Notes on the Virginia Plan

1. If you’ve studied the Constitution, the Virginia Plan will seem familiar. The Virginia Plan is the basis for much of the Constitution. It’s not exact, but you can see where the Constitution comes from.
2. The Virginia Plan is subdivided into sections, which makes excerpting it less complicated than some of the documents here.
3. When you’re reciting excerpts of the Virginia Plan, recite it like you’re making an argument: act like you believe in it. You don’t need to be loud, just confident.
4. Possible topics here include comparing the Constitution to the Virginia Plan, discussion of the New Jersey Plan, the Article of Confederation, the three fifths compromise, slavery and the Constitution, or the treatment of Native Americans under the Constitution.
5. Here is the Resource Collection. This is not an exhaustive collection of resources, but it does give you a place to start.