00:00 - Good morning everybody.

00:03 - All right.

00:03 - And welcome to the 2025 Citizenship Challenge.

00:09 - My name is Beth Specker, and I am the executive director

00:12 - of the Randall Center for Civics and Civic Engagement.

00:16 - It is my distinct honor and privilege to serve as your MC today

00:22 - as we participate in the challenge.

00:25 - And what a perfect location to host this challenge

00:29 - here at the National Constitution Center, the only museum

00:33 - devoted exclusively to our nation's constitution.

00:37 - Located just across the mall from Independence Hall,

00:41 - where the declaration was drafted and it was

00:46 - passed and debated a little bit, I believe you learned a little bit about that.

00:50 - Also in that building, our Constitution was ratified,

00:54 - and we're going to be talking about that this morning.

00:57 - And this is America's most historic square mile.

01:00 - So we're excited to be here.

01:02 - And we really thank our friends.

01:04 - The National Constitution Center for hosting us here today.

01:08 - On Constitution Day, September

01:11 - 17th, 2005, we issued a challenge

01:14 - to schools throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

01:18 - And that challenge came in an essay prompt.

01:22 - And the prompt was very exciting and a thought provoking one,

01:26 - particularly as we celebrate our nation's

01:29 - 250th birthday.

01:32 - The question was this when the leaders of America colonies signed the Declaration

01:37 - of Independence in 1776, they were taking a very big risk to the King of England.

01:42 - Their actions looked like treason, betraying their country.

01:46 - Part one.

01:47 - Do you think the signers

01:48 - of the Declaration of Independence were committing treason?

01:51 - Or are they justified in standing up for their rights

01:54 - because the King of England was committing tyranny or abuse?

01:58 - Explain your opinion. Part two.

02:01 - In the declaration,

02:02 - the colonists listed many grievances or complaints against the king.

02:07 - Later, when the Constitution was written,

02:09 - how did our founding fathers make sure to fix some of these problems?

02:13 - Give 2 or 3 examples.

02:15 - 200 essays came to the Randall Center from across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

02:21 - You represent the top ten

02:24 - finalist out of those 200 essays.

02:27 - Were excited to have you here.

02:29 - In fact, you all are winners.

02:33 - Our question strikes

02:34 - at the heart of who we are as a nation

02:38 - and as students in the fourth grade, you have taken on that incredible task

02:41 - of exploring this complex issue using research,

02:46 - critical thinking, and resource.

02:49 - We're so proud of you, and we'd like to thank your teachers

02:52 - and your families, for I know all the hard work

02:55 - that went into coming here today and helping you on this journey.

03:00 - Our founding Fathers took a chance when they created our country,

03:04 - and now you're taking the chance

03:06 - to have your voices heard in the citizenship challenge.

03:09 - The challenge is, yes, a competition.

03:12 - Our top team will receive $1,000 for their school.

03:17 - The second place team 500.

03:19 - The third place team 500.

03:21 - But you're all winners because you received the trip here

03:23 - to the National Constitution Center.

03:25 - You'll have an opportunity to tour the National Constitution Center

03:29 - a little bit later today.

03:30 - Plus, we're going to have a pretty good lunch here today.

03:32 - That sounds right to everyone.

03:34 - So your winners. Oh, yeah. Lunch sound good.

03:37 - Your letters,

03:39 - your winners.

03:40 - We're going to celebrate you.

03:42 - We're going to celebrate not only your hard work,

03:44 - but we're going to celebrate teamwork as you work together.

03:47 - We're going to celebrate Student Voice.

03:49 - And hopefully we're going to have a little bit of fun

03:51 - day set on our right to everybody.

03:55 - So allow me to introduce

03:58 - this distinguished panel of judges who has arrived on the stage.

04:03 - I'm going to begin with the gentlemen right here in the blue jacket.

04:08 - I'd like to introduce to you someone whose face is very familiar to Pennsylvanians.

04:13 - He was former governor of Pennsylvania.

04:15 - He was mayor of Philadelphia.

04:17 - He was district attorney in Philadelphia.

04:19 - He was also chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

04:23 - And he is one of the founders of the Rendell Center.

04:25 - So how about a big round of applause for Governor Edward Rendell?

04:36 - I'll have I'd like to say something.

04:39 - Sure. It's a Rendell center.

04:42 - I should be allowed to say I defer to a governor on all occasions.

04:47 - This that idea that the judge and I decided upon when we were leaving

04:52 - Harrisburg.

04:53 - Judge was a great first lady, but she was limited because she was a judge.

04:58 - So she couldn't take positions on anything legal

05:03 - because it might come up in a case

05:05 - eventually come before.

05:08 - So we decided we wanted to have this center

05:11 - and we wanted to have it based on the Constitution.

05:13 - And it's a great idea because the Constitution

05:17 - is a very difficult document to interpret, and we have to interpret it

05:22 - by what was in the minds of the people who wrote it back 250 years ago.

05:27 - We're not doing a

05:29 - no. Does it not do it right?

05:33 - And it's interesting that, in fact, so many things,

05:37 - like one of the questions we added in going through the years

05:41 - was should the Constitution be changed to allow people

05:46 - who were not born in the United States became citizens, run for president?

05:51 - Right now, they're not allowed to.

05:53 - You have to be born in the United States, run.

05:56 - Well,

05:58 - it's a difficult issue.

06:00 - Most people would say it ought to be changed.

06:03 - But really, if you look behind

06:06 - what was in the framers mind when they wrote that provision,

06:10 - if you did research, you found that they were worried about a foreign country

06:16 - injecting a citizen into the mix.

06:20 - I mean, that citizen get elected president

06:22 - and that citizen would favor everything that they wanted to do

06:27 - so that they were

06:29 - government could be run by somebody from France whose loyalty was to France.

06:34 - Well, of course that was relevant.

06:35 - Those that worry.

06:37 - But that's not a risk that we're

06:42 - we have any moment today.

06:44 - So it's changed.

06:46 - So I think the bottom part of the Constitution should be amended.

06:50 - So you have to look at the history, have to look at what changes have occurred.

06:54 - You have to look at what the doctrine has come out.

06:57 - It's a very complex question, but you guys and your predecessors

07:02 - have done a very good job getting to heart of the matter

07:05 - and figuring out what's really important.

07:09 - So we're looking forward to your response.

07:12 - All right.

07:13 - So, next to Governor Rendell is, as you heard, the former

07:17 - first lady of Pennsylvania, Judge Marjorie Rendell.

07:20 - She is a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals,

07:24 - which is one step below the Supreme Court, which I know

07:27 - some of you have studied when you studied the three branches of government.

07:31 - She is the power behind the Rendell Center.

07:35 - She is our chairman of our board of directors

07:39 - and still an active judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

07:44 - Judge Rendell, let's give her a round of applause.

07:53 - Next to Judge Rendell is someone that might

07:56 - look familiar to some people in here.

07:58 - How many basketball fans do we have?

08:00 - Let me see some hands up. Basketball fans.

08:03 - How many people are college basketball fans?

08:06 - The big, more hands.

08:08 - Oh. Coach, I think you might have to talk to some of these kids.

08:10 - The big five.

08:11 - Well, I would have the honor of introducing to you Fran Dunphy.

08:15 - He is the former basketball coach at the University of Pennsylvania.

08:21 - For 17 seasons, Temple University and LaSalle.

08:25 - He's a Philadelphia native.

08:27 - But not only is he known for his ability to, coach winning

08:33 - basketball teams, but he's also known for his community service.

08:36 - He's known for giving back to his hometown of Philadelphia

08:41 - and for instilling in the next generation an idea of teamwork and citizenship,

08:47 - which is so important in our society today.

08:50 - Let's give him a round of applause.

08:57 - And last but not least,

08:59 - joining us all the way from Washington, D.C.

09:02 - today is Cecilia Marshall.

09:05 - She is the executive director of the Thurgood Marshall Foundation.

09:10 - She she

09:13 - she hopes to take care of and share the story of her grandfather,

09:17 - Justice Thurgood Marshall, who spent his life working to make America

09:22 - a true democracy where everyone is treated fairly.

09:26 - She's particularly interested in working with young students

09:30 - who are excited to have her.

09:32 - We're excited to help her pass on the legacy of her grandfather, Thurgood

09:37 - Marshall.

09:37 - Let's give her a Philadelphia round of applause.

09:47 - In the interest of time, because I think the governor

09:49 - did a wonderful segment getting us started here this morning.

09:54 - I'm going to move right into,

09:56 - a little bit about our competition in rules.

09:59 - Shortly, I'm going to call you up by team.

10:02 - You're going to come up on the stairs here

10:04 - and you're going to head into the center.

10:06 - We have three cordless mikes.

10:08 - If you need to use a microphone or you're passing the microphone.

10:11 - I'll hand it to you

10:12 - and then you'll pass it between people, because we want to make sure

10:15 - that not only the audience can hear you, but we're being filmed in the back.

10:19 - This is being filmed, and will be broadcast on Pennsylvania Cable network.

10:25 - And it's also being live streamed right now.

10:27 - So we want to make sure people can hear you.

10:29 - They can hear your voice.

10:30 - Each group will have three minutes to present.

10:33 - Then when you're done presenting, you're going to come over to the judges

10:37 - and they're going to ask you some questions.

10:40 - So does that make sense to everybody?

10:42 - All right.

10:43 - So let me see.

10:45 - Thumbs up. Are you guys ready to go?

10:48 - Yeah, sure.

10:49 - All right, so my first school up here this morning is Saint

10:55 - Luke Catholic School.

10:57 - Their teacher is Marlene McLaughlin and Kathy Prince.

11:01 - So why don't you come on down?

11:03 - Saint Luke?

11:05 - Yeah.

11:06 - Let's get you ready for.

11:09 - This.

11:16 - Who talks about

11:18 - absolute.

11:20 - All right, so you'll pass it to the next person.

11:26 - On this altar.

11:29 - So how are you?

11:30 - Who's somebody else who talks?

11:34 - Hold on to that.

11:38 - Sure.

11:42 - Do they want to be somebody or not?

11:45 - And the.

11:46 - Okay.

11:47 - All right.

11:48 - This is high enough.

11:55 - For. Them like.

12:13 - All right.

12:13 - Saint Luke's, whenever you're ready.

12:22 - Hello.

12:23 - My name is William Franklin.

12:25 - And when I was younger, I helped my father with his experiments

12:29 - and learned about the printing press.

12:32 - I joined the King's army and was appointed governor of New Jersey.

12:37 - I believe that the King has our best interests at heart,

12:41 - and the counties would be better off without going through his revolution.

12:46 - I remain loyal to my King.

12:49 - I am Ben Franklin.

12:56 - I'm sad

12:56 - that my son is taking the side of the King.

13:00 - As always, he will be arrested for supporting a country

13:04 - who is taken so much from us without anything in return.

13:09 - I will continue to fight for the independence of our colonies.

13:13 - I will join my fellow preachers and declare independence

13:16 - from England.

13:33 - We deserve to be treated equally.

13:41 - We deserve to be represented

13:43 - in the government.

13:51 - We deserve to create laws

13:53 - that protect our citizens.

14:05 - We deserve to make friendships with different countries.

14:08 - To help one another.

14:17 - We deserve to have independence

14:19 - from England.

14:28 - After the Founding Fathers signed the declaration,

14:31 - George Washington continue to lead the Continental Army

14:35 - to many body battles against Great Britain.

14:39 - With the help of the French, the colonists were able to defeat the British.

14:47 - In order to form a new nation.

14:48 - Our founding fathers made a lot of big changes.

14:52 - The biggest change was replacing a king with a president.

14:55 - The leader of our nation is a president who serves a four year

14:59 - term and is elected by the votes of the citizens instead of a king.

15:03 - He serves for life.

15:14 - The colonies.

15:16 - The colonies joined together to create the United States of America.

15:20 - They wrote a new plan to make sure our freedoms

15:23 - were protected.

15:36 - All right.

15:36 - So you've shown us the.

15:43 - Awesome job, Saint Luke's.

15:45 - Now for the questions.

15:46 - Do we have anyone who's been selected to answer the judges questions?

15:51 - Why don't you go up?

15:52 - Stand up front.

15:53 - Okay, everybody else, you're there to back him up, and he's got

15:59 - it. But if

16:00 - any of you can add to it, add to it.

16:03 - Feel free to answer it.

16:06 - There we go.

16:07 - All right.

16:07 - We're going to ask the coach to ask the question here.

16:10 - What's your name? Quinn.

16:12 - Quinn. Quinn.

16:14 - Good to see you. Quinn.

