What fun activity could I use to to teach 5th grade students about the Constitution?

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let them watch that one cartoon video where they sing.. make them sing it
i remember doing this in 5th grade
youtube it

type in schoolhouse rock the preamble
These sites have several good ideas.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/documents/constitution/cloze/

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/special_events/constitution_day/

http://www.proteacher.com/090037.shtml
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Ben's Guide - Google this and you will get lots of grade appropriate
Well you could show a video about the constitution and its makers or you could read a book with a cassete
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Don't go to hard on them. 5th grade is hard. Go easy on them.
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Try making it into a game.
Like you get points if you get the correct answer.
As a 5th grade student I love to play games. Lots of kids like to get competitive, for instance maybe give out a prize for whoever gets the most points?