CONSTITUTION CHALLENGE
Module 2: The Constitutional Convention
Materials
Watch the videos, read the article, and some of your own choosing, if you wish, and write a 400-word essay on why the Articles of Confederation had to be revised or replaced; why the Founders chose a Republic instead of a democracy; the Federalists versus the Anti-Federalists; the several compromises that happened at the Convention; or, why the Founders did not want a King to lead the executive branch.
Best of luck!
Module 2: The Constitutional Convention
Materials
- “A More Perfect Union: George Washington and the Making of the Constitution” by George Washington’s Mount Vernon https://www.youtubecom/watch?v=k55VdRD8DDo
- “The Constitutional Convention/May to September, 1787” by Keystone History https://www.youtubecom/watch?v=d3-MymE33ew
- “The Difference Between a Democracy and a Republic” by PragerU https://www.youtubecom/watch?v=wbsfpeMELGE
- Constitution Series: “A Republic If You Can Keep IT” by Claudia Henneberry https://tennesseestar.com/commentary/the-constitution-a-republic-if-you-can-keep-it/chenneberry/2017/04/03/
- Bonus - For a very readable history of the Constitutional Convention, check out Miracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen.
Watch the videos, read the article, and some of your own choosing, if you wish, and write a 400-word essay on why the Articles of Confederation had to be revised or replaced; why the Founders chose a Republic instead of a democracy; the Federalists versus the Anti-Federalists; the several compromises that happened at the Convention; or, why the Founders did not want a King to lead the executive branch.
Best of luck!