Information for Fairfield/Northwest TAH Teachers: Summer Institute Assignments.
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Constitutional Convention Simulation: B. Meckley, B. Eaton & L. Miller
Countryman, What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans?: G. Vascik
Constitutional Convention Simulation
Biographical and background information for the roles below is available at http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/bigpicture.html.
Download the Constitutional Convention Information and Character Worksheet (PDF). Note: this file is 1.5 MB and may take a few moments to download.
Bob Meckley—General G. Washington/Facilitator
Jason Adkins—Charles (not Cotesworth) Pickney, the one who served as Chair of the Convention and was proslavery.
Jon Dowling—Williamson
Douglas Ficker—Gouverneur Morris
Terryl Meador—Ellsworth
Carrie Snyder—Rutledge
Doug Lopina—Dickinson
Kim Young—Luther Martin
Kate Scarfin—Gilman
Kristen Stegman—Benjamin Franklin
Brett Van Gaasbeek—McClurg
Grace Bunker—Goram
Carol Hallman—Roger Sherman
Collin Climer—Thomas Mifflin
Nicole Deutsch—Carroll
Kyle Funk—Strong
Karen Brassfield—Blair
Cheryl Crawford—Gerry
Kristin Hartman—Dr. Johnson
Mikie Hubbard—Madison
Valerie Isaac—Edmund Randolph
Sandy Noonan—Patterson
Anne Sanger—Wythe
Ellen Turkelson—Baldwin
Steve Burns—Mason
Sarah Chisom—Brearly
Jason Dahlheimer—Butler
Julie Flack—Lansing
Adam Hull—Wilson
Tracey Lang—William Blount
Beth Cornelius—King
Shirley Herzog—James McHenry
Ian Lubbers—Gerry
Alice Northup—Jonathon Dayton
Gary Thomas—Hamilton
Linda Woodward—Jared Ingersoll
Countryman, What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans?
We will be discussing the Countryman book on Tuesday of the Summer Institute.
The core of the book consists of 5 essays, each with a set of 5 "Questions for Closer Reading". Everyone will read the Preface, the Introduction, and two essays.
The two essays that you are required to read depend upon your group. Those in Group One, for instance, will read essays 1 and 2. After you have read your essays, prepare and bring to the Institute brief, written-out answers to the "Questions for Closer Reading" pertaining to your essays. Your prepared answers will form the backbone of our small-group discussions and I will collect them after we are done.
In the afternoon, we will continue our discussion of the Constitution by discussing the "Making Connections" questions on pages 165-166. For this discussion, I will reconfigure our groups so that each table will have people that have read different essays in the morning. To facilitate this discussion, please be prepared to discuss three of the thirteen "Making Connections" questions. You choose the questions you want to address.
Morning Group One: read essays 1 and 2
KarenVandeRyt
Jon Dowling
Douglas Ficker
Terryl Meador
Carrie SnyderMorning Group Two: read essays 1 and 3
Doug Lopina
Kim Young
Kate Scarfin
Kristen Stegman
Brett Van GaasbeekMorning Group Three: read essays 1 and 4
Grace Bunker
Carol Hallman
Colln Climer
Nicole Deutsch
Kyle Funk
Jennifer WilsonMorning Group Four: read essays 1 and 5
Karen Brassfield
Cheryl Crawford
Kristin Hartman
Mikie Hubbard
Valerie Isaac
Sandy Noonan
Anne Sanger
Ellen TurkelsonMorning Group Five: read essays 1 and 2
Steve Burns
Sarah Chisom
Jason Dahlheimer
Julie Flack
Adam Hull
Tracey LangMorning Group Six: read essays 1 and 5
Beth Cornelius
Shirley Herzog
Ian Lubbers
Alice Northup
Gary Thomas
Linda Woodward
Twentieth century scholars (although not the drafters) see Federalist No. 10 and No. 51 as the most important essays, so everyone will need to read these before the Summer Institute. Depending on your group, you will be responsible for reading at least 2 other essays.
We will meet first in small groups, with each group discussing their essays - what they are about, what concern about the new Constitution they were written to address or explain, what evidence the authors use to advance their argument and how the essays differ from each other. After our small group discussion, each group will make a concise presentation to the whole of their group findings.
Group One
Hamilton No. 1, Madison No. 14 (the size of republics)
Douglas Ficker
Doug Lopina
Terryl Meador
Kate Scarfin
Brett Van GaasbeekGroup Two
Hamilton No. 2, Madison No. 84 (the need for a Bill of Rights)
Jon Dowling
Michael Long
Carrie Snyder
Kristen Stegman
Karen VanderRyt
Kim YoungGroup Three
Hamilton Nos. 3 and 4, Madison Nos. 55, 56 (the ratio for the house of representatives; the 3/5 calculus)
Steve Burns
Beth Cornelius
Jason Dahlheimer
Adam Hull
Ian Lubbers
Gary ThomasGroup Four
Hamilton No. 7, Madison No. 23 (taxation)
Sarah Chisom
Julie Flack
Shirley Herzog
Tracey Lang
Alice Northup
Linda WoodwardGroup Five
Hamilton No. 8, Madison No. 8 (standing armies)
Cheryl Crawford
Nicole Deutsch
Carol Hallman
Mikie Hubbard
Sandy Noonan
Ellen Turkelson
Jennifer WilsonGroup Six
Hamilton No. 16, Madison No. 62 (the senate)
Karen Brassfield
Grace Bunker
Collin Climer
Kyle Funk
Kristin Hartman
Valerie Isaac
Anne Sanger
Click the links to go to the files that George Vascik has provided about project options (2006).
- Project Options: Overview
- Teaching History Using Differentiated Instruction Option
- Teaching History by Activating Multiple Intelligences
- Teaching American History Through Original Creative Work Option
- Learning History and Improving Reading Skills Through Non-Textbook Sources
- Teaching History Through the Arts Option
- TAH Attendance Policy
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