This song is created for a school project in Heidi's 8th Grade Civics Course. The curriculum covered the period of time from the Magna Carta to the US Constitution. The project required students to select a format from several options, including writing a story, drawing a map, and making a game to demonstrate their understanding of this part of the history. Heidi decided to compose a song.
Music and Lyrics by Heidi Hager, age 13
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The Founding Documents
[Chapter 1: The Magna Carta]
Written 1215 by the English Nobles
No one is above the law
Limited the power of the king
The Magna Carta saved us all
Made in England just for the King and
The monarch felt very small
Limited government and
Rule of Law
[Chapter 2: Charters of the Virginia Company of London]
1606 colonists got the rights they deserved, from the
Charters of the Virginia Company of London
It established the first legislature in colonies
Made colonists equal to the Englishmen
King James the First approved it in London
Written by the Virginia Company of London
Individual Rights and
Representative Government
[Chapter 3: The Virginia Declaration of Rights]
Virginia, June 1776
George Mason listed the individual rights
And the Constitution, it served as a model
for the legendary famous Bill of Rights
It was written to abolish "inadequate" government
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
Limited Government and
Minority Rights
[Rap]
[Chapter 4: The Declaration of Independence]
Thomas Jefferson and committee members wrote
a breakup letter to Great Britain in July
Grievances, complaints against the king
The Declaration Of Independence doesn’t lie
It established the idea that all people are equal
Under the law, it gave insight
Consent of the Governed, Limited Government
And Minority Rights
[Chorus]
The Founding Documents of history
Gave us the America we see
Finally made us free
Able to speak for our own beliefs
The Founding Documents of history
Gave us the America we can be
So now we can see
What we were meant to be
[Chapter 5: The Articles of Confederation]
The Second Continental Congress wrote it in US
It was the first form of national government
Gave states most of the power
The Articles of Confederation
Problems with the document led to the writing of
the US Constitution
The Fundamental Principles were
Limited Government
[Chapter 6: The Virginia Statute of Freedom]
Virginia 1779,
Thomas Jefferson was writing
He provided for freedom of religious beliefs
and opinions
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
It was the basis of 1st Amendment
Minority Rights
Limited Government
[Chorus]
The Founding Documents of history
Gave us the America we see
Finally made us free
Able to speak for our own beliefs
The Founding Documents of history
Gave us the America we can be
So now we can see
What we were meant to be
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