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U.S. Constitutional
ConventionMcGuire
Honors US History
Questions
Who benefited most (and the least) from the American Revolution?
Who wrote and ratified the Constitution for the new nation?
Who benefited most (and the least) from the Constitution?
Objectives/Goals:
To learn about the social forces active during and immediately following the American Revolution.
To explore two burning questions that confronted the new American nation: slavery and suffrage.
To develop strong oral presentation skills, including both persuasive and argumentative skills.
To develop critical skills of examining arguments and social reality.
Howard Chandler Christy’s depiction
Created in April of 1940 Depicting the event that happened on Sept 17,
1787 Currently in the House of Representatives
building in the capitol
List your observations
Our own Constitutional Convention
We will invite groups of people not present at the original event
Southern slave owners Northern merchants White indentured servants Women of different nationalities and social classes Free African Americans Enslaved African Americans Iroquois
Pick your top three…
Iroquois Northern merchants and bankers Male southern plantation owners White women Free African Americans Enslaved African Americans White indentured servants
Vocabulary terms Unfair Just Justice Wealthy Property Merchant Trader Suffrage Constitution Plantation owner
Abolitionist Fugitive Convention Bill of Rights Taxes Abolish Prohibit Resolve Indentured servant Iroquois
January 30
Entry Task: Get out your homework, please.
Collaboration vs Collusion
Working together to achieve a goal
Working in a joint intellectual effort
Teamwork Ms. McGuire likes this!!!
Secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose
Conspiracy Cheating
Vocabulary terms—COLLABORATE
Are there any definitions that you could refine or make better by molding it with another person’s
definition? Unfair Just Justice Wealthy Property Merchant Trader Suffrage Constitution Plantation owner
Abolitionist Fugitive Convention Bill of Rights Taxes Abolish Prohibit Resolve Indentured servant Iroquois
January 31: To understand one of the social groups represented post-Rev War
Please get out your journal/vocab lists
Announcements: vocab quiz tomorrow
Objectives/Goals:
To learn about the social forces active during and immediately following the American Revolution.
To explore two burning questions that confronted the new American nation: slavery and suffrage.
To develop strong oral presentation skills, including both persuasive and argumentative skills.
To develop critical skills of examining arguments and social reality.
Monumental Occasion
This was the first time in recorded history that a revolution had been won with the sole purpose of having the governed—or at least some of them—involved in determining how they were to be governed.
Not an easy task
Citation: Bob Peterson, Rethinking the U.S. Constitutional Convention—Zinn Education Project
Slavery Where can/should slavery
exist? Should the slave trade
continue in the U.S.? What happens when a
piece of property (a slave) gets “lost”?
Who should be allowed to vote?
Suffrage
Interior Monologue
What’s going on inside of your head as a Free African American? (or Iroquois, Northern merchant, woman, etc.)
Answer the following questions in a journal-entry type format.
What are your hopes for the Constitution? What are your fears for this new government?
Burning Issues
For each question, you MUST propose a resolution
These may change later after you talk with other groups
“Be it resolved that…” Be it resolved that slavery should be abolished in the
United States. Put an asterisk (*) next to the resolutions that are
most important to you/your role
Format of our Convention
Each person gets one vote on the issues we address Therefore, all groups are important
Parliamentary Procedure—handout tomorrow Individual speeches addressing our two questions
Should slavery be abolished? Who should have the right to vote?
Building Alliances Meant to sharpen your arguments and thinking skills. Strategize within your social group
What are you willing to compromise on? What are you NOT willing to compromise on? For example, white women might support allowing fugitive
slaves to stay in the North in exchange for enslaved African Americans supporting women’s suffrage.
Have 1 or 2 “traveling negotiators” who go to the other groups to negotiate
Make a sign with your social groups name Make sure you meet with groups that would most likely
support the resolutions you have an asterisk (*) next to
Developing counter arguments As a social group, come up with questions you
still have for each of the other social groups. The point of these questions is to:
Understand their viewpoint more Point out weak points in their arguments Show the strengths of your arguments
Come up with some questions other groups will ask you
Group Brainstorm
Each person’s role—real or fictional George Washington (southern plantation owner—real) Joe Smith (Indentured servant—fictional)
Finalize any questions you have about your group’s perspective
Preparing Individual Speeches
Introduce yourself (real or fictional character) Little bit about yourself and your perspective Present your arguments about both of the issues
Should slavery be abolished? Who should have the right to vote?
