For Teachers

Teachers Email SubscriptionThe mission of the Declaration Resources Project is to create innovative scholarly resources to support teaching and learning about, and ongoing engagement with, the Declaration of Independence.

 

Teaching the Declaration Remotely

The following activities were developed to assist teachers and parents managing a shift to remote learning during COVID-19. They include a fact checking activity for the movie National Treasure (currently available on Netflix), a Declaration of Independence word search (adapted from our "Which Words are in the Declaration of Independence?" activity), and a lesson on blackout poetry that uses the Declaration as its text.

Remote Resources

Teaching the Declaration through Reflection

 

Teaching with John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence

Teaching with John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence (front)Teaching with John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence (back)

Teaching the timeline of the Declaration of Independence

Timeline of the Declaration of Independence

Teaching the words in the Declaration of Independence

Words in the Declaration of Independence

Teaching about signers of the Declaration of Independence who also signed other founding documents

Signers of the Declaration of Independence Who Also Signed Other Documents

The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution

Teaching when and how the Declaration of Independence spread through the newly United States

Map of Newspaper Editions of the Declaration of Independence, 1776

Teaching different perspectives on the Declaration of Independence

Fresh Takes on the Declaration of Independence

Teaching with movies and TV shows

Poster for 1776 Movie     National Treasure Slide     John Adams Miniseries

Video Game in Development