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Philadelphia and the Constitutional Convention "Heat Up"
by Tracy Devlin
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Background:
Little did William Penn know his plans for a "Great
Towne," set up in rectangular form between the Schuylkill
and Delaware Rivers (see original map of Philadelphia
here: http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/
kjohnso1/tholmemap.htm), would become the site of
some of the most important meetings in our nation’s
beginning, including the one that formed our national
government. The Constitutional Convention was held in
the Pennsylvania State House during the hot summer of
1787. The windows were kept shut and guards posted so
that others could not hear the discussions.
For further background about this time in Philadelphia,
see Ray Raphael’s article, Revolutionary
Philadelphia, in this issue of History Now.
Essential Question:
What impact did the delegates who attended the Constitutional
Convention in Philadelphia have on shaping our nation's
future?
Materials:
- Note cards, with delegate’s names and respective
states already written on them. Links to bios of each
of the delegates can be found here:
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/signers.html
- Copies of biographies and pictures of the delegates
(printed out from the link above)
- Art supplies for making portraits of delegates,
such as rulers, construction paper, string, tape,
stapler, scissors, etc.
- Three worksheets: Historical
Meet and Greet #1 (pdf), Historical
Meet and Greet #2 (pdf), and Historical
Meet and Greet #3 (pdf)
- The following primary resource maps:
1. colonial_map.pdf
: you can also link to this map at http://www.unalienable.com/colonies.htm
2.
Philadelphia_map.pdf: you can also link to this
map at http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_wethepeople_kit.php
- Your winter coat
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