The Delegates of the Constitutional Convention
A podcast that shows the members of the Constitutional Convention including what state each member was from and if the signed the Constitution or not.
California Standards
History-8th Grade
8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
8.1.1.-Describe the relationship between the moral and political ideas of the Great Awakening and the development of revolutionary fervor.
8.2-Students analyze the political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government.
8.2.4.-Describe the political philosophy underpinning the Constitution as specified in the Federalist Papers (authored by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay) and the role of such leaders as Madison, George Washington, Roger Sherman, Gouverneur Morris, and James Wilson in the writing and ratification of the Constitution.
8.3 Students understand the foundation of the American political system and the ways in which citizens participate in it.
8.3.1.-Analyze the principles and concepts codified in state constitutions between 1777 and 1781 that created the context out of which American political institutions and ideas developed.
8.3.6.-Describe the basic law-making process and how the Constitution provides numerous opportunities for citizens to participate in the political process and to monitor and influence government (e.g., function of elections, political parties, interest groups).
