The Constitutional Convention - Central Dauphin School ...



Constitutional Convention

Packet

Real Name: ____________________________

Convention Name: ____________________________

State: ____________________________

Region: ____________________________

Size of Population: ____________________________

Desired Government: ____________________________

Convention Essential Questions:

1. How do you write a constitution?

2. What ideas/concepts do you include in a new plan of government?

3. What is the purpose of a constitutional convention?

4. Why is government important?

5. Why was the Constitutional Convention necessary?

6. How does a Constitution strengthen government?

7. How do you apply a constitution to a country?

8. What are the goals of a constitution?

9. What are the basic principles of a constitution?

10. Is it possible to form a lasting democratic republic?

ASSIGNMENTS’ DUE DATES:

1. Convention Name paragraphs

a. DUE one week from the start of the Convention

2. Vocabulary

a. Due at the end of the Convention with your daily journal

3. Name Tags

a. To be worn every day by the delegates.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Convention Name Paragraphs Due Date______

Directions: Using a list of names of delegates that attended the real Constitutional Convention of 1787, find the two names that make up your convention name. They may be either first or last names and can be from any state present at the real convention.

Example:

Convention Name = Cotesworth Mifflin (Virginia)

First Name = Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (South Carolina)

Last Name = Thomas Mifflin (Pennsylvania)

The combination of the two names gives you the name Cotesworth Mifflin.

Once the names of the real delegates are found, you must then write a biographical paragraph about each of the two delegates that make up your name. Within this paragraph, please provide the following information:

1. How old was each delegate at the time of the Convention?

2. Which state did each delegate represent at the convention?

3. What action(s) did each delegate take during the real convention?

4. How did each delegate feel about the new Constitution?

Helpful website:



Vocabulary Due Dates_____________

Directions: You are to define the vocabulary words listed in your own words, NOT the book definition! All vocabulary terms must be defined and turned in at the end of the convention with your convention daily journal entries.

Vocabulary Terms:

1. Government

2. Implied Powers

3. Popular Sovereignty

4. Article

5. Amend

6. Amendment

7. Rescind

8. Principles

9. Democracy

10. Enumerated Powers

11. Citizen

12. Compromise

13. Power

14. Constituents

15. Concurrent Powers

16. Checks and Balances

17. Motion

18. Impeach

19. Appropriate

20. Federalism

21. Proposal

22. Debate

23. Assembly

24. Democratic Process

25. Parliamentary Procedure

Name Tags Must Have Daily to Participate

Directions: Every delegate is to refer to any other member of the Convention by their Convention name only. Using someone’s real name will result in loss of points as you are not staying in character. To help with this task, every delegate is to make a name tag to wear every day of the Convention. The name tag must be easily read from across the room. The clearer your name tag, the easier it will be for the president to read it. If the president cannot read your name tag, you will not be called to speak.

*If you do not have your name tag, you are not allowed to speak that day. You may still write proposals/amendments, but someone else must submit them and speak for them for the duration of the day.

**Failure to wear your name tag three times will remove you from the Convention and force you to complete the alternate assignment.

***The maximum score you can receive on the alternate assignment is 70%.

Daily Journals Due Daily (after election)

Directions: Every delegate must record the daily actions in a journal. Each journal entry must be listed as the following:

1. Date (Day/Month/1787)

2. Topic of debate (Powers of Congress/president, Representation, etc.)

3. Who is debating/writing proposals or amendments?

4. How does my character feel about the topic of debate

This is to be completed every day. It may be done in the evening for the beginning of class the following day.

The year is 1787…

o Horse and buggy is the main mode of transportation.

o There is no such thing as an airplane or a car.

o The computer is not invented.

o Most children do not attend schools, most stay home and work on the farm.

o Slavery exists in the South.

o There are white slaves known as Indentured Servants.

o Everyone attending the convention is white, male and wealthy.

o Spain still owns Florida and the lands west of the Mississippi River.

o Great Britain still owns Canada.

