We made some great connections over the last few weeks between our current events discussions and the history we are learning. While we were studying about the Constitutional Convention, we watched part of President Obama's State of the Union address. He was giving the address because in 1787 the founding fathers wrote that the President needs to do this "from time to time". I think they were more interested in hearing what he had to say when they knew he had to do this because George Washington and Alexander Hamilton told him he had to centuries ago. Also, Egyptians were voting on a new constitution for their country at the same time. Should they adopt this new government? The same question Americans were asked after the Constitution was written. We still talk about it today. Will this vote in Egypt be in the history books of Egypt in 200 years?
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