Name: Todd Fenske Subject Taught: American History School: Summit Lakes Middle School Lee's Summit School District

Lesson Purpose

The purpose of this iAdventure is to assist student to gain knowledge about the Constitutional Convention and the creation of the United States Constitution. The essence of this iAdventure is to help students learn more than just facts about the Constitutional Convention. While completing this iAdventure assignment students will have learn how to use research to make informed decisions.

 

Background Information

An iAdventure is a way of teaching students important concepts and skills by involving them in a storyline about one or more characters (fictional or real). This space is where you should explain to teachers the connection between your iAdventure storyline and the concepts and skills that students will learn. In other words, this is your place where you make it clear what your iAdventure is all about.

When typing this section, imagine yourself as a teacher looking at your iAdventure for the first time. Does this section provide the information needed to understand the value of your iAdventure?

 

Curriculum Standards

The following Missouri Show-Me Standards may be met with this activity.

Goal 1:2 Conduct research to answer questions and evaluate information and ideas.
Goal 1:4 Use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize information.
Goal 1:5 Comprehend and evaluate written, visual and oral presentations and works
Goal 1:7 Evaluate the accuracy of information and the reliability of its sources
Goal 2:1 Plan and make written, oral, and visual presentations for a variety of purposes and audiences
Goal 2:3 Exchange information, questions and ideas while recoginizing the perspectives of others
Goal 2:7 Use technological tools to exchange information and ideas
Goal 3:1 Identify problems and define their scope and elements
Goal 3:2 Develop and apply strategies based on ways others have prevented or solved problems
Goal 3:6 Examine problems and proposed solutions from multiple perspectives
Goal 4:1 Explain reasoning and identify information used to support decisions

 

 

Resources Needed

The following materials will be needed to complete this iAdventure.

1. Internet connect computers
2. Copies of the Constitutional Notes (worksheet) for each student.
3. Copy of the scoring guide for each student

 

Assessment

Constituent Letter Directions: Must include the information listed below.

1. Three paragraphs: Opening Paragraph, Body paragraph, and Closing Paragraph
2. Opening Paragraph: The opening paragraph must creatively identify the origins and of the Constitution and the background of the Constitutional Convention that you wrote down on your Convention Notes. You must also identify whether you decided to be a small or large state delegate.
3. Body Paragraph: The body paragraph must creatively identify the information that you researched about the plans of the Constitution and their creators. You must also identify which plan of government you decided to support.
4. Closing Paragraph: The closing paragraph must creatively identify why you decided to be a small of large state and why you decided to support the Virginia or New Jersey Plan.

Scoring Guide

1. Opening Paragraph
2. Body Paragraph
3. Closing Paragraph
4. Origins of the Constitution
5. Background of the Constitutional Convention
6. Lage State or Small State decision
7. Plans of the Constitution
8. Creators of the Constitution
9. Virginia Plan or New Jersey Plan Choice
10. Reason why you decided to become a small or large state and why you decided to support the Virginia Plan or New Jersey Plan
11. Creativity
12. Correct state size and plan of government decision

 

Creating Conclusions and Student Products

The culminating event or task of an iAdventure is when students create the conclusion or product, as described in the "Constituent Letter" page. The letter that the students create is the final product.

 

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the great teaching and patience of Stan Smith I was able to create this iAdventure. The iAdventure concept was developed in the Warrensburg, Missouri, school district, as part of the "Learning with iAdventures" program. This program was funded by a Competitive Technology grant from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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