The Federalist Papers Lesson Plan

Delegates were originally sent to the Constitutional Convention to reform the Articles of Confederation, and not to replace them. In your opinion, is gradual or tremendous change the best solution when some kind of political change is needed?

Students will probably have widely differing opinions when answering this question, although the teacher might find that it's possible to produce a greater amount of consensus by asking them about a particular political issue. In the case of climate change, for example, students may be in wide agreement that the time for reform simply does not exist. On the other hand, students might think that addressing certain issues related to...