Allows students to examine the famous painting of the Declaration of Independence.

Primary Source Document of the Magna Carta is a good document to compare with the Declaration of Independence.  

Lesson plan from EDSITEment on Broadsides and the American Revolution.  Great way to include primary sources and connect it to Tweets of today.

Game that helps students in grades 5-8 understand what led to the Declaration of Independence.  This is the first of a number of lessons that the kids can take part in.

Great lesson on the Declaration of Independence.  It includes 8 activities that allow students to look at historical connections and primary sources.

This is a great site that offers kid-firendly information about voting and voting rights.  It is interactive with timelines, history, ways to get involved and personal stories.

This lesson, provided by the Smithsonian, allows the students to learn about a person who may have been in a Revolutionary War-era camp and what their experience might have been like.

Great Game that allows you to create a politician and try to pass a bill through congress.  You must read through constituents letters, decide on an issue to focus on, rally support, compromise with the other house and send the bill to the president. I had a lot of fun playing it and I think students would as well.

This blog post discusses women's suffrage in the 17th century and how it is compatible with the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence. It dismisses the idea that the 19th amendment was some revolutionary idea and provides evidence that women were voting throughout the Colonial Period.