Did you know that we can tie in the legend of Robin Hood to civics?
The civics classes will be studying about the importance of historical documents and the governmental system that we use. Even though these documents were written a very long time ago, they have had a huge influence on our present day government.
Some of the documents that we will be looking at include; the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the VA Statues for Religious Freedom, the VA Declaration of Rights, the Articles of Confederation, the Bill of Rights, and of course, the US Constitution.
Believe it or not, the civics students need to learn these and some very important political principles upon which our democracy is based. This is heavy information for 12 and 13 year olds to comprehend!
We are gearing up for our DC field trip on October 30th in which we will be touring the US Capitol Building, Union Station, the American History Museum, and some of the monuments and memorials.
