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Choose a lesson. You can journey through the lessons on your own. At the end of each lesson, be prepared to talk about what you learned with your class and your teacher. 

In these lessons, you’ll learn about the constitutional ways religion has shaped American public life. You’ll also learn about the importance of civil dialogue, which means seeking understanding across differences. 

Religion and American Slavery

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  1. Religion’s Impact on Shaping Colonial American Slavery
  2. Enslaved African Muslims in America
  3. Religious Influences on Tensions Leading to the Civil War
  4. Black Antebellum Abolitionists Motivated by Their Religion

Framers’ Debates on Religion: The First Amendment and the Utah Constitution

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  1. Historical Background
  2. Amending the U.S. Constitution
  3. Utah State Constitution

Getting to Union: Navigating Differences in the Constitutional Convention

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  1. Citizens of Our Fragile New Country were Deeply Divided by Their Differences
  2. The Delegates Agreed to Rules that Created Space to Address Issues
  3. Creating Space to Address Issues Built Trust. This Made it Possible to Work Through Problems.
  4. The Founders Established a Government that Requires Navigating Differences to Keep the Union.

Civil Dialogue and Citizenship: Navigating Our Deepest Differences

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  1. A More Perfect Union and Political Differences
  2. What is Civil Dialogue? Let’s Practice

Framers’ Design for the Electoral College: Time for Reform?

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  1. Constitutional Convention and the Electoral College
  2. Historical Development of the Electoral College

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