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The Declaration of Independence: Rewriting the Rough Draft

The Declaration of Independence: Rewriting the Rough Draft

About This Activity

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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