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Standards of Learning
English
Oral Language 9.2, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1
Reading/Literature 9.4, 11.4, 12.4
Writing 9.6, 10.7, 11.7, 12.7
Research 9.8, 10.10
History and Social Science
Virginia and U.S. History VUS.5, VUS.6, VUS.7, VUS.8, VUS.9, VUS.10,
VUS.11, VUS.12, VUS.13, VUS.14, VUS.15
Correlations
to VA
SOL and Student
Expectations
Leadership Student Expectations
HS.4: Characteristics of leaders
HS.5: Relationship between leader and follower
HS.6: The role of context in leadership
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Instructional Activity or Strategy
Mock Constitutional Convention
In this lesson students role play key members of the Convention to
understand the themes of the U.S. government and personal values of
the historical figures.
Steps To Complete the Activity
Have students
- Research and write about the members of the Convention.
- Discuss the roles of the followers and the leaders among members
of the Convention.
- Discuss the influence of environment and opportunity on the development
of leaders among members of the Convention.
- After research, role play their chosen historical figures.
- Debate issues of the Convention.
- Draft a new Constitution.
- Compare values of the original Constitution to values of the new
Constitution that they created.
Resources
Resources may include student’s text, the Internet, research materials
in the school and neighborhood libraries.
Teacher’s Notes
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