constitutional compromise

You will create a newspaper name- for ex. The Philadelphia Cranston Times ( BE CREATIVE )
You will create a headline – for ex. The United States has a Constitution – ( BE CREATIVE )
picture also representing the convention
You will date your newspaper – September 19, 1789

You will be a news reporter covering The Constitutional convention in May-Sept of 1789
You will report on the Convention in terms of these three 3 things
1. who was in attendance and why were they there ( use notes and research names of some impo founding fathers)
2. What were the rules delegates needed to follow
3. What plans were introduced, and by whom ? For ex ( The Virginia Plan, The New Jersey Plan, and The Great Compromise + 3/5th’s Compromise )
– you will explain the plans and state whether they passed and failed
– also why they passed or failed

Your News Article must have the following – 5 paragraphs
Introduction
3 paragraphs
conclusion

It must be printed out !!
Example of Opening paragragh

The Cranston East Times
A New government for America
September 19, 1789

para 2 – The first plan introduced was The Virginia Plan by James Madison of Virginia. In this plan, Madison called for…….

para 3 – William ____________________________ of ______________________ Jersey introduced The _______________________ ____________________________ Plan. This plan called for a…..

para 4 – Roger Sherman of ___________________ introduced The ________________________ Compromise. This plan called for a bi-cameral congress or a ________________________________ and a ________________________ of ___________________________________. In this plan,

para 5 – conclusion – Ex re- state the introduction

After four long _________________________ of meeting at __________________________ _________________________ in __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
para 1 introduction – In May of 1789, delegates from 12 of the 13 states, excluding Rhode Island met at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, PA to hammer out a plan of government. The delegates’ goal was to replace The Articles of The Confederation that

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