16:16 - How did. I'd like to know.

16:17 - And I'm in the business of winning games.

16:20 - Sometimes we won, and sometimes we didn't.

16:22 - But when we won, that really felt great for our whole team.

16:27 - So I'd like to ask you how you felt

16:30 - when all of this work that you did of writing this, these essays.

16:33 - How did you feel when you were selected as a finalist?

16:37 - I was so happy that I cheered so hard, bouncing off walls.

16:42 - That's tremendous.

16:44 - Well. Thanks, Quinn. You did a good job there, my friend.

16:47 - All right.

16:48 - Quinn.

16:48 - So you were learning about the Declaration of Independence in the Constitution.

16:52 - How do you think it helps you be better citizens today?

16:56 - Go. What's your name?

16:58 - Reese. Reese. Okay.

17:00 - I think it helps because,

17:05 - When you're in, like,

17:08 - school, there's laws.

17:12 - And if there wasn't laws, it would just be chaos.

17:16 - And if it wasn't for the Constitution, you wouldn't

17:20 - be in for the world.

17:24 - All right, all right.

17:24 - Thank you very much.

17:25 - We see the king was not very happy with what was going on.

17:28 - And we noticed that you did a great job.

17:30 - Thank you so much, guys.

17:32 - Take care.

17:35 - Oh, wait.

17:35 - Your daughter had something to say here.

17:39 - Georgia.

17:39 - Georgia wants to speak.

17:41 - It also lets us know our history is not repeated again.

17:45 - Absolutely. But I

17:48 - thank you, sir.

17:49 - Thank you. I.

18:05 - All right.

18:05 - Once again, let's give our first, group of students.

18:10 - Let's give them a round of applause.

18:17 - And our last school

18:19 - has just arrived, all the way from outside of Pittsburgh.

18:24 - So my Philadelphia area teams.

18:26 - Let's give them a round of applause for coming all the way out.

18:32 - And we're going to

18:33 - give them just a couple seconds to catch their breath.

18:37 - And I'm going to skip over McKnight, and I'm going to ask Abraham

18:43 - S. Jenks School and the teacher,

18:45 - Emma Connelly, to come on down and do their presentation.

18:49 - So we're going to move to team three,

18:51 - and let's give them a round of applause as they make their way to the stage.

18:55 - Abraham S Jenks go.

19:11 - Who's talking?

19:28 - You might not

19:29 - go, so go ahead. Yes.

19:46 - Come on up.

19:46 - So if you start on stage and I'm saying

19:49 - it's not your time.

20:01 - So let's say I'm here.

20:08 - Just make sure you're not blocking as the stage

20:12 - entrance.

20:30 - Is it all?

20:36 - Is it all?

20:44 - What a beautiful day to be king.

20:51 - Special delivery for King George.

21:01 - Free VIP tickets for a concert on July 4th.

21:03 - I think we're I think we're free that day.

21:06 - Let's go.

21:07 - Boys.

21:22 - Welcome, everyone,

21:23 - to the Founding Fathers concert.

21:52 - Are you ready?

21:53 - Philadelphia.

21:59 - One. Two.

22:01 - One. Two. Three. Four.

22:03 - We need a place where we can really be free.

22:09 - We're getting thrown into jail

22:12 - without even a jury.

22:16 - Seven.

22:18 - Taxi!

22:19 - We're about to throw it in the sea.

22:23 - The king sent us troops

22:26 - for trying to take away our free speech.

22:30 - You can take away our eyes,

22:33 - but nothing you do will stop our fight.

22:37 - Once we have independence.

22:39 - We'll be free from tyranny.

22:42 - Tyranny.

22:43 - 13 colonies for independence.

22:46 - Now King George sings.

22:48 - Now we're all top soldiers in our house.

22:52 - We want them out now.

22:57 - 13 colonies for independence now.

23:00 - Life, Liberty, pursuit of happiness.

23:03 - We got human rights, so we are justified.

23:08 - Whoa.

23:09 - Now that we're free,

23:12 - we'll make three branches.

23:16 - Legislative.

23:18 - And don't forget the president.

23:21 - We need to make some amendments.

23:24 - Now that we have our independence. Why?

23:28 - You read the Bill of rights?

23:30 - We'll be free from tyranny. Free from here.

23:33 - Any 13 colonies were independent now.

23:37 - But we can't stop until we're all free.

23:41 - We ain't got, amendment number 14.

23:47 - 13 colonies are independent now.

23:51 - We can't vote them cause, see,

23:54 - we need, maybe now we're 90.

24:00 - 13 colonies.

24:02 - We're independent now.

24:03 - Life, Liberty, privacy, happiness.

24:06 - We got human rights, so we are justified.

24:12 - King George, your one, two, three.

24:27 - All right, come on over here.

24:30 - Head on over to our judges.

24:32 - Who's answering the questions?

24:34 - Do you know there's one microphone?

24:37 - I think we have some budding performers here.

24:40 - I'm not sure whether it's history or

24:42 - or actually, you know, acting out, but you guys did a great job.

24:46 - But I'm interested. What?

24:48 - What do you think you learned from this exercise?

24:52 - What did you learn from doing

24:53 - this exercise, doing the essay and preparing the skit?

24:58 - I'd like to know maybe three things that you think you're

25:00 - going to look back on and say, I learned that here.

25:04 - What do you think? Well, probably that

25:08 - the Founding Fathers have worked

25:11 - very, very hard on trying to get

25:15 - our own country and away

25:18 - from King George and his ruling with an iron fist.

25:22 - They worked very, very hard.

25:24 - And we need to remember that, that they put this together. Yes.

25:26 - Anything else?

25:28 - Also, to remember that,

25:34 - that we should,

25:36 - fight for our own freedom and, well, power.

25:40 - Oh, great.

25:41 - Good answers.

25:42 - Good answers.

25:43 - Gov, you have a question?

25:44 - Yeah, I have a question.

25:46 - I know you said you were on the side of the,

25:49 - colonists and wanted to

25:52 - win the revolution.

25:54 - Form your own government.

25:55 - But I want you to assume for a second that the war just ended

26:00 - and George Washington surrendered and New England to the British Army.

26:05 - And the British soldiers in Philadelphia

26:08 - came and arrested all of 40, 56 signers.

26:13 - The declaration.

26:15 - And they were guilty of treason.

26:18 - King George had already found him guilty of treason,

26:22 - and they could be subject to death.

26:24 - You're advising King George?

26:27 - What should King George do with the 56

26:31 - people who sat in the Constitutional Convention,

26:35 - ran the rebel government,

26:38 - and wanted to become an independent entity?

26:41 - You would be king and already declared them guilty of treason.

26:46 - Should he impose the death penalty

26:49 - which was the common penalty for treason?

26:52 - Or what you have done?

26:55 - That's a tough two people to class would help out.

26:57 - Anybody else?

26:58 - Any ideas would be a group decision.

27:01 - What do you think?

27:03 - What should the King George do?

27:05 - The rebels. England won the war

27:09 - and the penalty for treason.

27:10 - And, almost always been death.

27:16 - You would,

27:18 - he would probably execute,

27:22 - and ya execute,

27:25 - all of the colonies

27:29 - because they were committing treason

27:33 - in his eyes. But.

27:38 - For the Patriots,

27:40 - they really thought that they were

27:43 - justified. But.

27:46 - King George did not think what they thought.

27:49 - Well, and they they knew they could be subjected.

27:52 - And Ben Franklin said, we'll either hang together or we'll all hang separately.

27:55 - So they knew that that was what they were facing.

27:58 - So if the King did, it was something that they really knew could happen.

28:02 - Is there any argument on the other side for changing his end?

28:05 - Anybody want to propose an argument for change, in the sense

28:09 - that he should have been a benevolent

28:11 - king, might have been done better to be a benevolent king.

28:14 - And then they would have.

28:15 - Maybe they would have been happy to be under his rule.

28:18 - So, what?

28:20 - My friend said,

28:23 - King George would probably make them,

28:26 - like, a slave or something because,

28:29 - in the Declaration of Independence,

28:32 - I believe they say something that has to do

28:37 - with giving all their rights

28:40 - if they fail him. Yep.

28:42 - They would. They would lose all their rights.

28:44 - Thank you.

28:44 - Good job. John.

28:48 - Thank you.

28:57 - All right.

28:58 - As they exit the stage, let's give him one more large

29:01 - round of applause.

29:06 - And as they are going up, why don't we have the students

29:10 - from McKnight Elementary School from outside of Pittsburgh,

29:14 - North Allegheny school District.

29:16 - Their teacher is Patrick Frank.

29:18 - Why don't you come on down?

29:43 - Thank you

29:45 - for this.

29:52 - Who's going to make.

30:06 - You guys.

30:33 - This.

30:35 - As you can see, our.

30:42 - Good evening, and welcome

30:43 - to WMC K Action News at six.

30:47 - We start tonight with breaking news from 1776.

30:52 - Not exactly breaking 250 years later, but stay with us.

30:57 - Just down the street, a meeting of 56 men

31:01 - with dusty, unfashionable powdered wigs are about to sign

31:07 - what some say might become an important document.

31:12 - The Second Continental Congress

31:14 - is signing a declaration of independence from Great Britain.

31:18 - We have Action News reporter Elise Devers

31:21 - live at the statehouse with the latest.

31:25 - It appears these men have

31:27 - many complaints, known as grievances against King George the Third.

31:30 - Let's talk with a few of these signers.

31:32 - Ben Franklin.

31:32 - Why is this necessary?

31:34 - Frankly speaking, we've had enough.

31:37 - The King has deprived us of justice and freedom for too long.

31:40 - We won't stand for it anymore.

31:43 - Watch as John Hancock signs the document first.

31:46 - Here we go.

31:47 - Easy, man.

31:48 - Leave some room for the rest of us.

31:50 - I want to make sure the King can see that.

31:54 - I'll admit I'm nervous.

31:55 - It needs to happen.

31:57 - But I also know the King has a temper.

31:59 - He'll come after us.

32:01 - As a matter of fact, we have Action News reporter Sonia Ramesh

32:05 - live at Buckingham House to get instant reaction from the King.

32:09 - Thank you. Elise.

32:10 - I just tracked down the king. King George.

32:13 - What do you make of this? Make of what?

32:16 - There are 56 colonists currently signing a Declaration of Independence

32:21 - and declaring rebellion against the British Empire.

32:24 - Who are these treasonous nobodies?

32:27 - I think you're about to find out.

32:29 - They're signing the document now at the Statehouse in Philadelphia.

32:33 - I'd like to give them a piece of my mind.

32:36 - Well, you can't just skip across the ocean and get to the colonies, can you?

32:41 - I can do whatever I want.

32:42 - I'm the king.

32:43 - See, this is the whole reason we're doing this.

32:46 - You've been doing whatever you want for too long.

32:49 - This is outright treason.

32:51 - Yeah, it might be, but we have 27 reasons.

32:55 - You've hit us with taxes without our consent,

32:57 - and no one on our side is allowed to represent a trial by jury.

33:01 - No one gets the benefit for the throne.

33:04 - Only you're allowed on it.

33:05 - Don't stop there. He's cut off our trade.

33:08 - Legislative bodies.

33:09 - He has forbade keeps forcing us into agreeing with his measures,

33:14 - all the while keeping for himself our treasures, burns our towns and ravages

33:18 - our seas. You always do whatever you please.

33:21 - This is absolute tyranny.

33:24 - Aren't you here on me? I'm here. You all right?

33:26 - This is the very definition of a treason.

33:29 - Acting to overthrow a government.

33:31 - A violation of allegiance to sovereign Great Britain.

33:34 - We know, and it's just a divide.

33:37 - It's just a divide is justified.

33:39 - It's justified.

33:40 - This ends today. We're form our own nation.

33:43 - This document is the very foundation.

33:45 - We don't know if this will last, but your reign of terror will be in the past.

33:49 - This is just the beginning.

33:51 - It isn't over.

33:52 - Through great, powerful, Britain will prevail.

33:56 - As the

33:57 - king magically crosses the Atlantic Ocean once more.

34:01 - It looks as though this battle is just beginning.

34:04 - It will likely be a long and bloody war.

34:07 - Let's check back in 250 years to see if this great experiment

34:11 - worked.

34:19 - I don't want the next.

34:25 - Wave.

34:26 - You know, it's.

34:29 - Oh, wait. Are you joking?

34:32 - Sorry.

34:35 - So hard.

34:42 - To go

34:43 - at night. Great job.

34:46 - So if someone could answer the question, what did you learn about

34:49 - working as a team on this project?

