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 Take students back to pivotal moments in history!
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- 7 The Jean Fritz History Series: Shh! We're Writing the Constitution
is part of the
The Jean Fritz History
series.
This program is based on a popular book, "Shh! We're Writing the Constitution," by award-winning author Jean Fritz. The story follows the events of the summer of 1787, when the founding fathers met in Philadelphia to frame the Constitution. On the CD, the text's wit and humor are enhanced by the wry narration by the author, Jean Fritz. She cleverly draws out the personalities of the people at the convention, the sights, smells, and curiosities of the surrounding streets, and the serious purpose that led them to achieve compromise and found a nation. The witty illustrations by Tomie dePaola (transformed into animations for this program) bring life to the everyday details of life in the newly born United States of America.
After working with the materials on the CD-ROM, students will be able to:  | Name George Washington, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, and other founding fathers who took part in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 | | Summarize events in American history between the American Revolution and the Constitutional Convention | | Name the thirteen original states | | Define state sovereignty, slavery, and bill of rights and explain why they were such important issues at the Constitutional Convention | | Describe the compromises that resolved those issues during the convention | | Find additional material in a database by using key words | | Define key words and new words and use them in context | | Place the events of the Constitutional Convention in time, both on a time line and in history in general | | Identify the three branches of the United States government: legislative, judiciary, and executive | | Explain how a bill becomes a law, using all three branches of government in the description | | Form and express opinions about the United States Consitution and the people who framed it |
By using the materials on the CD-ROM, teachers will be able to: | Use learning teams and learning themes as strategies (3 to 5 students per computer) | | Track and monitor students' progress | | Give students reproducible Assignments that guide their explorations of the information | | Display results of students' work on theme-related Bulletin Boards (and Study Centers) | | Integrate the material across the curriculum: literature, history, geography, social studies, science, math, art, music, dance, and drama |
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