Students will research Penn's model for the government of Pennsylvania. Through assessment of this framework, students will create a class constitution and working government.

Objectives

1. Appreciate the complexities and uniqueness of William Penn's original frame of government. 2. Experience the responsibility of creating a government in which all stakeholders can live peacefully together. 3. Compromise with peers to govern their class.

Standards Alignment

• History
  
  8.2.3. A. Understand the political and cultural contributions of individuals and groups to Pennsylvania.
  8.2.3. B. Identify and describe primary documents, material artifacts and historic sites important in Pennsylvania history.
  8.2.3. C. Identify and describe how continuity and change have influenced Pennsylvania history.
  8.3.3. A. Identify contributions of individuals and groups to United States history.
  8.3.3. B. Identify and describe primary documents, material artifacts and historic sites important in United States history.
  8.3.3 C. Identify important changes in United States history.