34:54 - So basically we've learned, that, like,

34:57 - through, the hard work and dedication these founding father fathers put in,

35:03 - they would probably die, even though

35:06 - that they're doing the right thing in their eyes for the people.

35:10 - This, like, is an important message because they are willing

35:13 - to give up anything for their country rights and freedom of people.

35:18 - We also learned that you that people

35:22 - can make an impact on how, their team,

35:28 - everyone contributes.

35:31 - I think we learned that you don't have to be

35:34 - like a king or a president

35:37 - to make a difference.

35:43 - Well,

35:43 - I had a chance to coach basketball for a lot of years, but

35:47 - looks like you had a great political history mentor and coach and Mr.

35:52 - Frank. How do we feel about that?

35:55 - Okay.

35:58 - We're very lucky to have him.

35:59 - He's a great teacher.

36:00 - That's beautiful.

36:01 - Well, good for you.

36:02 - Good for you.

36:03 - Great presentation. And your poem was good.

36:05 - Who wrote the poem? Did all of you do it?

36:08 - You all did it together.

36:09 - Was really a really a good poem. Nicely done.

36:11 - Thank you.

36:13 - I think about.

36:16 - I want to say one thing.

36:18 - You guys did a very good job answering the question that I asked.

36:23 - When you.

36:24 - In your conclusion, you wrote the Founding fathers sign the declaration

36:29 - and they knew they were committed treason, yet they were justified in doing so.

36:33 - They listed their many grievances against the King.

36:36 - They worked hard to correct these errors, and they got to

36:40 - try to keep this from Mad Men.

36:43 - That's true.

36:43 - The Founding Fathers were, If the King father,

36:46 - the Founding Father would have

36:50 - stepped back and given him another chance

36:53 - and never would have gone to,

36:56 - Right, right. Com.

36:58 - Nicely done. Yeah. Nicely done.

37:00 - Thank you.

37:01 - Round of applause.

37:02 - Let's hear some loud applause out there.

37:14 - Yeah, yeah, I think so. I,

37:18 - I mean, someone took.

37:27 - And now, as McKnight.

37:28 - Elementary School exits, we're going to have coming to the stage.

37:33 - The students from Nativity of our Lord Catholic School.

37:38 - Nativity of our Catholic school of our Lord Catholic school.

37:42 - Come on down.

37:55 - All right.

38:01 - Who else

38:03 - starts? Who starts off speaking?

38:05 - Anybody else then after that? Natalie.

38:08 - She's coming out.

38:09 - I don't need it for the price tag.

38:11 - Okay, this is work.

38:13 - Work?

38:17 - Work?

38:18 - Yeah.

38:18 - We have another microphone.

38:23 - Somebody else who's speaking.

38:27 - Right.

38:27 - Whenever you guys are ready and in place, you may start.

38:38 - Good morning.

38:39 - My name is Olivia.

38:40 - My fifth grade home homeroom from Nativity of Our Lord

38:43 - would like to present to you newscast covering the signing

38:47 - of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

38:57 - Good morning.

38:57 - This is Natalie.

38:58 - Anna coming to you live from Philadelphia. The.

39:00 - There has been a lot of upheaval lately among the colonists.

39:04 - Many cons have been unhappy with their champion, my King George,

39:07 - which led to the declaration of Independence from British rule.

39:11 - Let's see what some colonies have to say about this.

39:14 - Can some of you tell us your complaints regarding King George?

39:18 - Our taxes are way too high.

39:19 - We've been taxed on important documents like birth certificates.

39:23 - The taxes were too high. Tea.

39:25 - So we protested against it by dumping the tune to the harbor.

39:30 - Now the king closed the harbor, which has made it difficult

39:33 - for us to get the supplies we need and trade and make a living.

39:36 - The King has way too much power.

39:39 - But wouldn't this declaration make you guilty of treason?

39:42 - It would seem so.

39:43 - But because of the tyranny of King George, we feel certain our rights.

39:47 - The King is denying our basic human freedoms.

39:50 - I'm a loyalist.

39:51 - I don't like taxes.

39:52 - But I want to see a British subject.

39:54 - We go now to a correspondent, London, who is with King George.

39:58 - Let's see what she has to say.

40:00 - Thank you. Nataliya.

40:01 - I'm here at King George, who is not happy with recent developments in the colonies.

40:06 - King George, why have you made the colonies pay such outrageous taxes?

40:10 - Because the French in India war calls massive debts that we had to pay.

40:14 - We also had to pay the soldiers in the colonies to protect them.

40:18 - Do you think that your treatment of the colonies has been fair?

40:21 - It matter if it's fair.

40:23 - The colonists are British subjects.

40:25 - They shall do as I say, or they will face the consequences.

40:28 - What do you have to say about their Declaration of Independence?

40:31 - This declaration is an act of treason.

40:34 - These so-called patriots will pay the price.

40:36 - Well, there you have it.

40:37 - Looks like it will be a hard road from here to see who will be the victors

40:41 - in this revolution.

40:47 - We are here in Philadelphia,

40:49 - where the members of the Constitutional Convention

40:52 - have finalized and signed the Constitution

40:55 - of the United States of America.

40:58 - Hopefully, some of these members can tell us

41:01 - how they address some of the grievances listed in the declaration

41:05 - of Independence in 1776.

41:08 - James Madison, you are called father of the Constitution.

41:13 - Can you tell us how you addressed the problem?

41:15 - That the King having too much power over his subjects?

41:19 - Yes, we have tried to fix this by giving the power to the people.

41:22 - They have created a representative government.

41:25 - This means that each state

41:26 - has a right to have a member in the House of Representatives.

41:29 - The number of representatives will be based on the state's population.

41:33 - Mr. Benjamin Franklin, can you.

41:36 - Franklin, can you tell us about the division of power within the government?

41:40 - Because we don't want any one person in the government to have all the power.

41:43 - We created

41:44 - three branches

41:45 - the legislative branch, the executive branch, and you, the judicial branch.

41:48 - They all have separate duties, but must work together for the good of the country.

41:52 - Governor Morris, one of the complaint

41:54 - colonists had during the war was the Quartering Act,

41:58 - where people are forced to house soldiers without their consent.

42:02 - How has this been handled? It.

42:05 - In the preamble we state that we will provide for the common defense.

42:09 - This means that the government will pay for the military,

42:12 - which will include providing housing for them.

42:15 - These last few years have been a difficult journey on the road to independence.

42:20 - We are so grateful for all the work our Founding fathers

42:23 - have put into creating this beautiful new nation.

42:27 - We are proud to be Americans.

42:29 - God bless America.

42:37 - Hey, come over here.

42:38 - We're going to ask you a couple questions.

42:40 - The judges for questions.

42:43 - So you had some interesting people speak to us.

42:46 - James Madison, father of the Constitution.

42:50 - Ben Franklin, governor Morris,

42:52 - we also had Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence

42:56 - when George Washington, without whom we never, never would have been a country.

43:01 - Who do you think was the most important person

43:05 - of the Founding Fathers who really, really made a difference or what?

43:09 - What happened back then? Any any ideas?

43:11 - And there can be differing differing views. Yes.

43:14 - I think it's Thomas Jefferson because he wrote the,

43:19 - Declaration of Independence.

43:21 - And I think that's important because without that we wouldn't have a country.

43:26 - Okay, I agree, and I think all the founding fathers

43:29 - had a specific role that they played, and each of them

43:33 - contributed different values, kind of like what you all did.

43:37 - Each of you had a different role and you contributed. Very good. Thank you.

43:41 - And we want to ask a question.

43:48 - The, Conclusion.

43:52 - You reached was,

43:56 - Well documented.

43:58 - I like the second part of your response, where you gave the answer

44:03 - to the different rights that were created by the Constitution, that was taking

44:09 - a positive view on what had been done, not just a negative view.

44:13 - You took a negative view on the taxation question, but you took a positive view

44:18 - and had the had the king,

44:22 - agreed to put the rights

44:24 - that you talked about,

44:27 - into the

44:29 - government of America

44:31 - when you felt that there was still the need to

44:35 - have a revolution and create a new country.

44:37 - If the King agreed,

44:40 - to give them their rights from the first place,

44:43 - they wouldn't have had to fight for them,

44:46 - and then they wouldn't have had to have a war.

44:49 - It's interesting if the King had been a little bit better and said, okay, well,

44:52 - you know, we'll give you this trial by jury

44:54 - and we'll let you, we'll let you we'll hear from you before you tax you.

44:57 - Maybe they never would have done it right.

44:59 - But he was so adamant. Where are you, King?

45:02 - He was so adamant

45:04 - that he left

45:05 - really no choice but what the Founding Fathers do.

45:08 - That's great. Thank you so much.

45:10 - Okay. Thank God.

45:11 - Do you have the block?

45:13 - I gave somebody the block.

45:15 - Thank you, thank you.

45:17 - And as they are exiting, let's give him a round of applause.

45:22 - Let's see if we can keep it going for a while.

45:23 - Everybody.

45:27 - And last but not least, we have Masterman

45:31 - and their teacher, Marjorie Brunner Masterman.

45:35 - And here they come on down.

45:43 - Now, do you guys want students,

45:44 - or do you want.

45:48 - Sorry.

45:50 - Do you want to understand?

45:51 - Or pencil all of it? Okay.

45:54 - So who's going to need one.

45:56 - But hit on a.

46:01 - Oh I see I got Marley.

46:07 - Who else needs a microphone.

46:10 - Oh Judith.

46:16 - Oh no.

46:18 - Not here.

46:23 - Oh. You're here.

46:26 - Oh you're on the.

46:27 - You're not going to do that.

46:29 - Oh, yeah.

46:31 - You don't really.

46:51 - Hello, everyone.

46:52 - We are fifth graders from Julia, our Masterman school.

46:55 - Our teacher is Miss Brunner.

46:57 - Today we will be performing a short skit

46:59 - from both perspectives on the American Revolutionary War.

47:03 - Additionally, we will be performing an excerpt

47:05 - from the famous speech created by Patrick Henry.

47:07 - Give me liberty or give me death, delivered on March 23rd,

47:11 - 1775.

47:16 - During the 1700s,

47:18 - there was a rebellion against the British Empire.

47:21 - It shaped the war and turned the world upside down.

47:23 - And here we are.

47:24 - March 5th, 1770.

47:31 - No taxes.

47:35 - Here we are, just some patriots.

47:38 - We want to be spontaneous.

47:41 - He is taxing us without even asking us.

47:45 - We want a peaceful democracy.

47:48 - Plain old monarchy.

47:50 - Yeah, yeah,

47:53 - yeah.

47:54 - Loyalist.

47:55 - I will swear us King George

47:58 - the Third is reason of all the Patriots are treason.

48:02 - No is the case with every grave that,

48:12 - After many years of fighting and protesting.

48:16 - Now you at the wedding, don't dare

48:19 - I it just come to us your early nights.

48:23 - Just keep your is terrible.

48:26 - You know taxes are available.

48:30 - Yeah, yeah.

48:33 - This.

48:34 - It's war

48:36 - and sing.

48:38 - No, not the.

48:43 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak.

48:45 - Unable to cope with so formidable and adversary.

48:48 - But when shall we be stronger?

48:51 - We'll be the next week or the next year.

48:54 - Will it be when we are totally disarmed.

48:56 - And when a British car shall be stationed in every house?

48:59 - Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?

49:02 - Beside, sir, we have no election.

49:05 - If we were based enough to desire it, it is not too late

49:09 - to desire to love.

49:12 - It is now too late to retire from the contest.

49:15 - There is no retreat but in submission.

49:16 - In slavery our chains are forged.

49:20 - Their clanking can be heard on the plains of best Boston.

49:23 - The war is inevitable.

49:26 - And let it come.

49:27 - I repeat it, sir.

49:29 - Let it come.

49:31 - It is in vain, sir, to accentuate the matter.

49:34 - Gentlemen may cry peace, peace!

49:36 - But there is no peace.

49:38 - The war is actually begun.

49:40 - The next scale that sweeps from

49:41 - the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms.

49:46 - Our brethren already in the field.

49:48 - Why stand we here idle?

49:50 - What is it that gentlemen wish?

49:52 - What would they have?

49:53 - Is life so dear? Or peace so sweet.

49:57 - To be purchased at the price of chains and slavery.

50:00 - Forbid it.

50:01 - Almighty God, I know not what course others may take, but as for me,

50:06 - give me liberty or give me death.

50:12 - On August

50:13 - 2nd, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed by 56

50:18 - brave men to declare their independence from their mother country, Great Britain.

