Video: Ssssshhhh! We're Writing the Constitution
Summary:
Description: This title from the Jean Fritz Collection of historic books for young people is illustrated by Tomie dePaola. Jean Fritz introduces elementary and middle school students to the delegates at the 1787 summer convention in Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, James Madison, and many others traveled there to draft a plan that would unify their states while preserving their sovereignty. Part of the Weston Woods Series. © 1987 Weston Woods Grades: 3-5 (31 minutes)
Segments:
The Sovereign States Need A Government (03:36)
Delegates Gather at the Convention in Philadelphia (04:40)
The Plan (05:19)
The Virginia Plan: Branches of Government (01:59)
Convention Questions (01:44)
Presidential Term (01:34)
Writing the Constitution (08:50)
Federation or Nation? (01:16)
The Delegates Kept Busy that Summer (02:48)
Stumbling Block (01:18)
The Great Compromise (01:17)
The Final Conflicts (02:10)
Supreme Law of the Land (07:20)
Federalists - Anti-Federalists (07:20)
How the New Constitution Will Work (02:08)
The Bill of Rights (01:30)
Ratifying the Constitution (02:10)