Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-12-2018
Publication Title
Starting Points
Abstract
Why study the Constitution through the medium of role-play? Students playing roles will better appreciate the difficulties of framing a constitution and better understand what was at stake and what was possible for the delegates who gathered in Philadelphia—better than if they simply heard or read about the event.
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Author's Accepted Manuscript
Recommended Citation
Coby, John Patrick, "Gaming the Framing: A New Way to Teach the Convention, the Constitution, and the Founding" (2018). Government: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
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