50:23 - We hold these truths to be self-evident,

50:26 - that all men are created equal, that they are endowed

50:30 - by their creator with certain unalienable rights,

50:35 - and among these rights, liberty in their pursuit of happiness.

50:55 - All right.

50:57 - Let's go from

50:59 - there.

51:00 - All okay.

51:02 - I'm amazed at the the time and effort and energy

51:06 - that all of you guys put into this project.

51:09 - How long did it take?

51:11 - When did you do this?

51:13 - Was it an after school function or how did this all come about?

51:17 - We we started like about two months ago

51:21 - in December once we got the results and we were excited.

51:26 - So we planned a skit.

51:28 - But at first our ideas failed and not everyone agreed on them.

51:32 - So we had to come up with an idea that everyone agreed on.

51:36 - Terrific. We are very good.

51:38 - We also had some students stay after school in our teachers club,

51:44 - which we call Homework club, and they worked on the skits

51:48 - and like the raps that we did very, very good, very impressive.

51:54 - Great job.

51:55 - So my question is, if you could ask a question of one of the signers

52:00 - of the Declaration of Independence, what would that question be?

52:05 - Okay.

52:05 - Go for it.

52:07 - I would probably ask them,

52:09 - like what led them to really push to fight?

52:13 - Like who inspired them? Great.

52:17 - I would probably ask, how were they?

52:20 - What made them so sure that they would win, that they felt the need to do that,

52:26 - even though they knew if they lost, they would be probably killed.

52:30 - I would ask, how did you guys reach fame

52:34 - since it's I would ask that since it's very,

52:40 - like a good question.

52:44 - I would ask, them if like,

52:47 - how do they get the courage and like the,

52:51 - braveness to sign the Declaration of Independence?

52:55 - Yeah.

52:56 - Thank you.

52:57 - And it took a lot of courage. Great.

52:59 - Thank you so much. Great job. Thank you.

53:08 - For. We thank you.

53:14 - All right.

53:15 - As they're exiting a round of applause for Masterman.

53:25 - Well, ladies and gentlemen, fantastic job.

53:29 - I think our judges are going to have a hard time.

53:32 - And we still have five more classes to go.

53:35 - You now are going to have the opportunity, since your presentation is over,

53:40 - to enjoy the National Constitution Center, you're going to head out.

53:43 - You're going to tour, you're also going to have lunch,

53:45 - and you're going to see a very special presentation called Freedom Riding Rising.

53:50 - And then we're going to all regroup and we'll hear the results.

53:54 - How does that sound? Everybody?

53:57 - How does that sound?

53:58 - Everybody who's ready for lunch.

54:02 - All right.

54:03 - But we're going to do this in an orderly fashion.

54:06 - So if you hear my voice clap once, see my hands clap twice.

54:12 - You have

54:13 - been so patient down here, Saint Luke's, I want Saint Luke.

54:16 - I want you to head up exiting that way, all the way out.

54:20 - Everybody else, please stay seated.

54:23 - All right.

54:24 - So once again good morning everybody.

54:29 - We were working on this.

54:30 - Good morning everybody.

54:33 - Welcome to the 2025 Citizenship Challenge.

54:39 - My name is Beth Specker and I am the executive director

54:42 - of the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement.

54:47 - It's my honor and privilege to welcome you to the challenge

54:52 - in this special location here at the National Constitution Center.

54:56 - You have the opportunity because you're kind of the second set of teams.

55:00 - We had five teams that presented just a few moments ago.

55:04 - Now, our second set of teams, you had the opportunity to tour

55:07 - the National Constitution Center, and it is a special place, isn't it?

55:11 - Boys and girls, it's the only museum in our nation

55:14 - devoted entirely to the Constitution.

55:17 - And it sits right across the mall from independence Hall,

55:21 - where the signers where the Declaration of Independence was signed.

55:25 - The Constitution was signed where our nation was born.

55:29 - This is America's most historic square mile.

55:32 - So it's very fitting to have our citizenship challenge here.

55:37 - In September,

55:39 - we issued a challenge to students across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

55:44 - 200 essays were submitted to the Red Bell Center.

55:47 - You are part of the top ten finalists, the top ten essays.

55:52 - And those essays were read.

55:53 - I, yeah.

55:54 - Round of applause.

55:58 - Those essays were written,

56:00 - were reviewed by a group of scholars and teachers.

56:03 - So, you did an excellent job, and you should be celebrated

56:07 - for the achievement here for making the finals.

56:10 - And you're rewarded by the trip to Philadelphia, a day away from school

56:14 - and lunch, as well as a tour of the National Constitution Center.

56:19 - And we have teams from as far away as Pittsburgh participating

56:23 - in this challenge.

56:25 - So let's look at what that challenge was.

56:28 - We issued this essay prompt and it goes like this.

56:32 - When the leaders of American colonies signed the Declaration of Independence

56:35 - in 1776, they were taking a very big risk to the King of England.

56:40 - Their actions look like treason, betraying their country.

56:44 - Part one.

56:45 - Do you think the signers of the declaration of Independence

56:47 - were committed treason?

56:48 - Or were they justified in standing up for their rights

56:51 - because the King of England was committing tyranny or abuse?

56:55 - Explain your opinion. Part two.

56:57 - In the declaration,

56:58 - the colonies listed many grievances or complaints against the king.

57:03 - Later, when the Constitution was written,

57:05 - how did our founding fathers make sure to fix some of these problems?

57:09 - Give 2 or 3 examples.

57:13 - So our question strikes at the very heart

57:15 - of who we are as a nation, as students in the fourth and fifth grades.

57:19 - You haven't taken on the incredible task of exploring this complex issue

57:24 - using research, critical thinking and teamwork.

57:28 - And we're going to celebrate that here this morning.

57:31 - We're so proud of you for your hard work and dedication.

57:34 - We'd like to thank your teachers and your parents who helped you on this journey.

57:39 - We'd like to thank the National Constitution Center for hosting us here.

57:43 - And of course, our partner, the Annenberg Center

57:47 - for Public Policy, who helped make all of this possible.

57:51 - So what I'd like you to do now is everybody take a big,

57:54 - deep breath.

57:57 - Exhale.

57:58 - Very good.

57:59 - Be confident and let your voices hurt and have a little bit of fun.

58:04 - I'll let you know if you look like you're having fun.

58:07 - The judges will see that they really like that.

58:09 - So, without further

58:11 - ado, I'd like to introduce you to our distinguished panel of judges.

58:15 - Let me begin by the first gentleman there in the blue suit.

58:19 - He's probably familiar to more of your parents, but many people in Pennsylvania

58:25 - know him quite well because he served as governor of Pennsylvania for two terms.

58:30 - Mayor of Philadelphia for two terms.

58:32 - Was district attorney in Philadelphia.

58:34 - Also was also head of the Democratic National Committee.

58:38 - He is co-founder, with Judge Marjorie Rendell,

58:41 - of the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement.

58:44 - I'm going to introduce all our judges.

58:46 - Then I'm going to look for you to do a really big round of applause for them.

58:50 - Next to him is the Honorable Margery Rendell.

58:53 - Judge Rendell is was first lady of Pennsylvania,

58:56 - and she is the reason that the Rendell center exists.

59:00 - It was part of her platform as First lady.

59:02 - And then we continued it with the Rendell Center as a nonprofit.

59:07 - If you note today, and this is actually the 12th time

59:10 - that we have done the citizenship challenge, then following her.

59:15 - Next to her is a gentleman by the name of Fran Dunphy.

59:18 - How many people in here are basketball fans?

59:22 - All right.

59:22 - How many people are college basketball fans?

59:26 - All right, so then many of you know this fine gentleman as Coach Dunphy.

59:32 - He is a college basketball coach at the University of Pennsylvania

59:36 - for 17 years, Temple University for 13, and LaSalle University.

59:42 - He's a Philadelphia native.

59:44 - Not only has he given back and working with his teams,

59:47 - he has he been a winning coach in Big five basketball in the city.

59:52 - But he also loves giving back to the community.

59:55 - And he's an example, as are all our judges

59:59 - 499 of involvement, citizenship and sportsmanship.

01:00 - 09.839 Lastly, I have the distinguished honor of introducing to you Cecilia Marshall.

01:00 - 13.743 She is the Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Foundation.

01:00 - 17.623 She hopes to take care of

01:00 - 22.585 and show the story of Justice Thurgood Marshall, her grandfather,

01:00 - 25.864 who spent his life working to make America

01:00 - 29.392 a true democracy where everyone is treated fairly.

01:00 - 33.129 So she loves to work with students to share her

01:00 - 37.567 thoughts that her grandfather started when he was a Supreme Court justice.

01:00 - 42.014 And I encourage all of you teachers, particularly go back and explore

01:00 - 45.150 just who exactly justice Thurgood Marshall is.

01:00 - 48.053 So we're very delighted, that she joined us.

01:00 - 50.789 She came up all the way from Washington, D.C.

01:00 - 52.291 to join us here today.

01:00 - 54.693 So now, boys and girls, are you ready?

01:00 - 57.620 Let's give our judges a round of applause.

01:01 - 06.796 We do.

01:01 - 10.266 So if you're ready, we're going to get started.

01:01 - 13.178 And it's my distinct honor to introduce

01:01 - 16.205 from blocks in middle school.

01:01 - 21.377 And they are small but strong and proud.

01:01 - 23.622 So blocks and come on down.

01:01 - 26.649 Let's give them a real large round of applause.

01:01 - 34.833 Their teacher is Cynthia McGee.

01:01 - 37.860 And come on down, boys.

01:01 - 50.215 Go ahead.

01:01 - 50.750 Go ahead.

01:01 - 53.776 You need to get.

01:01 - 01.317 Down there you go.

01:02 - 03.363 All right.

01:02 - 05.597 The floor is yours, gentlemen.

01:02 - 07.800 I'm David Riley.

01:02 - 09.435 I am Giovanni Estrada.

01:02 - 13.238 We come from blocks in middle school in Norristown.

01:02 - 16.265 And Miss Morgan's fifth grade gifted class.

01:02 - 20.012 We've prepared a couple short scenes

01:02 - 23.039 to explain what our essay is about.

01:02 - 26.342 This first scene is between a British soldier

01:02 - 29.378 and a colonist.

01:02 - 39.856 Knock knock knock.

01:02 - 41.924 Let me in your home.

01:02 - 46.195 Why should I?

01:02 - 56.873 Colonists shall house British soldiers and feed them.

01:02 - 00.309 If they refuse, they will be punished by the law.

01:03 - 01.554 Sincerely.

01:03 - 03.956 King George, this or

01:03 - 08.484 why should we house you and feed you when you are doing nothing for our community?

01:03 - 12.121 This law should be changed.

01:03 - 15.701 This next scene is between a colonists

01:03 - 18.728 and King George the Third.

01:03 - 26.335 Knock knock knock.

01:03 - 34.286 How is that tea tax?

01:03 - 36.388 I created

01:03 - 37.990 oh, the tea tax.

01:03 - 41.860 It is so great how I have an additional fee

01:03 - 44.887 on just tea.

01:03 - 47.032 Glad you are enjoying that one.

01:03 - 50.426 Hopefully the other taxes are doing you as good as this one.

01:03 - 53.071 Can't you see I was being sarcastic?

01:03 - 54.373 Actually I didn't.

01:03 - 55.574 Of course you did it.

01:03 - 58.010 Just like you don't see our struggles.

01:03 - 01.871 We will write your wrongs and get ourselves a say in Parliament.

01:04 - 05.117 This next scene

01:04 - 08.144 is between a judge and a defendant in court.

01:04 - 11.890 I hereby sentence you

01:04 - 14.917 to five years in prison for tax evasion.

01:04 - 17.830 What? We haven't even started yet.

01:04 - 22.124 I know, but if I let you go freely, I'll be punished by King George the Third.

01:04 - 25.070 So I really have no other option.

01:04 - 26.371 That's not fair.

01:04 - 30.266 There's no jury, and you're biased toward King George the Third.

01:04 - 33.836 Someone should step up and put a stop to this.

01:04 - 37.349 This next scene is between

01:04 - 42.712 two founding fathers discussing the idea of the Declaration of Independence

01:04 - 45.982 and the Constitution, and.

01:04 - 48.427 We have heard many complaints

01:04 - 51.454 about King George the Third, unfair laws.

01:04 - 54.600 What can we do to stop this?

01:04 - 56.268 Should we start a protest?

01:04 - 59.295 No. That will just cause additional problems.

01:04 - 03.275 I've got to write a document

01:05 - 07.403 listing the problems we are facing and asked for an independent country.

