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Directions: Today you will begin a webquest. You will need to take your time, think deeply, work

hard, communicate effectively, cooperate and compromise. Like all quests, it will have challenges, but it will also have moments of

inspiration, insight and pleasure as you work together to slay the dragon.

!ell, not a dragon really, but if you do this well, you will understand more about th

than most adults in our fair country and you will be on your way to becomin

leaders of the free world."

You will work in groups of four.

Each of you will individually view the videos and resources listed in each part of the Webquest (Note- yomust login to BrainPop)

!he login for BrainPop is"

#sername" palmbeach

Password" palmbeach

o Wor$ your way down the parts %n other words& do Part % first& Part %% second and so on

' or #art $& you will each pick two different questions to answer& so that every question is answered

B or #art $$, you will eachpick one different question out of the first questions& so that every question isanswered

o Everyone must dothe *thquestion

+ or #art $$$,Everyone must answer the question independently

1. Please answer the questionsthoroughly in your research notebook.

a %nclude date& headings& and question ,s

2. hare and evaluate your answers ill in any gaps you see in each other.s wor$

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#art $% The &onstitution

!his videofrom the /istory +hannel tells about the ounding athers and the creation of the #+onstitution (https"00wwwyoutubecom0watch1v2345-q678n-E) you might have to paste this lin$ intoyour irefo9 browser

!his BrainPop videooutlines the 'rticles of +onfederation

!his BrainPop videotells about the +onstitutional +onvention

!his BrainPop videooutlines the basic principles that form the basis of !he +onstitution

%n this video from :iberty ;ids& We !he People (watch both < and =)& two fictional reporters let the

viewer inside the events of the +onstitutional +onvention and inside the heads of the ounding athers

What was different about the creation of our government compared others at that time1 What was simila

%dentify the $ey compromises that the founders agreed upon Which was the most important and why1

* What principles or ideas in the #nited tates +onstitution have made it wor$ so well into the present1

E9plain your thin$ing

? Pic$ one of the principles that form the basis of the #nited tates +onstitution Write about an event inhistory or a current event that illustrates this principle in action

@ %n your opinion& who or what was the most important person& place or idea at the +onstitutional+onvention and why1

A Benamin ran$lin spo$e about the sun carving on the bac$ of 3eorge Washington.s chair /ow is the su

a symbol (beyond ran$linCs words - provide details to show your thin$ing) for what was happening in

'merica from colonial days up through the close of the convention1

#art $$ ' The (ill of )ights

Watch this video from 'nnenberg +lassroom !his page also has short videos on each of the

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!he +onstitution grants us rights& but does it also imply that we have responsibilities1 +an a person haverights without responsibilities1

a) Why or why not1

* G+ompare0contrast the rights in the Heclaration of /uman ights to those in the Bill of ights If

course& the Heclaration was not written in