1. Answer the following question: Why is there a constitution day and what mandated it?

because there were 55 men sent to attend the Constitutional Convention and were assigned the task of revising the Articles of Confederation, instead they drafted a new constitution to replace the Articles

2. Could you pass the US citizenship test....find five links on the Internet and take the quizzes and post the links and your scores.

3. Constitution Day Scavenger Hunt with 60-Second Civics
You and your teammates have been given a set of clues to identify nine delegates to the


Constitutional Convention that was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1787. In order to complete your task you need the clues provided by your teacher and podcasts from the Center for Civic Education. The podcasts are available at

http://new.civiced.org/framers.


Step 1:Your teacher has assigned you a certain number of podcasts. In listening to them you should be able to determine which nine delegates your clues indicate. As soon as you think you have identified the delegates, check with your teacher to determine if you are correct. If you are, then move on to the next part of the assignment. If you are not, continue listening until you found the correct delegates.

Step 2:Review the nine correct podcasts and complete the information required in the box adjoining each clue. You must also choose two additional facts about your delegate.

Step 3:Sharing your information. Your teacher will direct your group on how to share the information you have gathered about your delegates with the class.

Constitution Day Scavenger Hunt with 60-Second Civics
Teacher Resource 3: Clue Sheet
Reproduce the chart below in word and complete it. Then separate the clues and randomly group them into
sets of nine. Distribute one set to each group.

Clue:This delegate took notes at the Philadelphia Convention.

Name:James Madison

State:Virginia

Age/Year of Birth:Born 1751

Two Additional Clues:
1.born to a weathly virginia family
2.madison served as secertary of state

Clue:He refused to sign the Constitution.

Name:George Mason

State:Virginia

Age/Year of Birth:

Two Additional Clues:
1.In early 1776, before the Declaration of Independence, Mason drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights and framed Virginia’s constitution.
2.George Mason refused to sign based on his principles

Clue:This delegate was the head of the

Virginia delegation to the convention.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

Two Additional Clues:

Clue:He practiced in law in Williamsburg.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He studied medicine in Scotland.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:This Framer emancipated his slaves in

his will.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

Two Additional Clues:

Clue:He was responsible for the Judiciary Act

of 1789.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He was the chairman of the Committee

on Style.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He served on the committees that draft

both the Declaration of Independence

and the Article of Confederation.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He studied law in Philadelphia.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He was a roommate of James Madison at the College of New Jersey.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He served as the first postmaster general

of Wilmington.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He voted against independence and did sign the Declaration of Independence.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He voted against the independence, but signed the Declaration of Independence.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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4

Clue:He was born in Connecticut.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:During the Revolution he served as a lieutenant colonel in the dragoons.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:Served as one of the original trustees of the University of Georgia at Athens.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:His notes at the convention described the personalities of others.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He studied in Flanders, Belgium.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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5

Clue:He died three years after the convention.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He was opposed to increasing the power of the federal government.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

Two Additional Clues:

Clue:He was called away from the convention due to family illness.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

Two Additional Clues:

Clue:This Framer studied law under Thomas Jefferson.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:After Shays’ Rebellion, he spoke out against giving the common people too much power.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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6

Clue:He became an apprentice to a merchant at the age of fifteen.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He was born in the territory that became Maine.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:In his early twenties he contracted smallpox, which damaged his eyesight.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He came late to the convention and served on Committee of Postponed

Matters.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

Two Additional Clues:

Clue:His wealth came from investing in trade.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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7

Clue:He was arrested by the British for treason, rescued by a group of patriots.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He went to convention because his father and an associate decided not to go.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He is not to be confused with the gentlemen from Georgia who also did not sign the Constitution.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

Two Additional Clues:

Clue:He served as a missionary among the Mohawk Indians as a teen.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He was born in Ireland and came to the colonies at the age of two.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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8

Clue:During the Revolution he served as secretary and aide to General Washington.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He believed that the Articles of Confederation should simply have been amended.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He served eight years as chief justice of the New York Supreme Court.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:In 1790, he moved, settling in what is now Tennessee, and was one of its first U.S. senators.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He was born in North Carolina, but raised in Ireland and Scotland.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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9

Clue:He was educated to be a minister, but studied medicine in Europe.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He was one of the founders of the University of North Carolina.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He was tried and acquitted of the charge of cowardice after the Battle of Germantown.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:His Poor Richard’s Almanac was read nationwide.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He was expelled from the Quaker church for his military service.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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10

Clue:He served as superintendent of finance under the Articles of Confederation..

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He lived in Philadelphia, where he was a prominent businessman.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:This delegate was born in Connecticut, the son of a British colonial official.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:After the Revolutionary war, he defended loyalists and their sympathizers.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:Early in life, he lost a leg in a carriage accident.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He studied law in London, then practiced law and built a fortune.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He served in the military during the Revolution and was held as a prisoner for two years.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He was an older cousin to delegate with almost the same name.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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Clue:He served in the British Army until 1771, when he resigned after marrying a colonial girl.

Name:

State:

Age/Year of Birth:

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