoint,
Prezi, or another approved technological platform. Assume that the aliens know nothing of our
system of government and political structures, you must be prepared to wholly explain our
constitution by covering the following talking points:
Talking Points to be covered in Presentation:
1. Preamble:
a. Purpose?
2. Articles
3. Bill of Rights
The Process
1. The first step is to get into groups of two or three.
2. Follow the question prompts and develop your answers together
3. Place your findings in a coherent presentation for the alien diplomats
Be creative in designing your presentation using images, maps, videos, charts and other organizing
structures.
Evaluation
Below is the rubric through which your webquest presentation will be graded:
Beginning
1
Factual
Developing
2
Explanations were
Accomplished
3
Research was
Exemplary
4
Research was
Score
Information
Used in Talking
Points
Comprehension
Presentation
and Delivery
References and
Sourcing
facts to support
arguments. Did
not cover all
talking points.
developed
satisfactorily.
Used few facts to
support
arguments
excellent. Used
many facts.
Demonstrated
misunderstandin
g
Demonstrated
minimal
understanding
Demonstrated
accurate
understanding
Demonstrated
thorough
understanding of
information.
Research was
not
communicated
nor was it in
required
presentation
form.
Research was
clearly and
confidently
presented in an
excellent
presentation
form.
Sources were
not used, or
sources used
were not cited
from reliable web
pages.
Most information
was cited from
reliable web pages
All information
was cited from
reliable web
pages
Conclusion
By completing this lesson, you will have learned more about the purpose and functionality of the
constitution. You will also consider the following questions: Is the US Constitution user friendly? In
that, is it easy to explain to someone who has never heard of it? What was the most challenging
aspect of explaining our constitution? What was the easiest?