We briefly reviewed the circumstances leading to the Constitutional Convention and the replacement of the Articles of Confederation. Next, Ben listened to a video about Washington and learned the distinction between formal and informal authority. We reviewed some of the personal characteristics for which Washington was known. Ben brought up the fact that he was also a slave owner, at which point we reviewed opinion from fact and discussed one of the most controversial issues confronting the delegates - that of slavery. Ben was interested to learn that 25 of the Convention's 55 delegates owned slaves. Therefore, whether slavery was to be regulated under the new Constitution was a very controversial issue. At this time, we reviewed the Three-Fifths Compromise between the Southern and Northern States. As an interesting connection between art and history that I hoped might pique Ben's interest, I showed him a video about the Lascaux cave paintings. He found it interesting. His overall take-away was that we should not open these exhibits to the public as the presence of visitors create carbon dioxide and humidity that damage the paintings, which resulted in its closure.