diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b0f9fa..f12144c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,98 @@ StatementClient client = new StatementClient(url, username, password);
 
 This has the possiblitiy of throwing a ```MalformedURLException``` if an invalid URL is passed it.
 
+## Creating a Statement
+
+This library has some overloaded model constructors to simplify building common parts of a statement.  
+
+```java
+// create an activity with just an id
+Activity activity = new Activity("http://activity.com");
+System.out.println("Activity");
+System.out.println( "\t" +  activity  );
+
+// prints...
+// Activity
+//	http://activity.com
+
+// create an agent with name and mbox
+Agent agent = new Agent("tommy", "mailto:tommy@example.com");
+System.out.println("Agent - name & mbox");
+System.out.println("\t" + agent);
+
+// prints...
+// Agent - name & mbox
+//	tommy
+
+// create an agent with just an mbox
+Agent agent = new Agent(null, "mailto:tommy@example.com")
+System.out.println("Agent - mbox");
+System.out.println("\t" + agent);
+
+// prints...
+// Agent - mbox
+//	mailto:tommy@example.com
+
+// create an agent with openid
+Agent agent = new Agent(null, new URI("http://tom-is-me")));
+System.out.println("Agent - openid");
+System.out.println("\t" + agent);
+
+// prints...
+// Agent - openid
+//	http://tom-is-me
+
+// create an agent with an account
+Agent agent = new Agent("", new Account("joe", "http://joe.com"));
+System.out.println("Agent - account");
+System.out.println("\t" + agent);
+
+// prints...
+// Agent - account
+//	joe (http://joe.com)
+
+
+// use an ADL verb
+System.out.println("ADL verb");
+System.out.println("\t" + Verbs.answered());
+
+// prints...
+// ADL verb
+//	answered
+
+// create a verb
+Verb verb = new Verb("http://my.verb/didsomething");
+System.out.println("my verb");
+System.out.println("\t" + verb);
+
+// prints...
+// my verb
+//	http://my.verb/didsomething
+
+
+// create a verb with display 
+HashMap<String, String> disp = new HashMap<String, String>();
+disp.put("fr", "le ran");
+disp.put("en-US", "ran");
+Verb verb = new Verb("http://my.verb/ran", disp);
+System.out.println("my ran verb");
+System.out.println("\t" + verb);
+
+// prints...
+// my ran verb
+//	ran
+
+// create a basic statement
+System.out.println("Statement ");
+System.out.println("\t" + new Statement(new Agent("tom", "mailto:tom@example.com"), 
+                                        new Verb("http://verb.com/did", getVerbDisp()),
+                                        new Activity("act:id")));
+
+// prints...
+// Statement 
+//	7fdbc0cc-aef8-47d6-97ad-b1929afc34b5: tom did act:id
+```
+
 ## Publishing a Statement
 
 To publish a statement you'll need a Verb (There is a predefined list of ADL verbs available in ```gov.adlnet.xapi.model.Verbs``` class), an Actor who compled the activity the statment describes, and the Statement object, which can be an Activity, a SubStatement, or a StatementRef
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cbe7e64..fd9dfb3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -109,6 +109,43 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
+		<pluginManagement>
+			<plugins>
+				<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+					<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+					<version>1.0.0</version>
+					<configuration>
+						<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+							<pluginExecutions>
+								<pluginExecution>
+									<pluginExecutionFilter>
+										<groupId>
+											org.apache.maven.plugins
+										</groupId>
+										<artifactId>
+											maven-dependency-plugin
+										</artifactId>
+										<versionRange>
+											[2.5.1,)
+										</versionRange>
+										<goals>
+											<goal>
+												copy-dependencies
+											</goal>
+										</goals>
+									</pluginExecutionFilter>
+									<action>
+										<ignore></ignore>
+									</action>
+								</pluginExecution>
+							</pluginExecutions>
+						</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+					</configuration>
+				</plugin>
+			</plugins>
+		</pluginManagement>
 	</build>
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Account.java b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Account.java
index 6f52e8c..a80f2c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Account.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Account.java
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 public class Account {
 	private String homePage;
 	private String name;
+	
+	public Account() {}
+	
+	public Account(String name, String homepage) {
+	   this.name = name;
+	   this.homePage = homepage;
+	}
 
 	public String getHomePage() {
 		return homePage;
@@ -32,4 +39,8 @@ public JsonElement serialize() {
 		}
 		return obj;
 	}
+	
+	public String toString() {
+	   return String.format("%s (%s)", name, homePage);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Activity.java b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Activity.java
index f22378d..33ce602 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Activity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Activity.java
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ public class Activity implements IStatementObject {
 	private String id;
 
 	private ActivityDefinition definition;
+	
+	public Activity() {}
+	
+	public Activity(String id) {
+	   this.id = id;
+	}
+	
+	public Activity(String id, ActivityDefinition definition) {
+	   this.id = id;
+	   this.definition = definition;
+	}
 
