I was perusing unit 4 that just came and saw the instructions for the Constitutional Convention. I actually did this when I taught 8th grade American History. I went to a Law Related Education workshop and got two huge binders of information on various topics and one had a mock constitutional convention. I assigned each student a person and they had a brief outline and then I had them do more research. We rearranged desks and made name plates for them. It is VERY well organized in this binder. Example:

Step 1: Opening statement by George Washington. Following the statement he calls on John Dickinson the delegate from Delaware.

Skip to step 4
Edmund Randolph presents the Virginia Plan. The following delegates offer their opinion on the plan (there was a sheet the students received that told how they felt about the plan.)
Alexander Hamilton : New York
Gouverneur Morris: Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin: Pennsylvania


It was a wonderful experience. Here is the website to the Texas LRE. I don't know if you could get a copy of it or not, but you could e-mail and ask. Worst they could say would be no
http://www.texaslre.org/lp_archive.cfm

Also, I found a very abbreviated version of it here:
http://www.lawrelatededucation.org/Resources/Elementary...e%20Constitution.pdf

Have fun!

Christine