Sunday, September 14, 2008

Concept Mapping- Social Studies

United States Constitution and Government
Content Standard 5: Students will apply knowledge of the U S Constitution, how the U S system of government works and how the rule of law and the values of liberty and equality have an impact on individual, local, state and national decisions. *

* Information taken from the Connecticut Curriculum. http://www.ctcurriculum.org/standard




The picture above is a concept map of The Constitution of the United States of America. Broken into different parts, the concept maps explains the Constitution without the overwhelming masses of words. This perhaps is the better way to help young mind understand the function and responsabilites of each branch of the Constitution of the United States government. It is an excellent tool to have, especially if there is extensive reading that accompanies the subject. The concept maps gives a mental picture as well as a break from the intense reading in order to understand a certain subject.



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