State Populations in 1787:

Large States:

1. Virginia 538,000

2. Pennsylvania 327,300

3. Massachusetts 317,700

4. North Carolina 270,000

5. Maryland 245,500

6. New York 210,500

Small States:

7. Connecticut 206,700

8. South Carolina 180,000

9. New Jersey 139,600

10. New Hampshire 87,800

11. Georgia 56,100

12. Rhode Island 52,900

13. Delaware 45,400

Constitutional Convention Scoring

Participation 60 points

It is up to you to earn and maintain 60 points!

Ways to earn points:

1. Each proposal sponsored earns 10 points.

2. Each amendment sponsored earns 5 points.

4. Properly debating/defending your argument earns 1 point each time you speak.

Ways to lose points:

1. Sponsoring a proposal that goes against your character loses 10 points each time unless part of a compromise.

- Must write “compromise” next to the “Sponsored by” line.

2. Not wearing your name tag loses 5 points each day.

4. Sponsoring an amendment that goes against your character loses 5 points each time unless part of a compromise

- Must write “compromise” next to the “Sponsored by” line.

5. Discussing anything other than convention business loses 1 point each time.

6. Inappropriate address loses 1 point each time.

- Ex. Calling someone by their real name instead of their convention name.

7. Inappropriate behavior will lose 10 points each time.

- Inappropriate behavior may lead to further disciplinary action at the discretion of Ms. Wenrich

8. Voting nay during an adjournment vote. (All delegates lose one point each time this happens)

Delegates Paragraphs 10 points

Vocabulary 30 points

Daily Journal 50 points (5 points per entry)

Participation 60 points

TOTAL 150 points

Questions that need answered:

1. Legislative Branch

o How many houses in the Legislative Branch?

o How will the states be represented?

o How many votes will each state have in government?

o How will a law be created?

o What are the requirements for being a representative from a state?

2. Executive Branch

o What will the Executive Branch be?

o Will there be a single Executive or a group of Executives?

o What will be the duties and responsibilities of the Executive?

o What are the requirements to become the/an Executive?

3. Judicial Branch

o What is the court system for the country?

o Are there different levels of courts in the country?

o What are the requirements to become a judge in the court system?

o Are there different requirements for different levels?

All of the above questions must be answered in order for the Constitution to be complete.

The highest grade you can achieve without a completed Constitution is 40%.

|Don’t use these “iffy” words in your proposals/amendments: |Consider using words like these: |

|should, could, would, |must, shall, will |

|can, may might | |

Use of “iffy” words within your proposals/amendments will result in the president removing the proposals/amendments from consideration.

P______

Executive Branch Proposal

Sponsored by:_________________________

Resolved:

Number of presidents: ______

Term length: ______

Electors of president: People/State govts./National govt./Special committee

Requirements: Age_____ Natural born citizen: Yes No

Years living in country: _______

Powers of the president(s): _______________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

P______

Judicial Branch Proposal

Sponsored by:_________________________

Resolved:

Number of justices: ______

Term length: ______

Positions acquired by: People/State govts./President(s)

National Govt. Approval: Yes No

Requirements: Age_____ Natural born citizen: Yes No

Other: ___________________________________

Powers of the Supreme Court: _____________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

|Langdon Few |Blair Wilson |Sherman Butler |Hugh Gilman |Carroll Hamilton |

|Massachusetts |Massachusetts |New Hampshire |New Jersey |Massachusetts |

| | | | | |

|Northern |Northern |Northern |Northern |Northern |

|Large |Large |Small |Small |Large |

|Strong |Weak |Strong |Weak |Weak |

|Cotesworth Mifflin |Clymer Fitzsimons |Robert Brearly |Nathaniel Franklin |Rufus Blount |

|Virginia |Delaware |Virginia |Delaware |Maryland |

| | | | | |

|Southern |Southern |Southern |Southern |Southern |

|Large |Small |Large |Small |Large |

|Weak |Strong |Strong |Weak |Strong |

|Gouverneur Baldwin |Morris Bassett |Jared Dickinson |Livingston Yates |Martin Strong |

