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features lesson plans that invite students to examine George Washington's annotated copy of an early draft of the Constitution, compare Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence to the final document, determine which of 12 amendments they would ratify to produce a Bill of Rights, identify techniques Jefferson used in a letter persuading Congress to purchase his library, and investigate Waldseemüller's 1507 map (the first to use the label "America"). (Library of Congress)
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