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Teachable Moments from SIRS Discoverer
& WebFind
Founding Fathers, Grades 4-7
September 1, 2005 INFOhio provides
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National Constitution and Citizenship day will be celebrated in schools throughout the
U.S. this month. This will be the first of the ongoing annual celebrations mandated by
Congress to remind students of the unique freedoms guaranteed to all citizens by the
Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and a series of amendments made over time.
Who were the "founding fathers" of the Constitution? What were their
professions? What talents led to their selection for this historic effort? What states did
they come from? What were the goals to be achieved by the Constitution? These questions
provide the motivation for students to research more about these famous men and their
lasting and unique legacy. A list of these men by state:
Johnson, William Samuel, CT
Sherman, Roger, CT
Bedford, Gunning, Jr., DE
Broom, Jacob, DE
Dickinson, John, DE
Read, George, DE
Bassett, Richard, DE
Baldwin, Abraham, GA
Few, William, GA
Gorham, Nathaniel, MA
King, Rufus, MA
Carroll, Daniel, MD
Jenifer, Daniel MD
McHenry, James, MD
Blount, William, NC
Spaight, Richard Dobbs, NC
Williamson, Hugh, NC
Gilman, Nicholas, NH
Langdon, John, NH
Brearley, David, NJ |
Dayton, Jonathan, NJ
Livingston, William, NJ
Paterson, William, NJ
Hamilton, Alexander, NY
Clymer, George, PA
FitzSimons, Thomas, PA
Franklin, Benjamin, PA
Ingersoll, Jared, PA
Mifflin, Thomas, PA
Morris, Gouverneur, PA
Morris, Robert, PA
Wilson, James, PA
Butler, Pierce, SC
Pinckney, Chas, SC
Rutledge, John, SC
Blair, John, VA
Madison, James, VA
Washington, George, VA
Jackson, William, Secretary
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Students should be assigned a state and two of the signers from this list of 39. Find
out more about these men by answering the questions above. Print a map of the original
colonies and write the names of each signer in the appropriate state.
In Discoverer/WebFind, use the Natural
Language/Keyword search. Type the name of the signer and his state (example: Daniel
Carroll of Maryland).
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