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ERIC Number: EJ387910
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Teaching the Constitution by Simulation.
Cope, Karen E.
Social Studies Journal, v18 p10-11 Spr 1989
Describes a four week simulation of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in which ninth grade students use problem-solving and decision-making skills to debate the issues of the convention. Students are assigned identities and interest areas to stimulate the writing of a class constitution which is then compared with the U.S. Constitution. (LS)
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Debate, Decision Making, Educational Games, Grade 9, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Secondary Education, Simulation, Social Studies, United States Government (Course), United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Compromise; Constitutional Convention; United States Constitution