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founding.com: A User's Guide to the Declaration of Independence

Subject Area:

Social Studies

Address/URL:

http://www.founding.com/gohome.htm

Description:

This online guide to the Declaration of Independence offers a helpful tutorial, facts on the actual writing of the document, a timeline of events, and information on related issues. Students will find this a great resource to learn about the principles on which the United States was founded, and how the country has changed and challenged those principles since the document's conception.

How You Can Use This Source:

Read information on the founding principles for the declaration.
Assess the current topics.
Look through a biography on one of the founding fathers.

Go to founding.com: A User's Guide to the Declaration of Independence.