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__Model Continental Congress__

**GOALS**: To create a cumulative assessment and knowledge based experience for the students that will allow them to contextualize the debate over the Declaration. of Independence. Technology will be used to help students interact with each other, create communities of common interest, and to provide a means to demonstrate the knowledge they have gained in a way that can be assessed as well as helping the rest of the class.

**OBJECTIVES **: Have students participate in a mock/model Continental Congress as part of a unit dealing with the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence. The simulation will serve to:
 * 1) further student understanding of the founding of the U.S;
 * 2) enable students to develop a working knowledge of group participation;
 * 3) enable students to use and be able to incorporate various technologies in a classroom setting;
 * 4) and provide opportunities for continuous assessment to ensure
 * 5) that the instructors can determine recognize and understand student abilities and progress in learning course content; and
 * 6) that students have opportunities to gage their understanding of course content during the unit.