Which Document Says That?

Half of what people quote at each other isn't where they think it is.

Skill this builds

Trace a famous American line to the document it actually comes from, so you can read the original instead of arguing about a paraphrase.

About

About 7 minutes · Standards: C3, NCSS · Plays offline

Each card is a real line, quoted faithfully. Sort it to where it actually lives. Several cards are traps that almost everyone gets wrong — the reason after each one tells you why it matters.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…"

The point

The pattern behind the traps: America's most-quoted lines split into ARGUMENTS (the Declaration, the speeches, the poem on the statue) and LAW (the Constitution and its amendments). Both matter, but they do different work — you enforce law in court, and you enforce arguments by winning them. Knowing which one you're quoting is the difference between citing and wishing. Every original is free to read in the Founders' Library.