Constitutional Convention Worksheets

About this resource

The Three-Fifths Compromise is stated plainly: it counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person, gave slaveholding states more power in Congress and protected slavery.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (41 pages)

• 24 student pages in twelve kinds of page, each with a name line and one short instruction
• 63 scored items spread over fifteen pages, every answer taken from the same lists that print on the page
• 7 readings of 153 to 176 words, one per part of the story, each with a cause box, an effect box (3 ruled lines each) and 2 checks (14 checks in all)
• 1 Before You Read page (the first plan, the trouble, the meeting) with 4 true-or-false items
• 1 Words to Know page: match 8 words (constitution, delegate, compromise, legislature, ratify, amendment, population, federal) to their meanings
• 1 timeline page: number 7 mixed-up events from 1 to 7
• 1 compare chart (Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Great Compromise), 1 problem and fix chart and 1 Two Points of View page
• 9 short-answer questions across three pages, 4 ruled lines each
• 2 claim-evidence-reasoning pages: an organizer and an 18-line paragraph page
• 12-item quiz across two pages; 1 self check (8 statements)
• 18 cut-and-paste pieces on 3 sort mats (the two plans, six delegates, the two sides of the ratification debate), 6 pieces each in a 3 by 2 grid
• 4 answer keys with a sample for every open answer; 1 tracker, 1 class grid, 1 team note, 1 family page
• 1 filled example (an invented student), 1 phrase bank (17 starters in 6 groups)
• A binder cover and a page of divider tabs and a spine label to cut out
• Start Here and a how-to-read-a-page page

Built For The Student Holding The Page

A "My name" line, one short instruction with a small picture cue, a plain scalloped border and big ruled boxes. Nothing on a student page is written for an adult: the keys and records are on separate teacher pages. The cut pages have six pieces in a strip-and-grid layout, edge to edge, so there are only a few straight cuts. Clip art is kept to an eagle, a quill, a flag, a star, a book, a question mark and a pencil. The file prints clean in black and white, and the cover and borders are in color.

A Short Account, Not A Full Textbook

Each reading is a plain-words summary of one part of the story, written for this file. It does not quote any source and it is not tied to a particular standard. The only student in the file is an invented example, and it says so.

Type In, Or Print

The name line, every answer box, every check box and every ruled work box are type-in fields in any PDF reader: click one, type, then save. This is a fillable PDF; it is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

A set of history readings and practice pages with the record-keeping around it. It is not a role-play simulation, a timed test, a screener, a clinical tool, or a claim about any student's age or rate of progress. There is no IEP goal language or eligibility wording anywhere in the file, and no claim of alignment to any standard.

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