01:05 - 10.515 And then document on how to fix those problems.

01:05 - 12.041 Sure. Let's go do it.

01:05 - 26.622 You just take the go.

01:05 - 31.436 Are. Your judges are going to ask you some questions.

01:05 - 33.338 Okay. That was that was very good.

01:05 - 36.675 It was very interesting the way you knew what you wanted to say.

01:05 - 38.377 And you played different roles.

01:05 - 40.145 Now, in your essay, you say that

01:05 - 43.606 the Declaration of Independence was more than just a list of grievances.

01:05 - 47.209 It was a powerful message to the world.

01:05 - 51.347 What was the message that it said sent to the world?

01:05 - 57.229 It kind of sent a message to, like, show how not just one person

01:05 - 00.256 can take care of a whole nation, but

01:06 - 03.135 the people also have their own rights

01:06 - 06.595 and can have a say in what they need or want.

01:06 - 09.574 Okay. All right. That's good.

01:06 - 11.176 Gov. Question.

01:06 - 18.908 The.

01:06 - 23.746 I want you to imagine that you're back in,

01:06 - 27.125 1776.

01:06 - 30.152 Actually 1778 probably more likely.

01:06 - 33.856 And, we just got word that,

01:06 - 37.769 Washington's army was captured

01:06 - 40.763 by the British in.

01:06 - 42.909 Connecticut.

01:06 - 45.935 And,

01:06 - 47.746 my in surrender,

01:06 - 50.973 he surrendered for the entire kind of army.

01:06 - 54.219 So the British immediately sent word

01:06 - 57.246 down to their troubadour headquarters.

01:06 - 58.790 Oh, yeah.

01:06 - 03.119 And they went and arrested the entire constitutional convention.

01:07 - 07.990 56 men who are trying to hammer out,

01:07 - 11.627 the Constitution for so.

01:07 - 14.706 King George

01:07 - 19.635 had declared these men guilty of treason during the war

01:07 - 23.139 because they had done things to fight the,

01:07 - 30.012 very power of the British to rule our land.

01:07 - 33.525 And,

01:07 - 36.552 so they need to be sentenced.

01:07 - 37.230 Very.

01:07 - 40.256 They need to be,

01:07 - 42.001 Convicted.

01:07 - 44.536 They had already been convicted of treason.

01:07 - 47.239 Now it came time to impose a sentence.

01:07 - 48.907 They had just been arrested.

01:07 - 52.668 They were all in captivity in the

01:07 - 57.006 aid to the, to the,

01:07 - 02.220 The the king suggested that the king could, of course,

01:08 - 05.915 but the normal stand for treason, which is death,

01:08 - 08.460 be imposed.

01:08 - 12.521 And there certainly the rights of treason, I think,

01:08 - 16.501 oh, it was an undertaking.

01:08 - 21.397 Or he could exercise his power and

01:08 - 25.444 commit the sense to maybe

01:08 - 28.471 ten years in prison, one year in prison.

01:08 - 32.041 But commuted away from being a death penalty.

01:08 - 34.886 What would you advise the king to do?

01:08 - 37.913 And why?

01:08 - 43.029 Sorry.

01:08 - 45.797 What was the question again? Like so.

01:08 - 49.225 So in this time, the king could sentence him to death.

01:08 - 51.536 Or he could commute the sentence.

01:08 - 54.039 He could do something else. If you were advising the King. What?

01:08 - 57.399 What should you have done with these people who committed these acts?

01:08 - 02.972 In they were committing treason in his eyes.

01:09 - 07.409 But if.

01:09 - 12.081 The, Finish the thought.

01:09 - 13.892 Yeah.

01:09 - 15.627 Maybe he should have been nice to them.

01:09 - 17.429 Maybe he should have been a benevolent king.

01:09 - 19.764 And then maybe they would. This wouldn't happen again.

01:09 - 20.733 You know, if he.

01:09 - 23.268 If he sentenced him to death, maybe it just makes things worse.

01:09 - 26.295 You think? Yes. If.

01:09 - 30.232 If he let them go, then.

01:09 - 34.513 Then they wouldn't do.

01:09 - 37.540 Then the colonists would.

01:09 - 40.485 Would?

01:09 - 42.454 Would.

01:09 - 46.949 The colonists would know that he could

01:09 - 52.555 change, like, not be as like.

01:09 - 53.632 Yeah, as abusive.

01:09 - 54.000 Yeah.

01:09 - 56.601 So maybe it would have worked to his benefit to to let them go.

01:09 - 57.869 Who knows.

01:09 - 58.970 Okay.

01:09 - 59.604 All right.

01:09 - 00.573 For better relations.

01:10 - 03.599 Thank you for.

01:10 - 08.813 Great job guys.

01:10 - 11.840 Our judges have some tough questions for you.

01:10 - 15.544 So, Radnor, are you ready for it?

01:10 - 18.523 All right, so, Radnor, why don't you come on up?

01:10 - 23.395 And their Radnor teacher is Miss Monika Willans.

01:10 - 24.653 Radnor, come on down.

01:10 - 35.474 It will take us

01:10 - 38.767 just a moment as we do a stage change here.

01:10 - 42.371 Yes. Thank you.

01:10 - 46.041 Very much.

01:10 - 52.982 It's coming very.

01:11 - 07.072 All right, Radnor, whenever you're ready,

01:11 - 10.099 you may begin.

01:11 - 56.779 To make it back to this microphone.

01:11 - 58.658 Hello.

01:11 - 01.717 We'd like to thank the Constitution Center for this opportunity.

01:12 - 03.695 We're excited to present all sketch

01:12 - 07.222 showing how the colonies faced a huge decision to remain loyal to Queen.

01:12 - 10.559 Always get off the in in

01:12 - 14.296 independence.

01:12 - 17.976 I have to go home now.

01:12 - 21.437 I need to write an essay about the Declaration of Independence

01:12 - 23.882 and whether the sign is recommending treason.

01:12 - 28.077 So I have to do research on what really happened in 1776.

01:12 - 30.588 By me. See you later.

01:12 - 32.324 Mom, can you pick me up?

01:12 - 33.725 Hello?

01:12 - 35.360 Oh, no. My phone died.

01:12 - 36.895 How can I call my mom?

01:12 - 38.454 Great. A phone charger?

01:12 - 42.624 What's happening?

01:12 - 46.195 Hi. Where am I?

01:12 - 47.739 Hi. I'm Mia.

01:12 - 50.375 Can you please tell me where I am? And what is today's date?

01:12 - 54.103 Is July 6th, 1776, and we're in Philadelphia.

01:12 - 57.306 Are you okay? Wow. If 1776.

01:12 - 00.552 Do you know anything about the Declaration of Independence

01:13 - 03.021 or what's happening with King George in the colonies?

01:13 - 06.048 It's complicated, but you can check the news.

01:13 - 08.493 Okay, I actually read all about it.

01:13 - 09.861 You stay for the.

01:13 - 12.888 This is pretty urgent.

01:13 - 18.002 Taxation without representation.

01:13 - 19.437 No trial by jury.

01:13 - 21.239 And the colonists committed treason.

01:13 - 22.807 What is this?

01:13 - 26.635 I'm so mad that King George made taxation without representation.

01:13 - 27.780 He taxation.

01:13 - 30.715 We are so votes or the parliament.

01:13 - 35.253 On top of that, we have to face the stamp at the tea at the Boston Massacre.

01:13 - 37.946 No trust by jury. And now the Intolerable Acts.

01:13 - 40.759 King George counts us

01:13 - 43.952 trading, but he is a tyrant.

01:13 - 46.998 All these acts by King George are tipping the scale.

01:13 - 49.000 I feel really bad for this colonists.

01:13 - 50.769 Can you believe King George?

01:13 - 51.704 Tax paper.

01:13 - 54.863 Just to cover their war that they started?

01:13 - 59.210 I think I learned enough to write my essay, and I found that time traveling.

01:13 - 02.237 Found this and get back home.

01:14 - 06.418 Mia, where have you been?

01:14 - 07.652 It's a long story.

01:14 - 10.712 You must miss America's 250th birthday party.

01:14 - 13.091 But I'm so glad you're back. Me, too.

01:14 - 16.261 I don't know what happened to where I was, but I learned that

01:14 - 19.588 the colonists were justified even though they committed treason and.

01:14 - 21.399 Hold on one second, Taylor.

01:14 - 24.526 Mr. Wilson, I finished my essay here.

01:14 - 29.140 Wow, Mia, this looks great.

01:14 - 30.842 It almost sounds like you were there.

01:14 - 33.411 You must use primary sources for your research.

01:14 - 35.737 Definitely an A-plus for you. Thank you.

01:14 - 52.855 250 years ago,

01:14 - 56.968 our freedom started really slow.

01:14 - 01.029 They called it treason.

01:15 - 06.511 But we had a reason that we honor

01:15 - 11.249 those who made us free for generations

01:15 - 14.819 yet to be with justice,

01:15 - 17.846 truth and liberty.

01:15 - 21.350 We want to break free.

01:15 - 24.987 We want to break free.

01:15 - 26.498 Tell me why.

01:15 - 29.534 Ain't nothin but another tax.

01:15 - 30.768 Tell me why.

01:15 - 33.738 Ain't nothin but another act.

01:15 - 38.100 Tell me why I never wanna hear you say

01:15 - 42.070 that I am a loyalist.

01:15 - 45.750 Tax without a voice to say.

01:15 - 47.652 Step back.

01:15 - 48.153 James.

01:15 - 53.815 We broke away 250 years of freedom.

01:15 - 57.653 Starting from one out of treason.

01:15 - 01.323 Because we had to break free.

01:16 - 04.560 Yeah, we had to break free.

01:16 - 21.953 Well, great job, group.

01:16 - 24.289 To answer the question. Very impressive.

01:16 - 28.860 I'm amazed at the time and effort that goes into all of this.

01:16 - 32.688 Could either those people that have the microphone.

01:16 - 33.799 Can you talk about

01:16 - 38.393 how long this took to prepare and how much fun you had in doing it?

01:16 - 40.572 We had a lot of fun.

01:16 - 46.878 It started out of the script and then the song,

01:16 - 50.815 and then who has the parts with the and the the costumes?

01:16 - 53.785 And it took a long time, but it was worth it.

01:16 - 55.119 And it was really fun.

01:16 - 56.521 It looked like it was worth it.

01:16 - 58.089 And it looked like you had a lot of fun.

01:16 - 59.490 How about you?

01:16 - 02.393 Yeah, I also had a lot of fun.

01:17 - 05.530 We had a lot of fun working together on the song.

01:17 - 06.465 The skit.

01:17 - 08.299 Learning about taxes.

01:17 - 12.170 Taxation without representation, no trial by jury and all that.

01:17 - 13.671 Those things.

01:17 - 16.574 And you look like very good teammates with one another.

01:17 - 18.843 So, yeah, you deserve a lot of credit.

01:17 - 19.944 Good job.

01:17 - 21.012 Thank you.

01:17 - 22.996 All right. I need to know who picked the song now.

01:17 - 26.775 Maybe your teacher.

01:17 - 28.886 Who is who is in charge of picking the song?

01:17 - 31.022 All right. Okay.

01:17 - 31.857 Nice, nice.

01:17 - 34.916 Nice selection. Great job.

01:17 - 38.763 My question is, if you could talk to the signers

01:17 - 42.658 of the Declaration of Independence, what question would you ask them?

01:17 - 47.229 One of the questions I would ask the silence of the Declaration of Independence

01:17 - 52.601 would be if you had one change to make of the declaration right now.

01:17 - 55.971 Now that we've seen how today is,

01:17 - 59.274 what would you make?

01:18 - 07.158 I might ask,

01:18 - 10.662 what would you possibly, maybe erase

01:18 - 15.066 and never put in, since some of those things

01:18 - 19.094 might end up in consequences in the future that we might have had.

01:18 - 23.298 So yeah.

01:18 - 24.843 Or anyone else.

01:18 - 27.135 All right. Good job. Thank you. Are you have you.

01:18 - 36.187 As they exit the stage.

01:18 - 40.916 Could we have our students from.

01:18 - 45.363 Bala Cynwyd Middle School come on down, and their teacher

01:18 - 48.390 and Friedlander.

01:19 - 26.137 I will,

01:19 - 26.972 Miss Friedlander.

01:19 - 29.207 Do you want the pass?

01:19 - 32.234 I have.

01:19 - 37.281 Okay.

01:19 - 40.308 Move on to.

01:19 - 54.489 Whenever you are ready.

