Week 4: Declaration of Independence Simulation

This week we did our first simulation. The class did awesome. Did you learn anything about the give and take and time that is required to make decisions sometimes? Slavery was a hot topic when it came to making America a "free" nation from England. Some colonies were ready to address it and some were not. They had to agree to take it off of the table for a time, in order to get all of the colonies to agree to detach from the King.  We had fun with this, complete with battery-operated candles on the table, table cloths, and some surprisingly fabulous British accents!

ASSIGNMENTS FOR OUR NEXT CLASS:
October 10th, 2018
Opinion Paper Assigned: Write a debrief from the simulation answering these questions: 
What did you learn about the founders? What did you learn about yourself? How are you going to change because of the simulation?

Memorize for next class: DOI "Statement of Truths" and read over your Constitution Bowl Questions and Answers!
Start: Heritage Award Requirements found in your binder, along with any other ribbons you can complete at home.
Finish the Book by November 14th, 2018: John Adams, the Reluctant Patriot of the Revolution by Leonard Falkner

We also started decorating our keys. We will have many more ribbons to fill in this week!