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The Declaration of Independence: Rewriting the Rough Draft 

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The Declaration of Independence: Rewriting the Rough Draft

The Declaration of Independence: Rewriting the Rough Draft 

Students take a close-up look at Thomas Jefferson’s “original Rough draught” of the Declaration of Independence, and then try their hand at crafting an alternate version of the nation’s founding document. 

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