Constitution+DayRB08

September 17, 2008 has been declared "Constitution Day." Why? Why would a law be passed to "force" every kid in America to learn about the United States Constitution? Make a phone call to one of the signers of the Constitution and tell him whether this celebration should continue in the 21st Century. Your phone call should answer the question -- Should we set aside a day to celebrate the US Constitution despite the fact that it was signed over 200 years ago? Your phone call must be between :55-1:05.

Prove the day should continue? or Prove that the day should not continue?

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 * __http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_Hall

Say hello and make small talk about things going on in the person's life. List four things you could talk about with your person.

1) Hello Lyman Hall.

2) I never knew you are from Wallingford, Connecticut.

3) What is cool is that your maternal grandfather was Wallingford's first pasture.

4) You were even one of the three Georgians to sign the Constitution.__**

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 * __Give a summary of what the "signer signed" -- what is the US Constitution

1) The Constitution is what people can and can't do in America.

2) In the Amendments you can plead the 5th so you do not have to answer a question in court.

3) It is also how people make decisions in America today.__**

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 * __Why do we have Constitution day-law

1) We have Constitution day to have use be tought about it.

2) We also have it to show us what day the Constitution was signed.

3) It is also the oldest working Constitution in the world today.__**

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 * __Why should every student in America should or should not celebrate the US Constitution once a year?

1) We should celebrate it because it is a great document.

2) It is America's past time and we should learn about it.

3) It will teach us what we can and can't do.

4) If we didn't have it many people would be doing bad things.

5) Last we should celebrate it so we would know how new states are admitted into the United States.__**