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A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION: A SIMULATION Lesson Plan

A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION: A SIMULATION Lesson Plan

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A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION: A SIMULATION

Pupils discuss two computerized options to change the current U.S. government. In this Constitutional Convention lesson, students write a statement advocating for one of the choices and participate in a mock modern Constitutional Convention in which one of the options will be voted on.

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the constitutional convention, the united states constitution

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constitutional convention

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8th - 12th

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Social Studies & History

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