Grade5

Pick a topic
 * Immigration
 * **Constitution**
 * Branches of Government
 * Presidential Election
 * National Parks

Find some websites (focused on your content learning purpose)
 * preamble, bill of rights
 * language and intent
 * purpose and context and author
 * taking ideas from other countries and colonies constitutions
 * chaos before the constitution (own laws, currency, trading was difficult)
 * maybe not a good idea because just gained independence - looking for perfect balance
 * evolution of the amendments and the challenge of doing this

More specific purposes
 * what was life like before the constitution?
 * how did life change because of the constitution?
 * Federalist papers: pro and anti (write their own) - argue points of view - primary source documents - surprises among their "heroes"
 * Looking for supportive text, video, audio, that helps make the Federalist papers more accessible

Opportunities/Next Steps
 * Time to further explore the topics we examined
 * Try out the idea of Internet Workshop - try it out earlier in the year and then use to build on for Internet inquiry (Capstone)
 * Pursue an Internet workshop to learn more about your topic to do a public service announcement or build prior knowledge
 * Having more time and a second mobile lab to support classroom inquiry