| Grade Level | System Requirement | Product Number |
|---|---|---|
| Grades 9-12 | Apple 128K | A198 |
| The Constitution is waiting to be signed into effect. In the meantime, kids serve as guards. To do their job effectively, they must be able to distinguish real constitutional delegates from impostors and to replace missing sections of the Constitution if detractors manage to alter it. | ||
Introduction
Curriculum Area: Social Studies
Subjects: History, Government
Grade Level: 9-12
Topic: The U.S. Constitution
Description: To Preserve, Protect and Defend features a game-like simulation that helps students learn about some of the key historical figures and issues that influenced the creation of the Constitution in 1787.
Computer Rationale: The computer’s capability to simulate an historical scenario provides a highly motivating setting for learning activities focusing on the Constitution.
Features:
- teacher control over content presented and the nature of student tasks
- variable skill levels
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DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION – A game-like simulation in which students assume the role of the caretaker of the Philadelphia State House on the day before the U.S. Constitution was signed, September 16, 1787. It is the students’ duty to protect the Constitution until the signing ceremony the following morning. During the simulation, students must face two kinds of challenges: determining which visitors requesting to examine the Constitution should be allowed to do so; and consulting a database of information that helps them repair accidental or intentional damage done to the Constitution.