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Peer reviewedCope, Karen E. – Social Studies Journal, 1989
Describes a four week simulation of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in which ninth grade students use problem-solving and decision-making skills to debate the issues of the convention. Students are assigned identities and interest areas to stimulate the writing of a class constitution which is then compared with the U.S. Constitution. (LS)
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Debate, Decision Making, Educational Games
