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WHEN TO TEACH THE UNIT
Although the unit can stand alone, it is recommended that it follow
and build upon units on the American Revolution and the Constitution.
The students’ ability to comprehend the material will be enhanced
if they enter the unit with an understanding of the tax controversy
and struggle for local control that accompanied the Revolution;
the war debt and sale of bonds that accompanied the War for Independence;
and the principles and features of the American Constitution.
WORK TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO TEACHING THE UNIT
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Assign roles. There are two ways this can be done. On the
one hand, you may want to assign students to play the roles
of specific representatives. There is a chart with the names
of the members of the FFC that you can use as a guide in the
addendum of this unit. Because
most of the major bills initiated in the First Federal Congress
were introduced in the House, you may want to assign roles
as House members. Also, depending on your goals for the unit,
you may develop an assignment whereby students are asked to
conduct research on the person whose role they are playing
(see the bibliography for
sources of information on FFC biographies). A second possibility
is one in which you simply assign students to represent a
state. There are sample state placards that you can copy on
cardstock paper in the addendum to this unit.
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Pick a place in the room near the door where you can store
the placards and tell students to pick them up as they enter
the room each day.
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Make copies of Handout 1 distribute
them to the students at the beginning of each class. Handout
1 will be referred to in each lesson’s procedure
section but only one copy of the handout is provided in this
unit.
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Room Arrangement – if your goal is to facilitate face-to-face
discussions, you might want to arrange the desks in a "U"
shape. If your goal is to simulate a layout of the actual
FFC’s meeting location, place desks in slightly-arched,
horizontal rows with an open aisle running down the center.
This was the layout used when Congress convened in Philadelphia
for its third session.
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For more information, contact Fran
O'Malley by e-mail
or phone (302-831-4271 or 302-831-8443).
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