Utilize the reading you have and the monologue you wrote
Prepare yourself for possible questions and counter statements
Convention Everyone come to class tomorrow with your final draft of
your speech to turn in. Handwritten or typed is acceptable That means you need 2 copies--one for yourself, one to turn in
We will randomly choose one person from each social group to give their speech.
After the initial speeches, we will open it up for questions. Reps who did NOT give a speech will answer questions first. You will rotate through your group members so that everyone
answers a question.
Individual speech writing time
Introduce yourself (real or fictional character) Little bit about yourself and your perspective Present your arguments about both of the issues
Should slavery be abolished? Who should have the right to vote?
Utilize the reading you have and the monologue you wrote
Prepare yourself for possible questions and counter statements
Burning Questions1.Where should slavery exist in our country?2.Should the slave trade continue?3.Should escaped slaves be returned to their owners?4.Who should be allowed to vote in our new nation?
1st period Constitution
1. Be it resolved that slavery is abolished in the United States.
2. Be it resolved that the slave trade is abolished in the United States.
3. Be it resolved that freed slaves and indentured servants who want to go back to their homeland can, and those that want to stay will be given jobs on plantations or find safe haven with the Iroquois.
4. Be it resolved that all adults (16 and over) without a criminal record will be allowed to vote in the United States.
2nd period Constitution1. Be it resolved that slavery is abolished in United States.
Slaves become indentured servants under a contract.
2. Be it resolved that the slave trade is abolished in the United States.
3. Be it resolved that fugitive/runaway indentured servants must be returned to their employers. As punishment, pay is taken away (10%) each time.
4. Be it resolved that all free persons, 18 and over, who pass a literacy test can vote. Natives will be given reservations. They can vote for their own officials in each tribe and those officials will represent them within Congress.
4th period Constitution1. Be it resolved that slavery is abolished. Slaves become
migrant workers on contracts.
2. Be it resolved that the slave trade is abolished in the United States.
3. Be it resolved that migrant workers who run away are not to go back to their employer, but they can be hired elsewhere.
4. Be it resolved that anyone who lives permanently in the U.S., 18 and over without felonies, may vote, no matter what gender or ethnicity.
5th period Constitution1. Be it resolved that slavery is abolished in the United
States.
2. Be it resolved that the slave trade is abolished in the United States.
3. Be it resolved that fugitive slaves no longer exist in the United States.
4. Be it resolved that citizens (including men, women, former indentured servants, and freed slaves) 18 and older may vote and be provided with a reader to help. This is after being 3 years a citizen, after 2 years of freedom from being a slave, or 1 year of freedom from indentured servitude. This excludes Iroquois, land-owning Southerners and Northerners.
Convention Reflection1. Write an interior monologue from your
individual’s perspective telling your feelings about the outcome of Constitutional Convention.
2. In what ways was our class Convention unrealistic? In what ways was it realistic?
3. Which social groups made alliances with each other? Do you think that similar alliances were made in real life?
4. Which social groups had absolutely conflicting interests—where no compromise was possible?
Convention Reflection ContinuedWho Wrote the Constitution?
Prompt: Were these individuals broadly representative of the entirety of U.S. society at the time?Read through the document (10 minutes)Write in your journal as many questions as you can. You don’t have to be able to answer them. Just ASK!Write a response to the prompt (15 min) using the doc and your experience from the mock convention
Constitution ActivityFind the answers to the following questions in the Constitution:
1. What branches of government are created by the Constitution? 2. Provide 2 examples of how each branch has power over another
branch. 3. How can Congress remove the President from office? 4. What is the longest time a President elected today can stay in office? 5. How long do members of the House of Representatives serve?
Senators? 6. How old do you have to be to be a Representative? A Senator? A
federal judge? 7. How old do you have to be to be President? Vice President? 8. How many states had to ratify the Constitution to put it into effect? 9. How many states have to ratify an amendment to make it part of the
Constitution?