Lesson: We the Students: Crafting Our Class Constitution

Published on August 22, 2025

We the Students: Crafting Our Class Constitution

Freedom 250

📝 Overview

This lesson plan (LP) introduces students to Constitution Day and helps them explore how a classroom constitution can be used to create a collaborative environment. Students address three essential questions:

What is Constitution Day?
What is a constitution?
How can we identify our shared classroom attitudes and traits to create a class constitution?

📚 Teacher Goals

This lesson plan (LP) guides teachers to:

use student-centered teaching practices
collaborate with students to build a classroom community
prompt students to collaborate, communicate, and think critically

🎯 Student Goals

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

learn more about why the U.S. Constitution was created
identify attitudes and behaviors they want in a classroom community
collaborate with classmates
think critically about what they want their classroom to look like

A montage of four photos: 1) Mosaic tile white bird, 2) colorful mural of a woman's face, 3) metal statue of a person holding up arms with a white cloth attached, like a cape billowing in the wind, 4) mural with hand holding dirt with plant sprouting from the dirt.

📖 Key Vocabulary

Below, you can find key vocabulary related to We the Students: Crafting a Class Constitution. You will find a glossary of definitions on page 8 of the downloadable lesson plan.

to amend
to celebrate
freedom
majority

responsibility
right
rule
to vote

A montage of public art pieces including light installation and mosaic.

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