John Adams’ Contributions to Constitutional Thinking

Discover how the founders designed a government built on consensus and bringing together multiple perspectives. Students will synthesize excerpts from John Adams’s “Thoughts on Government” and clips from the documentary to trace his contributions to constitutional thinking in order to analyze the fundamental ideas behind the distribution of powers and the system of checks and balances established by the Constitution.

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Autumn Doss is a veteran English teacher at the Don Tyson School of Innovation in Springdale, Arkansas, where she continues to build on nineteen years of classroom experience with her passion for innovative curriculum and assessment. She holds a Master’s degree in English and is a certified Master Professional Educator. Beyond the classroom, Doss serves in an advisory capacity to the Young Entrepreneur Institute and the National Constitution Center, supporting civic and entrepreneurial education nationwide. When she isn’t teaching or traveling to new places, Doss enjoys the peaceful life with her husband and two cats in a restored farmhouse, with a coop full of chickens out back.