01:20 - 03.474 We are here on the streets

01:20 - 06.535 of Philadelphia, birthplace of democracy.

01:20 - 11.540 Trying to get to the bottom of why the colonies claim their independence in 1776.

01:20 - 15.477 We've heard all kinds of crazy rumors and fake news.

01:20 - 19.957 So we thought we'd go to the source to find out if the Founding Fathers

01:20 - 21.392 committed treason.

01:20 - 24.028 Is it true that all of you committed treason against England

01:20 - 27.255 when you signed the Declaration of Independence and fought for freedom?

01:20 - 29.267 I'll take the first one.

01:20 - 31.869 I feel my actions speak louder than my words.

01:20 - 34.305 I am proud to be a rebel against the British.

01:20 - 36.841 And my signature on the Declaration of Independence.

01:20 - 39.677 Cherish my rejection of English authority.

01:20 - 41.612 And 200 years for the people.

01:20 - 44.515 Remember us as traitors or heroes.

01:20 - 45.516 Yes, indeed.

01:20 - 48.519 Being called a traitor is a wound on my spirit.

01:20 - 50.955 Is it clear? Political attack.

01:20 - 54.683 But weren't we justified because we're standing up against tyranny by the King?

01:20 - 56.294 We were.

01:20 - 00.622 You know, I think we can thank Thomas Paine for helping us unite the colonies.

01:21 - 04.025 An understanding that power belongs to the people.

01:21 - 05.403 Absolutely.

01:21 - 08.563 He would always talk about how he believed that once

01:21 - 12.067 people were ruled unjustly, that it was just to break the rules,

01:21 - 15.203 and that it was our duty to stand up for our rights.

01:21 - 17.415 So let's recap.

01:21 - 20.318 Technically, the Founding Fathers committed treason,

01:21 - 23.120 but they felt their actions were justified.

01:21 - 23.989 Wait a minute.

01:21 - 27.015 Just wait a minute. I am the king.

01:21 - 30.252 I am know why you are happy being ruled by me.

01:21 - 34.398 Can you help the King understand why he felt that he prevented you from freedom

01:21 - 35.533 and happiness?

01:21 - 38.126 Well, why are you paying attention to our grievances?

01:21 - 39.738 Yeah.

01:21 - 42.764 For over 11 years, we tried to get you to listen to us.

01:21 - 47.235 We begged you to stop all the taxes, unjust laws and unfair treatment.

01:21 - 48.546 You ignored us.

01:21 - 50.915 And have you forgotten all the ways you tax us?

01:21 - 53.384 Tea, sugar and stamps, just to name a few.

01:21 - 55.686 In other words, you ruined our lives.

01:21 - 57.955 I mean, we had no voice in Parliament.

01:21 - 01.359 This prevented us from letting you know why those taxes were unjust,

01:22 - 04.386 and how they placed an unfair burden on us.

01:22 - 07.031 Yeah. Bottom line, you didn't care about us.

01:22 - 08.399 You just wanted our money.

01:22 - 09.600 I'm so confused.

01:22 - 11.535 Everything I did was for your own good.

01:22 - 13.204 Sure.

01:22 - 17.532 It's crystal clear that you all had grievances against the King.

01:22 - 20.077 Can you give us some examples? Yes.

01:22 - 22.513 We suffered because of unjust laws.

01:22 - 24.482 The Quartering Act, force of the house.

01:22 - 30.612 And feed your soldiers in the township that place taxes on imported goods.

01:22 - 35.083 These tariffs were financial hardship to every single colonist.

01:22 - 37.194 These laws impact our lives.

01:22 - 39.130 They were devastating to us.

01:22 - 40.231 I'm so confused.

01:22 - 42.133 I don't get what was so wrong.

01:22 - 45.160 Well, are you sure you weren't governed fairly?

01:22 - 46.671 Absolutely.

01:22 - 50.265 We cannot govern ourselves because of the Intolerable Acts.

01:22 - 52.009 The king tried to take control

01:22 - 56.037 of our local government and he put his people in control.

01:22 - 59.341 He even canceled our town meetings.

01:22 - 01.218 Our voice had no power.

01:23 - 03.354 You even closed the Boston Harbor.

01:23 - 05.790 So in the problem that was.

01:23 - 09.818 Well, it seems that you all believe that you suffered abuses under the King.

01:23 - 13.989 How did your new government prevent this from happening in the future?

01:23 - 16.400 First, we knew that we had to have a government

01:23 - 19.828 that would protect our freedom and prevent future abuses.

01:23 - 20.739 That's right.

01:23 - 24.866 We declared independence and fought and won the Revolutionary War

01:23 - 29.170 so that the power would belong to the people and not an uncaring monarch.

01:23 - 33.975 Then we wrote a constitution which protected us from rule by an unjust king.

01:23 - 37.154 Later we wrote the Bill of rights,

01:23 - 40.181 that protection that gave us liberty and justice for all.

01:23 - 43.794 So we made sure that our an alien right to freedom,

01:23 - 47.455 happiness and justice was protected in our new government.

01:23 - 50.792 The power was placed in the hands of the people.

01:23 - 54.129 We thank our family for all the

01:23 - 56.274 love.

01:23 - 59.434 We are grateful that they know that you.

01:24 - 16.060 Okay, so that was a very lively performance.

01:24 - 19.087 I really feel strongly about this, don't you? Yes.

01:24 - 23.258 So you say in your essay, the beginning of your essay is We the People.

01:24 - 26.428 The first three words in the preamble, the Constitution.

01:24 - 30.098 Let the world know that we would no longer be ruled by a king.

01:24 - 32.309 What do you mean by that?

01:24 - 37.405 How does we, the people, signify what was going to happen?

01:24 - 40.484 Well, basically, instead of being ruled

01:24 - 43.511 by like a monarch, the people would be.

01:24 - 46.023 But they make the rules of the country.

01:24 - 50.985 So it was balanced out fairly, and there wasn't one person in charge of everyone.

01:24 - 51.530 Okay?

01:24 - 54.298 Gave the power to the people, to the King.

01:24 - 56.391 Good, good answer. Go.

01:25 - 01.338 He's rereading your essay,

01:25 - 04.365 so this might be interesting.

01:25 - 11.782 You do a good job

01:25 - 14.809 setting out the grievances against the King,

01:25 - 18.122 and they were significant

01:25 - 21.883 and justified in us becoming an independent nation.

01:25 - 24.829 What happens if we had lost the war?

01:25 - 28.990 Washington's troops were captured up in Connecticut,

01:25 - 35.106 and Washington surrendered for the entire Continental Army and the British

01:25 - 39.901 immediately had troops stationed in Washington and in Philadelphia.

01:25 - 44.305 And the troops arrested a convoy of 56 men.

01:25 - 48.443 We're in a transitional convention already,

01:25 - 52.580 and they had already been sentenced to death for the crime of treason.

01:25 - 56.627 Would you, if you were advising, if you were the number one

01:25 - 01.823 advisor to the King, would you advise them to let the sentence be carried out?

01:26 - 06.494 Let them be found guilty of treason and send.

01:26 - 10.465 Or were you deposed some other

01:26 - 12.343 alternative?

01:26 - 15.370 What did you think you were advised the king to do?

01:26 - 18.215 Probably.

01:26 - 21.309 I wouldn't advise to sentence them to death

01:26 - 23.754 because they were committing treason.

01:26 - 27.815 But the King was committing tyranny. So.

01:26 - 30.761 And they were just standing up against that.

01:26 - 34.131 So I would probably just sentence them

01:26 - 37.158 to, like, jail or something, but not death.

01:26 - 39.171 Anybody else?

01:26 - 41.539 I be out.

01:26 - 44.566 Any other reason for doing that?

01:26 - 47.545 Yeah.

01:26 - 50.781 I also wouldn't sending them to death because just

01:26 - 54.175 because they were committing treason doesn't mean they still have good in them.

01:26 - 57.478 Cause like, everyone has a little bit of good in them.

01:26 - 00.324 Even the king.

01:27 - 02.393 All right. Good. Thank you very much.

01:27 - 03.061 Good job.

01:27 - 06.054 Thank you.

01:27 - 10.701 A round of applause as they exit.

01:27 - 15.430 And now, ladies and gentlemen, we are ready for our next team.

01:27 - 18.842 They are from Lower Gwynedd Elementary School,

01:27 - 23.471 and their teachers are Danielle Sheldon and Victoria Layton.

01:27 - 25.773 Come on down. Lower Gwynedd.

01:27 - 42.357 That was.

01:27 - 58.339 Who's the first one to speak?

01:28 - 08.116 To. Who are the first people to speak?

01:28 - 12.687 Charlotte.

01:28 - 17.034 We have one more microphone.

01:28 - 19.069 Anybody else want it?

01:28 - 21.372 Yeah. Right.

01:28 - 22.539 And it's all yours.

01:28 - 25.600 Okay. Yes.

01:28 - 31.105 In 1776, the American colonies faced a huge decision.

01:28 - 33.684 They were ruled by King George the Third of England.

01:28 - 36.711 But many colonists believed he was treating them unfairly.

01:28 - 40.114 The colonial leaders signed the Declaration of Independence.

01:28 - 42.660 They knew it was risky to the king.

01:28 - 46.287 Their actions looked like treason, betraying their country.

01:28 - 49.957 But to the colonists, it was a fight for freedom and basic rights.

01:28 - 53.127 Today we are putting this moment in history on trial.

01:28 - 56.564 You will hear the arguments from both sides and decide for yourself

01:28 - 00.411 whether the colonists guilty of treason, or were they justified in standing up

01:29 - 01.246 for their rights.

01:29 - 04.272 We now present the people versus King George the Third.

01:29 - 08.986 Order in the court.

01:29 - 13.548 Today we hear the case of the people versus King George the Third.

01:29 - 16.927 The question before us is this will the sun.

01:29 - 20.154 This is a declaration of independence committing treason?

01:29 - 23.524 Or are they justifying standing up against tyranny?

01:29 - 27.395 Your honor, the colonists obeyed their lawful care.

01:29 - 30.541 They broke away from England under British law.

01:29 - 31.742 That's treason.

01:29 - 34.244 The colonists did not act out of rebellion.

01:29 - 37.271 They acted because their rights are being abused.

01:29 - 40.284 The king taxed us without our consent.

01:29 - 42.720 He took away the right to govern ourselves.

01:29 - 45.489 He cut off our trade with other countries.

01:29 - 48.516 British soldiers were forced into colonies homes.

01:29 - 51.919 The king ignored or complaints and refused to listen.

01:29 - 54.956 You have the military for the people.

01:29 - 59.961 The Declaration of Independence states all men are created equal.

01:30 - 03.564 The king did not believe in equality, but the colonies did.

01:30 - 07.811 Prevent another tyranny.

01:30 - 10.838 Our founding fathers created three branches of government.

01:30 - 15.410 Each branch has different powers and no one person has total control.

01:30 - 19.580 They created elections so leaders could be chosen by the people.

01:30 - 23.785 The Bill of rights protects freedom of speech, religion and the press.

01:30 - 25.262 Amendments stop soldiers

01:30 - 28.389 from living in people's homes and protect citizens from abuse.

01:30 - 31.535 After hearing the evidence,

01:30 - 35.563 we find that the colonists were not guilty of committing treason.

01:30 - 39.100 They were.

01:30 - 40.644 They were justified in

01:30 - 43.671 standing up for their rights.

01:30 - 47.051 The court declares

01:30 - 50.244 that the Declaration of Independence was an act of could.

01:30 - 53.948 And the Constitution was written to protect the people forever,

01:30 - 58.653 not treason. By.

01:31 - 03.768 The case

01:31 - 07.061 you just witnessed was not only about the past.

01:31 - 09.339 It was about the future.

01:31 - 11.842 The Declaration of Independence shows the world

01:31 - 15.336 that people have the right to stand up for fairness, fair

01:31 - 18.682 fairness and equality.

01:31 - 21.709 The Constitution was created to protect those rights

01:31 - 24.555 and make sure the power belongs to the people.

01:31 - 26.356 Not one ruler.

01:31 - 31.619 The choices made in 1776 still shape our country today.

01:31 - 35.923 Thank you for listening to this important moment in American history.

01:31 - 46.934 I got.

01:31 - 52.350 All right.

01:31 - 53.550 Great job.

01:31 - 57.254 You know, I think it, I remark on seeing the words.

01:31 - 58.922 A lot of men.

01:31 - 00.958 All men are created equal when we also know

01:32 - 02.893 there's a flaw in our founding fathers.

01:32 - 06.187 So if you could go back and ask these founding fathers a question,

01:32 - 09.533 what would that be?

