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HSS-5.7.2 (History–Social Science)


Standard Identifier: HSS-5.7.2
Content Area: History–Social Science
Grade: 5
Course: United States History and Geography: Making a New Nation, Grade 5

Overarching Standard:
HSS-5.7 Students describe the people and events associated with the development of the U.S. Constitution and analyze the Constitution’s significance as the foundation of the American republic.

Standard:
Explain the significance of the new Constitution of 1787, including the struggles over its ratification and the reasons for the addition of the Bill of Rights.

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