|New Hampshire |Massachusetts |New Jersey |Massachusetts |Connecticut |

| | | | | |

|Northern |Northern |Northern |Northern |Northern |

|Small |Large |Small |Large |Small |

|Strong |Strong |Weak |Strong |Strong |

|Read McHenry |Roger Ellsworth |Richard Broom |Pierce Ingersoll |Dayton McClurg |

|Virginia |Maryland |Delaware |Virginia |Maryland |

| | | | | |

|Southern |Southern |Southern |Southern |Southern |

|Large |Large |Small |Large |Large |

|Weak |Weak |Strong |Weak |Strong |

|Bedford Randolph |Benjamin Wythe |Martin Rutledge |Houstoun Davie |Abraham Elbridge |

|Pennsylvania |Pennsylvania |Connecticut |Connecticut |Pennsylvania |

| | | | | |

|Northern |Northern |Northern |Northern |Northern |

|Large |Large |Small |Small |Large |

|Weak |Strong |Strong |Weak |Weak |

|Thomas King |Jacob Mercer |Mason Paterson |Luther Lansing |Caleb Johnson |

|Virginia |Georgia |Georgia |North Carolina |Delaware |

| | | | | |

|Southern |Southern |Southern |Southern |Southern |

|Large |Small |Small |Large |Small |

|Strong |Weak |Strong |Weak |Weak |

|Edmund Gerry |George Williamson |Nicholas Pinckney |Charles Houstoun |Richard Spaight |

|New Hampshire |Pennsylvania |New York |New Jersey |New Jersey |

| | | | | |

|Northern |Northern |Northern |Northern |Northern |

|Small |Large |Large |Small |Small |

|Weak |Strong |Weak |Strong |Weak |

|Oliver Gunning |William Jenifer |John Alexander |Robert Gorham |David Charles |

|Maryland |North Carolina |Georgia |South Carolina |Maryland |

| | | | | |

|Southern |Southern |Southern |Southern |Southern |

|Large |Large |Small |Small |Large |

|Strong |Weak |Strong |Strong |Weak |

|William James |George Daniel |Jonathan George |William St. Thomas |John William |

|New York |Connecticut |New York |New Hampshire |Pennsylvania |

| | | | | |

|Northern |Northern |Northern |Northern |Northern |

|Large |Small |Large |Small |Large |

|Weak |Strong |Strong |Weak |Strong |

|Martin Pierce |Alexander Sherman |Hamilton Clymer |James Nicholas |Randolph Mason |

|Georgia |South Carolina |Delaware |North Carolina |South Carolina |

| | | | | |

|Southern |Southern |Southern |Southern |Southern |

|Small |Small |Small |Large |Small |

|Strong |Weak |Weak |Strong |Weak |

You Want To: |YOU SAY: |INTERRUPT? |2ND? |DEBATE? |AMEND? |VOTE? | |Enter a proposal into the Convention |I have a proposal.

- Only one proposal permitted at a time. |No |Yes |Yes |Yes |Majority

(more yeas than nays) | |Change a proposal |I move to amend. |No |Yes |Yes |Yes |Majority | |Close debate |I call the question. |No |Yes |No |No |President’s Decision | |Lay the proposal/amendment aside temporarily |I move to table this proposal/amendment. |No |Yes |No |No |Majority | |Bring a motion back |I move to take (proposal/amendment #) from the table… |No |Yes |No |No |Majority | |Limit or extend debate |I move that debate be limited to… |No |Yes |No |Yes |2/3

(9 yea votes) | |Avoid the proposal/amendment altogether |I object to the consideration of this motion. |Yes |No |No |No |2/3

(9 yea votes) | |Request information |Point of information. |Yes |No |No |No |None | |Enforce rules |Point of order |Yes |No |No |No |None | |Close meeting |I move to adjourn. |No |Yes |No |No |All must vote yea | |

-----------------------

Secretary Use Only

Full Convention name. No more than three names.

Once voted on and passed, these cannot be changed

Once powers have been voted on and passed, they may not be changed. Additional powers may be added, or existing powers may be further defined.

Secretary Use Only

Once voted on and passed, these cannot be changed

Full Convention name. No more than three names.

Once powers have been voted on and passed, they may not be changed. Additional powers may be added, or existing powers may be further defined.

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download