Measurement will become clear as students apply the knowledge they have learned about the Constitution in further studies. Top level students might use information gained to write a mini-term paper on a constitutional issue such as the problems of school funding in their local area. Less advanced students might create a short dramatization about one of the key issues surrounding one of the documents studied. Evaluation can be cumulative in both procedures based on discussion, notetaking during guest speaker's visit and written analysis. The key to success of this lesson is to convince the students that they have as much skill and knowledge about interpreting constitutional issues as anyone else because the Constitution is a living document that grows with the times and with everyday events and people.
Teacher can generate constitutional resource materials for student use in the classroom.
A Master Plan for Public Education, West Virginia Board of Education, 1983. A document that outlines, in detail, the implementation of the Recht decision. Commager, Henry S. Documents of American History, Volume 1, Prentice-Hall, Inc., N.J., 1973. A description of documents that contributed to the formulation and the further interpretation of the Constitution. This document explains the principle constitutional issue outlined in the Recht decision and what impact this decision could have on West Virginia public education.