01:32 - 12.693 The question I would ask our founding fathers

01:32 - 15.873 was what was their biggest fear about breaking away

01:32 - 18.900 from Britain?

01:32 - 20.612 The question

01:32 - 23.938 I would ask to the Founding fathers would be,

01:32 - 25.750 what were they

01:32 - 29.620 most afraid of that the King would do if the king didn't listen

01:32 - 32.647 to the Declaration of Independence and sent soldiers

01:32 - 36.059 to the question?

01:32 - 39.086 No, the answer's yes.

01:32 - 40.031 What do you think, then?

01:32 - 42.966 What do you think their greatest fear was?

01:32 - 44.868 I think that their greatest fear

01:32 - 47.895 was probably breaking away from England

01:32 - 51.775 and I think that

01:32 - 54.802 their biggest fear would probably be like a death sentence,

01:32 - 57.838 because they might have saw someone else get it.

01:32 - 00.285 Okay.

01:33 - 03.311 Well, you guys did a lot of studying of this issue.

01:33 - 07.081 Who developed into being your favorite character

01:33 - 10.093 within the colonist?

01:33 - 11.461 Within the colonists?

01:33 - 15.256 My favorite character would have to be

01:33 - 19.570 Benjamin Franklin.

01:33 - 20.538 About our special.

01:33 - 22.606 He was as a Philadelphian as well.

01:33 - 24.765 Pretty cool stuff. I why Franklin?

01:33 - 26.977 Well, I feel Franklin

01:33 - 30.605 had a lot to do with the signing and the Declaration of Independence.

01:33 - 31.982 He was the person

01:33 - 36.410 who had the on the back of Washington's chair in the meeting room.

01:33 - 40.247 There was a sun, and you couldn't tell if it was setting or rising.

01:33 - 43.551 And then when the nation was created,

01:33 - 46.654 he said, it was a rising son.

01:33 - 48.932 To Richard.

01:33 - 52.235 My, my favorite character

01:33 - 55.262 from all of this is Thomas Jefferson,

01:33 - 58.933 because he's really the one who, like, made it all happen.

01:34 - 01.478 Very good.

01:34 - 02.879 Okay. All right. Good job.

01:34 - 04.881 Thank you. Thank you.

01:34 - 07.908 Thank you.

01:34 - 22.757 And as they're exiting, I'm going to ask our last school,

01:34 - 26.060 Penn Charter, to come on down.

01:34 - 29.864 Let's give them a round of applause.

01:34 - 36.137 Their teachers are Rachel Davenport and Sarah Black.

01:34 - 48.159 You guys be holding it.

01:34 - 50.861 Would you like?

01:34 - 53.497 Are you holding it, or do you want them up?

01:34 - 54.998 Sure.

01:34 - 58.025 Just.

01:35 - 20.358 Great.

01:35 - 23.384 Whenever you're.

01:35 - 40.377 Hello, everyone.

01:35 - 41.611 We are fifth grade.

01:35 - 43.346 We are the chapters.

01:35 - 45.949 A fifth grade class from Penn Charter.

01:35 - 50.745 Our skit today is a political debate in 1776.

01:35 - 55.058 We have three leaders, two moderators and an audience.

01:35 - 58.085 Please enjoy.

01:36 - 13.443 Welcome to tonight's debate.

01:36 - 19.173 It's March 21st, 1776, and we're here in downtown Philadelphia,

01:36 - 23.153 just fathoms away from Carpenters Hall, with three important

01:36 - 26.180 people who hope to Leeds United colonies.

01:36 - 30.527 Let's welcome the leaders. Now.

01:36 - 33.554 Allow these men to introduce themselves.

01:36 - 40.337 It's me, your king.

01:36 - 43.073 King George. Remember me?

01:36 - 46.877 Da da da da da da da da da da

01:36 - 50.404 yada da da da da da yada.

01:36 - 51.681 Yes. That one.

01:36 - 54.141 It's great to see you all and to be seen.

01:36 - 56.988 Next man.

01:36 - 00.014 Come on down.

01:37 - 02.759 Hello, fellow colonists.

01:37 - 07.364 It is I, George Washington, your brave and humble civil servant, commander

01:37 - 10.467 in the army, delegate in the Continental Congress,

01:37 - 13.494 and voice of the people.

01:37 - 16.340 Hi, everyone.

01:37 - 17.341 I'm Dale Adams.

01:37 - 20.210 You may not know me yet, but I could be a good leader too.

01:37 - 23.237 You'll see.

01:37 - 26.082 Welcome, gentlemen, and thank you.

01:37 - 29.977 Now, several of you have a proven record of leadership.

01:37 - 33.547 Please name an accomplishment that you are most proud of.

01:37 - 35.525 I'll go first.

01:37 - 39.053 I created the largest and greatest empire in the world.

01:37 - 42.065 Also the strongest navy in the world.

01:37 - 45.192 I established the great colonies that we are in today.

01:37 - 48.905 And I create a plan to continue paying for the defense

01:37 - 52.066 of these colonies by taxing all of you people.

01:37 - 57.380 Today, with bad representation,

01:37 - 00.407 no taxation without representation.

01:38 - 04.689 Okay.

01:38 - 06.656 Other. George.

01:38 - 09.292 They actually call me Commander Washington.

01:38 - 11.228 I'm a trusted member of the community.

01:38 - 16.266 I have a proven record of integrity, honesty, and courage to lead

01:38 - 21.095 my colonists against a tyrannical king and an unjust government.

01:38 - 26.033 I am proud to represent these colonies as a leader in our defense forces,

01:38 - 29.336 as well as representing my home colony in Virginia.

01:38 - 34.575 The people trust me, and it'll be my honor to lead them in a new era of freedom.

01:38 - 37.520 Well, the people call me Gail.

01:38 - 40.657 I'm most proud of my ability to multitask

01:38 - 44.485 as a small business manager for the Addams Family business,

01:38 - 48.989 but also my behind the scenes political involvement.

01:38 - 52.002 I'm here today because I'm hoping

01:38 - 55.930 to use my talents and in dealing with to lead these

01:38 - 59.967 colonies.

01:39 - 02.746 Great answers everyone.

01:39 - 05.215 Thank you.

01:39 - 07.951 I want to go back to something I heard from the crowd.

01:39 - 10.620 There has been a lot of momentum behind this phrase.

01:39 - 13.614 No taxation without representation.

01:39 - 16.526 I like to hear your take on this, starting with you, Mr.

01:39 - 17.328 Adams.

01:39 - 19.562 I admit I'm torn on this issue.

01:39 - 21.464 As a small business manager.

01:39 - 25.826 The boycotts and blockades have made it hard to keep the shelves stocked.

01:39 - 30.197 British goods bring in good money, but now they're hard to find.

01:39 - 34.101 However, I do believe in the reason for the boycott.

01:39 - 38.272 Any government that claims to represent all the citizens

01:39 - 41.351 should represent all citizens.

01:39 - 42.619 Men and women.

01:39 - 45.422 Rich and poor, soldiers and civilians.

01:39 - 48.716 Everyone. Enough of that. It's my turn.

01:39 - 53.830 Taxes are a necessary price to pay for all the things that I've given

01:39 - 58.993 these colonies represented here, not just pay the money to

01:40 - 01.571 the people deserve better.

01:40 - 04.708 I have spoken to men all over these colonies who are tired

01:40 - 05.809 of being mistreated.

01:40 - 09.203 What you did in Boston, George, is despicable.

01:40 - 12.539 That coercive acts are simply intolerable.

01:40 - 14.684 British soldiers on every corner.

01:40 - 17.287 Unfair trials blocking the ports.

01:40 - 18.822 That's no way to live.

01:40 - 20.023 No way to lead.

01:40 - 21.391 That is tyranny.

01:40 - 23.460 You've turned brother against brother

01:40 - 27.187 countrymen against countrymen and Englishmen against England.

01:40 - 28.898 And it is your fault.

01:40 - 33.636 We, the people of these united colonies, deserve better, demand better.

01:40 - 36.539 And we will create better for ourselves.

01:40 - 37.874 Who do you want to be able to give me?

01:40 - 40.110 Your Abigail Adams?

01:40 - 43.137 Is that you?

01:40 - 47.474 Oh, she's.

01:40 - 57.894 Okay.

01:40 - 00.921 That was a surprise ending.

01:41 - 02.999 We didn't have three gentlemen after all.

01:41 - 04.734 Oh, okay.

01:41 - 06.669 I must say, I did like your essay.

01:41 - 10.707 Because in it, you say that the Constitution says

01:41 - 14.234 judges can keep their offices and nobody can change their pay.

01:41 - 16.012 That's near and dear to my heart.

01:41 - 18.281 I am a judge, so thank you for that.

01:41 - 21.675 You know, we have these grievances against the king,

01:41 - 25.712 and he was very forceful, shall we say, in

01:41 - 29.883 not adhering to not listening to the colonists.

01:41 - 31.062 What if he had?

01:41 - 34.955 What if he had said, well, okay, I'll let you have a voice.

01:41 - 37.167 Let you have trial by jury.

01:41 - 40.070 We'll do a few of these things.

01:41 - 44.064 What do you think would have happened if he had been a little less,

01:41 - 47.310 shall we say, deaf to their complaints?

01:41 - 48.678 I think he would have.

01:41 - 51.414 I think the colonists would have been, like, happier.

01:41 - 54.684 And I think we wouldn't have to go through, like, eight years.

01:41 - 58.278 I think it was of the bloody Revolutionary War.

01:41 - 01.315 I think it would be easier for us to become what we are today.

01:42 - 02.293 All right.

01:42 - 05.061 So he pushed the colonists to the brink.

01:42 - 07.430 They really felt they had no other choice.

01:42 - 08.531 What do you think about that, King?

01:42 - 13.494 I feel that, If they didn't,

01:42 - 17.297 if the court like you let them have a say in, like, Parliament.

01:42 - 21.311 I think he would still be connected to Britain.

01:42 - 22.335 Maybe in

01:42 - 25.515 you will be speaking a little differently.

01:42 - 27.784 I'd like to see a vote on that.

01:42 - 29.552 How many you feel?

01:42 - 31.488 If the King had realized.

01:42 - 35.516 But removed the death end and would have been president,

01:42 - 40.454 given presence and six months,

01:42 - 44.658 and let the colonies have the right to vote,

01:42 - 48.729 the right to, have,

01:42 - 52.499 their taxation only levied when it

01:42 - 56.603 levied by someone who had their interest.

01:42 - 57.548 Right.

01:42 - 01.208 And, you know, 3 or 4 that thing the colonies talked about.

01:43 - 04.287 What do you think would have been the outcome?

01:43 - 06.556 How many of you think that the king,

01:43 - 09.583 whatever role, I did not put him to death.

01:43 - 14.755 And so they brought him back into the ruling society out of the colony.

01:43 - 16.766 It would have avoided the war.

01:43 - 20.127 How many of you think it would have avoided the war if he had relented?

01:43 - 21.694 Show of hands.

01:43 - 23.340 Okay.

01:43 - 26.042 How many of you don't think so?

01:43 - 27.510 Okay.

01:43 - 30.504 Well, he needed to have some good advisors back then.

01:43 - 31.081 Like.

01:43 - 33.149 Like, should've listened to George. Right.

01:43 - 35.485 I think he actually.

01:43 - 38.512 It might have actually happened because he was.

01:43 - 42.058 It looks like he really wanted the taxes to stay.

01:43 - 45.085 So even if he did not

01:43 - 48.631 do the death sentence, he would have done other things

01:43 - 50.333 and then they would still be mad.

01:43 - 52.669 Maybe they're just too many things that he was do.

01:43 - 53.404 Okay, good.

01:43 - 55.805 I think we had one more one more.

01:43 - 58.241 I just couldn't hear that.

01:43 - 00.977 So I was going to ask if you could read the question.

01:44 - 02.645 Okay.

01:44 - 05.248 It was about how how many people think if he relented,

01:44 - 06.349 there wouldn't have been a war.

01:44 - 10.344 And I think you all pretty much said that you felt that, although some said he

01:44 - 11.788 there was so many things he was doing

01:44 - 14.557 that were abusive that they probably would have

01:44 - 15.825 thrown up their hands at some point.

01:44 - 17.727 It was too late. Yeah. Too late.

01:44 - 19.286 All right. Good job. Thank you.

01:44 - 34.477 As they exit,

01:44 - 37.504 everybody can once again take a big, deep breath.

01:44 - 40.416 Tremendous job. Let's.

01:44 - 43.319 All my adults in the room. Let's give him a round of applause.

