Year 7 Civics & Citizenship
Timeline to Democracy
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta
Banham, D. (2016). Magna Carta: the main provisions. The reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189-1216. London, England: Hodder Education.
The British Library. (2015, March 10). What is Magna Carta? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xo4tUMdAMw
GuyFoxTV. (2015, April 3). The story of Magna Carta [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zT4hkAxzLg
Hereford Cathedral. (n.d.). Magna Carta exploration. Retrieved from https://www.themappamundi.co.uk/magna-carta/
Parliamentary Education Office. (n.d.). A written agreement – the Magna Carta. Retrieved from https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/closer-look/short-history/a-written-agreement-the-magna-carta.html
Rule of Law Institute of Australia. (2015). What is the Magna Carta?. Retrieved from http://www.magnacartalegacy.org/magnacarta.html
Salisbury Cathedral. (n.d.). Magna Carta. Retrieved from https://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/magna-carta
Wilkinson, L. (n.d.). Key stage 3 Magna Carta resource book. Retrieved from http://magnacarta.cmp.uea.ac.uk/read/schools/key_stage_3
Woolf, C. (2014). The Magna Carta, nearly 800 years old, still influences modern percpetions of civil rights. Retrieved from https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-08-26/magna-carta-nearly-800-years-old-still-influences-modern-perceptions-civil-rights
U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constitution
Aberdeen School District. (n.d.). Quote comparisons: the Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. Retrieved from https://www.asd5.org/cms/lib4/WA01001311/Centricity/Domain/897/MagnaCartaChart.pdf
This worksheet will give you some examples of quotes from both Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
AnnenbergClassroom.org. (2019, January 28). Magna Carta and the Constitution [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hNJ0GgIrB0
Bill of Rights. (2018). https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/bill-of-rights
Edsitement. (n.d.). Magna Carta with annotations, unabridged. Retrieved from https://edsitement.neh.gov/sites/default/files/2018-08/Annotation_Unabridged737.pdf
This document provides an English translation of Magna Carta and explanations of what each clause means.
Edsitement. (n.d.). Introduction to Magna Carta. Retrieved from https://edsitement.neh.gov/sites/default/files/2018-08/Magna_Carta-LaunchPad_chrt737.pdf
This worksheet lists four key themes that can be found in the Magna Carta.
Houghton Mifflin. (n.d.). Preamble to the United States Constitution. Retrieved from http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/la/books/bkc/sources/bkc_template.jsp?name=preamble&bk=null&state=la
How did the Magna Carta influence the Constitution?. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://study.com/academy/answer/how-did-the-magna-carta-influence-the-constitution.html
“In 1215, English nobles forced King John to sign the Magna Carta Libertatum, a document guaranteeing the rights of freemen against the whims of the monarch. The Magna Carta was the first document that suggested that people had certain rights that were to be protected no matter what, but it would not be the last.
Many states did not want to ratify the U.S. Constitution without certain protections attached, as this was one of the reasons a division from Britain was sought. The American people didn’t want to give too much power to a central government that could eventually turn on them, so a bill of rights was added in 1789. These first ten amendments to the Constitution guaranteed personal liberties and rights, including the rights of habeas corpus and due process of law. The Magna Carta influenced the U.S. Constitution by providing a heritage and a historical background for a document that guaranteed citizens’ rights, and there are several passages in the documents with similar wording.”
In Search of Liberty. (2015, July 14). Magna Carta and its influence on the US Constitution [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr84bFuCwbg
Library of Congress. (2014). Magna Carta: muse and mentor. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/magna-carta-muse-and-mentor/index.html
Lorcher, T. (n.d.). Why was the Constitution created?. Retrieved from https://www.brighthubeducation.com/history-homework-help/58889-why-the-constitution-was-created/
Kelly, M. (2018). Importance of the Magna Carta to the US Constitution. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/why-magna-carta-key-document-usa-104638
Magna Carta. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/magna-carta
Nelson, Ken. (2019). US Government for kids: checks and balances. Retrieved from https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_government/checks_and_balances.php
Shapiro, S. (n.d.). The United States Constitution. Retrieved from https://home.ubalt.edu/shapiro/rights_course/Chapter1text.htm
United for Human Rights. (n.d.). A brief history of human rights. Retrieved from https://www.humanrights.com/what-are-human-rights/brief-history/declaration-of-independence.html
Australia’s Democracy
Constitution Act
Brodie, S. (2011). The constitution: the document that created the nation. Sydney, N.S.W: Trocadero.
Constitution Education Fund. (n.d.). Magna Carta for secondary teachers. Retrieved from http://cefa.org.au/magna-carta-secondary-teachers
Education Services Australia. (n.d.). The Australian Nation: constitution making. Retrieved from https://www1.curriculum.edu.au/ddunits/guide/g2c_const_making.htm
Institute of Public Affairs. (2017, June 20). Volume 1: the Magna Carta in Australia [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrhi7asrn5M
Parliamentary Education Office. (n.d.). Parliament of Australia and US Congress. Retrieved from https://www.peo.gov.au/uploads/peo/docs/closer-look/CloserLook_Parliament-and-Congress.pdf
Parliamentary Education Office. (n.d.). Systems of government in Australia, Britain and Australia. Retrieved from https://getparliament.peo.gov.au/the-australian-constitution/systems-of-government-in-australia-britain-and-united-states
Robertson, G. (2015, June 11). Government ignores Magna Carta at its peril. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved from https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/government-ignores-magna-carta-at-its-peril-20150610-ghkby5.html
Rule of Law Institute of Australia. (n.d.). What is the rule of law?. Retrieved from https://www.ruleoflaw.org.au/what-is-the-rule-of-law/
This page helps to define “rule of law”.
Rule of Law Institute of Australia. (2015). The Australian Communist Party case. Retrieved from http://www.magnacartalegacy.org/newspaper.html
References
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- Constitution of the United States [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Constitution.jpg
- Democracy [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.respublica.org.uk/event/tomorrows-democracy-conference/
- Magna Carta [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/magna-carta/british-library-magna-carta-1215-runnymede/