Students can read 15+ excerpts from the book Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution. From these excerpts, great class discussions can come with some guidance. For one, there are guiding questions with the documents. Also, teachers can ask students to comment on the document they found most interesting, or a document they had a question about, or any other thought that can carry on dialogue. The idea for Quick Read Discussions, or QRDs, came about when I was getting my master's