Madison was there! Scholars go on a journey to discover the person behind the founding father label as they explore James Madison's role in the formation of the United States government. The culmination is a writing assignment and outline of their findings. This is the first installment of a four-part series. 

Concepts

ratification of the united states constitution, the constitutional convention, the united states constitution, the preamble to the united states constitution, james madison

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Additional Tags

constitution, james madison, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Split class into groups to research Madison's life, domestic presidency and foreign presidency
• Extension opportunity to compare and contrast Madison with other framers of the US Constitution 

Classroom Considerations

• Group size should be no more than three

Pros

• Includes primary and secondary documents
  
• Online resources and documents available for classroom use and printing

Cons

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3