The Preamble to the Constitution is our memory work for CC Cycle 3 Week 23. I am always amazed how fast my littles pick up on memorizing this by just repeating it over and over again. Here is a craft that has the actual words of the preamble on it. So it gives you extra practice memorizing.
Materials
- Red, white, and blue construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- White crayon
- Preamble printable (in printable section if you purchased my history craft guide) or write out by hand.
Prepare the Flag Parts
- Print out Preamble printable on white and red paper
- Cut the Preamble into strips
- Cut out a blue rectangle piece
Assemble the Flag
- Practice reciting the preamble and put the stripes of the flag in order
- Glue onto another white piece of paper
- Draw Stars on the blue rectangle piece with the white crayon. Don’t worry about getting exactly 50 stars, just let your child have fun and get as many on as he can.
- Glue the blue stars rectangle onto the flag.
*Tell me the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution…
If you liked this craft, check out my guide for the whole 24 weeks of history crafts for cycle 3 here.
Constitution Facts to Share With Your Children
- The Preamble to the constitution is the introduction to the constitution.
- The Constitution is the basic laws of our nation. It says who will make the laws in our country, who will have power, who will decided when we go to war.
- The constitution established Congress (the Senate and the House of Representatives), The President, and the Supreme Court.
- It took almost 4 months for the delegates from the 13 colonies to agree on the wording of the constitution. This was in the summer of 1787. Then it had to be voted on by the 13 colonies. It took until 1790 for this to happen.
- There are additions to the Constitution, these are called Amendments. The first 10 Amendments are the Bill of Rights (see next week’s history sentence). Over the years, 17 other amendments have been added.
- Our Constitution is over 200 years old and is the oldest set of laws for running a country still in use today.
- The original copy is on permanent display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Additional Resources
- A More Perfect Union by Betsy Maestro and Giulio Maestro: Great overview of the Constitution for kids.
- We the People: The Story of Our Constitution by Lynne Cheney: Good story of how hard it was to write the constitution.
- …If you Were There When They Signed the Constitution by Elizabeth Levy. Fun question and answer format book.
- The Magna Carta: Cornerstone of the Constitution by Roberta Baxter. Good book for older children on how the Magna Carta influenced the Constitution. Use it again during cycle 2.