September 12-13, 2012

In class yesterday (9/12/12) we were given a document, and then put into groups from which document we had. The paper was about the 1787 Convention. In this paper, William Patterson, James Wilson, and George Mason discussed there agreements and disagreements on a Bicameral Congress.  We were given a piece of paper to take notes on each person after we read. Then one person in are group used their phone/iPod to go to a fake twitter website, and we had a discussion about each person’s ideas and opinions. After class we posted the fake twitter URL on are blogs for everyone to see.  In class today (9/13/12) we had a quiz on the Preamble. We got a piece of paper and had to write the Preamble out. After are short quiz, we switch are groups around from the previous day. Everyone in my group took notes on each other’s paper. Now that we all retained the same information on the 1787 Convention, we then took notes on key facts, and had a class discussion about it. We talked about Proportional Representation vs. Equal Representation, People vs. the State, and Bicameral vs. Unicameral. After this at the end of class, we learned about the Connecticut Compromise. This is when the small and large states came to an agreement about representation in the congress.