Constitutional TimeMachine

3rd ASSIGNMENT:

CONSTITUTIONAL TIMEMACHINE

OBJECTIVE: Synthesize your understanding of the character, ideology and personality of one of the Founding Fathers, Signers of the Constitution or Attendee of the Constitutional Convention.

DUE: Monday, November 21st

EXECUTION: Two parts - a 5-7 page paper (including Bibliography) and a 5-7 minute presentation.

Come to class AS one of the representatives at the Constitutional Convention:

1.  Your 5-7 page paper should be written in FIRST PERSON - you are to become this person. It should include:

• The person's name and heritage
• Something particularly interesting about that person, especially his religious backgrond
• The person's original position on whether America should break free from England or not - did they agree originally with the Pro-Independence movement or were they more Tory-minded?
• Is this person a Federalist or Anti-Federalist?
• One other major belief this person had (it can be anything)

2.  In your presentation, become this person. You may dress up, make up an accent, use his language and/or dialect.....just take on his persona and speak and write AS this person.

The list of persons to chose from are in the assignment sheet - click here for a copy. The following is the list of those persons already chosen in class last week.

• Gerry - William Samuel Johnson -CONN
• Emily - Nathaniel Gorham - MASS
• Aimee - William Few - Georgia
• Zac - George Clymer - PENN
• Tim - Roger Sherman - CONN
• Michael - Rufus King - MASS

Here is a copy of the assignment sheet with the grading rubric.

UP THE FEDERAL SYSTEM - DOWN THE CONFEDERACY!