01:44 - 46.346 Awesome job.

01:44 - 56.399 Our. Our judges have a very hard decision to make.

01:44 - 00.327 And not much time to do that in, because what we're going to do,

01:45 - 03.239 we're going to allow you to go down and get some lunch,

01:45 - 06.476 and then we're all going to reconvene up on what is called

01:45 - 10.537 the overlook, where we will have our special awards presentation.

01:45 - 13.974 But let me just say what a tremendous presentation.

01:45 - 16.819 You worked hard. Excellent job.

01:45 - 20.514 And you should truly be to be proud of yourselves.

01:45 - 23.660 You are truly all winners.

01:45 - 26.953 And I think our future governor, I think we might have some future

01:45 - 30.223 governors in here or congressman, maybe a couple judges.

01:45 - 32.168 Actress. Actors and actors. Yes.

01:45 - 33.903 Definitely.

01:45 - 38.231 All right, ladies and gentlemen, can you do help me do one little thing?

01:45 - 39.209 Can you help me?

01:45 - 42.545 Not only thank our judges, but my assistants

01:45 - 44.514 who've been here helping us today.

01:45 - 45.978 Let's give them a round of applause.

01:45 - 53.690 So what I'm going to do is I'm going to have Radnor.

01:45 - 57.327 If you want to exit up this way, you're going to go all the way down

01:45 - 00.354 to the bottom of the National Constitution Center to get lunch.

01:46 - 02.432 Radnor, why don't you head up? Judges?

01:46 - 06.026 You may adjourn to the Green room to make your decision.

01:46 - 10.731 All right, so, ladies and gentlemen, I started the day

01:46 - 14.601 by saying we were celebrating you.

01:46 - 16.379 So we have our

01:46 - 20.550 distinguished panel of judges, but we also wanted to bring in somebody

01:46 - 25.479 very special from the Philadelphia area, someone who really exemplifies

01:46 - 28.624 a Philadelphia citizen, somebody

01:46 - 31.828 to really celebrate with you.

01:46 - 33.796 So I'm going to ask this guest.

01:46 - 37.624 It's very important that everybody remain seated.

01:46 - 42.362 And he will shortly be coming out to join us.

01:46 - 46.843 I don't know if.

01:46 - 50.070 Well, Albert Einstein wasn't a citizen of Philadelphia, was he?

01:46 - 56.452 He he I guess he's been a little bit.

01:46 - 58.488 All right, so he's ready to make his entrance.

01:46 - 59.922 Please remain seated.

01:46 - 02.692 And remember, he's here to celebrate you.

01:47 - 07.554 Ladies and gentlemen, our special guest of the afternoon.

01:47 - 44.691 Mr. Ray.

01:47 - 47.637 Please go ahead.

01:47 - 48.938 This is the school hall.

01:47 - 50.706 You guys,

01:47 - 53.733 the night.

01:47 - 00.316 All right, ladies and gentlemen,

01:48 - 03.343 Grady, thank you for joining us.

01:48 - 06.513 But now, Christy, we have a very important thing to do.

01:48 - 10.383 We're going to announce the top the finalist in our competition.

01:48 - 16.289 So I hate to do this to you, but I'm going to call to the stage the judge.

01:48 - 19.402 Which means when a judge takes the courtroom,

01:48 - 23.797 everyone has to be silent and that's going to include you.

01:48 - 27.210 And you have to give the judge because she's an honorable.

01:48 - 29.812 You have to give her the right respect.

01:48 - 30.836 All right. Thank you.

01:48 - 39.079 Wow. You all did a great job.

01:48 - 40.723 Give yourselves a round of applause.

01:48 - 43.526 All of you.

01:48 - 45.294 Fabulous. Fabulous.

01:48 - 47.430 And I think Beth said it this morning, but it's.

01:48 - 48.198 It's really true.

01:48 - 51.224 You are all winners. All of you.

01:48 - 55.595 We're going to announce the top for three to however many.

01:48 - 58.474 But you're all winners because you're here.

01:48 - 00.076 And you did a great job.

01:49 - 01.077 Just a great job.

01:49 - 03.746 Parents. Are you proud of your kids?

01:49 - 06.773 Teachers, are you proud of your kids?

01:49 - 10.353 And thank you to the parents and teachers.

01:49 - 14.047 I know you worked a long, long time.

01:49 - 16.759 Really? We were asking the kids how long they worked.

01:49 - 18.327 And we know you helped, too.

01:49 - 20.296 So we're going to announce the winners.

01:49 - 21.831 Very, very tough.

01:49 - 25.101 Our judges had a very difficult time to decide

01:49 - 28.395 because we would love to give out ten prizes for sure.

01:49 - 31.932 But we're going to start with the runners up, if you will.

01:49 - 35.535 And we have a tie for third place.

01:49 - 37.436 Okay.

01:49 - 41.007 Bala Cynwyd Middle School

01:49 - 44.344 tied for third.

01:49 - 45.555 Is that right here?

01:49 - 47.123 You can black-and-white right here.

01:49 - 49.191 Here we go.

01:49 - 50.192 Congratulations.

01:49 - 51.527 Here they are.

01:49 - 52.828 Stay seated till the end.

01:49 - 55.822 Stay seated until the end.

01:49 - 01.470 Also in third place.

01:50 - 05.332 Coming from the Pittsburgh area, McKnight.

01:50 - 08.311 Good night.

01:50 - 10.379 Yeah.

01:50 - 13.373 Third place.

01:50 - 14.718 Tied for third.

01:50 - 16.118 Congratulations.

01:50 - 18.854 Our second place winner.

01:50 - 21.881 Radnor elementary.

01:50 - 28.865 Great job.

01:50 - 29.866 Great job.

01:50 - 32.892 And our number one winner,

01:50 - 36.329 Abram S. Jenks

01:50 - 39.699 It's.

01:50 - 56.916 All right, ladies and gentlemen.

01:50 - 59.328 All right. If you hear my voice clap.

01:50 - 02.355 Let's see my hands clap twice.

01:51 - 06.769 Shortly we'll have some photo opportunities

01:51 - 09.138 with our judges as well as gritty.

01:51 - 11.607 But before we do that,

01:51 - 15.945 can you do me a favor and let's thank our judges today.

01:51 - 19.739 Let's give them a round of applause. Yes.

01:51 - 23.919 Yes. And remember,

01:51 - 27.113 everyone here was a winner for your hard work.

01:51 - 28.925 Your research?

01:51 - 31.951 The judges really had a hard time.

01:51 - 33.796 So thank you, everybody.

01:51 - 39.268 Go home, celebrate, and hopefully we'll see you back for the 200.

01:51 - 42.038 And we'll see you back next year. Hopefully.

01:51 - 43.939 Or at least the schools back. Governor.

01:51 - 46.966 We're going to give you the last word. I'm

01:51 - 49.979 thinking of all our judges to say

01:51 - 53.006 a quick word.

01:51 - 55.317 Oh my goodness.

01:51 - 58.020 Like that. Okay. Good work.

01:51 - 58.654 You're like.

01:51 - 59.423 You're miked up.

01:51 - 01.857 No, I know, but

01:52 - 03.359 speaking

01:52 - 06.352 where everybody say a word, I want everybody to.

01:52 - 10.557 Well, let me just say a quick word,

01:52 - 13.069 because I know a

01:52 - 14.403 some of you are disappointed.

01:52 - 17.664 You shouldn't be disappointed because, as the judge said,

01:52 - 23.036 you were ten selected out of over 200.

01:52 - 28.942 That means you came in higher than 190 schools, at least.

01:52 - 30.944 That's really.

01:52 - 36.093 Elijah, the.

01:52 - 39.552 We were late and because it was very difficult

01:52 - 43.423 to choose among academy of very low

01:52 - 48.128 and there was disagreement among the we

01:52 - 52.899 we confided that we could, like you all, did a great job

01:52 - 56.336 and some of your and I was really surprised.

01:52 - 59.682 I talked to men yesterday.

01:52 - 02.551 I told her the question I don't want to hear about.

01:53 - 06.522 What would you what would you what would Jay King George

01:53 - 09.658 do if he had won a war?

01:53 - 14.521 What do you let the sentence of death be carried out against the guard?

01:53 - 15.031 Khalid.

01:53 - 19.959 And the answer, if you came up with more than I expected.

01:53 - 23.372 I mean, certainly the last

01:53 - 28.067 if we get to the last minute what I did, you know, we had a fabulous answer saying.

01:53 - 32.915 You you can try to compromise it.

01:53 - 37.110 You try to build from there because it did no good if he killed the

01:53 - 40.947 if he let the college die.

01:53 - 44.326 And we've just had resentment.

01:53 - 46.996 All the people who supported the revolution,

01:53 - 48.264 they would have been bitter

01:53 - 51.658 and they would have been looking for an opportunity to do it again.

01:53 - 57.039 But by compromising, not premature death anyway.

01:53 - 01.377 And and back in this society, he would have ameliorated

01:54 - 03.078 some of that hate.

01:54 - 06.472 And if he could have built it back together.

01:54 - 09.985 And a lot of you got that and and I had an answer

01:54 - 13.012 from on that line, and that's not an answer.

01:54 - 16.816 And many are our legislature put a question.

01:54 - 21.597 There's something about our life like like great job.

01:54 - 23.732 Amazing answer.

01:54 - 26.759 Emails gets the fifth victory epic.

01:54 - 29.305 And then you all look great.

01:54 - 33.108 You know, it's just yeah I think governor you would agree

01:54 - 36.779 and our other judges that our future is in great hands.

01:54 - 39.181 We have some outstanding statements.

01:54 - 40.050 Statesmen.

01:54 - 45.087 Unfortunately, I know some of our schools have to leave,

01:54 - 49.358 so we're going to try in, because I know some people might want to say

01:54 - 50.693 hi to this guy here,

01:54 - 53.929 but we're going to try and do it a little bit in the in an orderly fashion.

01:54 - 56.832 Unless any other parting shots from our judges.

01:54 - 57.856 Yeah.

01:55 - 04.573 I would just say congratulations and thank you to all the teachers.

01:55 - 09.345 You know, I alluded it to in my question about questioning

01:55 - 12.214 whether we were all equal at the time of the signing of this document.

01:55 - 15.775 Many of our ancestors were enslaved and not counted as a full person.

01:55 - 19.588 So I think it's important to remember that the democracy is

01:55 - 21.457 something that we're active participants in.

01:55 - 22.325 And it's beautiful

01:55 - 25.685 that you're learning about these documents so that we can hold them to account.

01:55 - 28.864 And I think I'll just part with some of my grandfather's words of,

01:55 - 30.432 this is your democracy.

01:55 - 33.459 Make it, protect it, and pass it on.

01:55 - 36.696 Oh, I like that.

01:55 - 38.942 Just thank you.

01:55 - 42.177 I appreciate the Rendell's for letting me be a part of this.

01:55 - 46.315 And, tremendous to see the kids and the excitement and and actually,

01:55 - 49.084 you have the teachers and the parents and the grandparents as well.

01:55 - 52.312 So you should all be very proud of your accomplishments.

01:55 - 53.545 Thanks.

01:55 - 54.257 All right.

01:55 - 57.059 Kriti, what do you think about this group here?

01:55 - 58.994 What do you think? Are they pretty good?

01:55 - 01.196 I think they're awesome. We want to give them a cheer.

01:56 - 02.064 Give them a tree to go.

01:56 - 02.365 Yeah, yeah.

01:56 - 05.391 There we go.

01:56 - 10.396 All right, so can I have our.

01:56 - 13.766 Can I have our first place team as Jake's come up.

01:56 - 16.869 Come on down here first as Jake's.

01:56 - 21.417 Come on, dad, gather round the judges.

01:56 - 24.410 Gritty. Come on over with them.

01:56 - 25.388 Over here.

01:56 - 28.614 I have your time and my.

01:56 - 31.560 I think

01:56 - 33.996 I'm just finding. All right.

01:56 - 37.023 You did a great job.

01:56 - 40.002 All right.

01:56 - 41.937 On the count of three.

01:56 - 44.206 Are we ready? One.

01:56 - 46.275 Two. Three.

01:56 - 47.977 Yeah.

01:56 - 48.211 All right.

01:56 - 50.145 On the count of three, say, Constitution Center.

01:56 - 53.172 One. Two. Three.

01:56 - 54.250 All right.

01:56 - 55.251 Very good.

01:56 - 57.152 As Jake's, the check is yours.

01:56 - 59.078 If you want to step over there for a second.

01:57 - 19.124 Let me. Do.