The Constitutional Convention

 In this lesson, students will use C-SPAN video clips to examine the founding principles that emerged from the Constitutional Convention as well as hear about some of the people who participated. Students will use this information to analyze the role the compromise played in the creation of the Constitution.

https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?6505
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Grades

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Subjects

Federal Government

Resource Types

Media

Teaching Strategies

Media, Small Group, Individual Work

Civic Days

Constitution Day

Constitution Articles

Constitutional Convention

Tags

ratification, gerrymandering, Founders, Constitutional Convention, Framers, necessary and proper clause, Federalist Papers, Franklin, delegates, Virginia Declaration of Rights, judiciary, supremacy clause, judges, New Jersey Plan, Virginia Plan, Three Fifths Compromise