The Massachusetts Advisory Commission to Commemorate the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies, the Massachusetts Department of Education, the Maine Commission on the Bicentennial, the Maine Council for the Social Studies, the Maine Department of Education, the John F. Kennedy Library, and the Commonwealth Museum, received a grant from the federal Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution to support research by secondary school teachers and students from Massachusetts and southern Maine, on primary sources relating to the debate over ratification of the United States Constitution in Massachusetts. The project culminated in a reenactment of the Massachusetts Convention of 1788, and publication of a reenactment guide, a tabloid newspaper, and a research booklet. These research files were compiled by the students on the convention delegates from their localities and were used as background for the reenactment and publications.
