Declaration Today

This writing task encourages students to modernize the Declaration of Independence by addressing a current issue that matters to them-such as education, technology, or the environment. Learners follow a structured template to state beliefs, problems, calls for change, and hopes for the future, connecting historic principles to contemporary issues.

Curriculum Matched Skills

Civics – Applying Foundational Democratic Ideas to Modern Issues

Writing – Structured Argumentative and Persuasive Composition

Social Studies – Relating Historical Context to Present-Day Society

Critical Thinking – Modern Interpretation of Rights and Justice

This worksheet is part of our Declaration of Independence collection.