 	public String getObjectType() {
 		return ACTIVITY;
@@ -40,4 +51,11 @@ public JsonElement serialize() {
 		}
 		return obj;
 	}
+	
+	public String toString() {
+	   return String.format(
+	         "%s", (definition == null || 
+	                definition.toString() == null || 
+	                definition.toString().isEmpty()) ? id : definition.toString());
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/ActivityDefinition.java b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/ActivityDefinition.java
index a56ea44..f03310a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/ActivityDefinition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/ActivityDefinition.java
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ public class ActivityDefinition {
 	private ArrayList<InteractionComponent> source;
 	private ArrayList<InteractionComponent> target;
 	private ArrayList<InteractionComponent> steps;
+	
+	public ActivityDefinition() {}
+	
+	public ActivityDefinition(HashMap<String, String>name, HashMap<String, String>description) {
+	   this.name = name;
+	   this.description = description;
+	}
 
 	private JsonElement serializeMap(HashMap<String, String> map) {
 		JsonObject obj = new JsonObject();
@@ -189,4 +196,8 @@ public ArrayList<InteractionComponent> getSteps() {
 	public void setSteps(ArrayList<InteractionComponent> steps) {
 		this.steps = steps;
 	}
+	
+	public String toString() {
+	   return name.get("en-US");
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Actor.java b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Actor.java
index 8b2f07d..7891806 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Actor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Actor.java
@@ -110,4 +110,15 @@ public JsonElement serialize() {
 		obj.addProperty("objectType", this.getObjectType());
 		return obj;
 	}
+	
+	public String toString() {
+	   if (name != null && ! name.isEmpty()) return name;
+	   
+	   String ret = "Anonymous";
+	   if (mbox != null && ! mbox.isEmpty()) ret = mbox;
+	   else if (mbox_sha1sum != null && ! mbox_sha1sum.isEmpty()) ret = mbox_sha1sum;
+	   else if (openid != null && ! openid.toString().isEmpty()) ret = openid.toString();
+	   else if (account != null) ret = account.toString();
+	   return ret;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Agent.java b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Agent.java
index 00deb0b..a125730 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Agent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Agent.java
@@ -1,8 +1,30 @@
 package gov.adlnet.xapi.model;
 
+import java.net.URI;
+
 public class Agent extends Actor implements IStatementObject {
 
 	public static final String AGENT = "Agent";
+	
+	public Agent() {}
+	
+	public Agent(String name, String mbox) {
+	   super();
+	   setName(name);
+	   setMbox(mbox);
+	}
+	
+	public Agent(String name, URI openid) {
+	   super();
+	   setName(name);
+	   setOpenid(openid);
+	}
+	
+	public Agent(String name, Account account) {
+	   super();
+	   setName(name);
+	   setAccount(account);
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	public String getObjectType() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Group.java b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Group.java
index 6ec6cf9..42a2d3c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Group.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Group.java
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 package gov.adlnet.xapi.model;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+
 import com.google.gson.*;
 public class Group extends Actor {
 
 	public static final String GROUP = "Group";
+	
+	public Group(ArrayList<Agent> members) {
+	   super();
+	   setMember(members);
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public String getObjectType() {
 		return GROUP;
@@ -25,4 +32,10 @@ public JsonElement serialize(){
 		obj.add("member", members);
 		return obj;
 	}
+	
+	public String toString() {
+	   String ret = super.toString();
+	   if (ret == null || ret.isEmpty() || "Anonymous".equals(ret)) ret = member.toString();
+	   return ret;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Result.java b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Result.java
index d62bf13..37d324c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Result.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Result.java
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 package gov.adlnet.xapi.model;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
-
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Statement.java b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Statement.java
index a132854..f5060d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Statement.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Statement.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package gov.adlnet.xapi.model;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class Statement {
 	private String id;
@@ -16,6 +17,15 @@ public class Statement {
 	private Actor authority;
 	private ArrayList<Attachment> attachments;
 	
+	public Statement() {}
+	
+	public Statement(Actor actor, Verb verb, IStatementObject object) {
+	   this.id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+	   this.actor = actor;
+	   this.verb = verb;
+	   this.object = object;
+	}
+	
 	public String getTimestamp() {
 		return timestamp;
 	}
@@ -82,4 +92,8 @@ public Result getResult() {
 	public void setResult(Result result) {
 		this.result = result;
 	}	
+	
+	public String toString() {
+	   return String.format("%s: %s %s %s", id, actor, verb, object);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Verb.java b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Verb.java
index 2bcb84d..f1eee3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Verb.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/model/Verb.java
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 import com.google.gson.*;
 
 public class Verb {
+   
+   public Verb() {}
+   
+   public Verb(String id) {
+      this.id = id;
+   }
+   
+   public Verb(String id, HashMap<String, String> display) {
+      this.id = id;
+      this.display = display;
+   }
+   
 	public JsonElement serialize() {
 		JsonObject obj = new JsonObject();
 		if (this.id != null) {
@@ -35,6 +47,14 @@ public HashMap<String, String> getDisplay() {
 	public void setDisplay(HashMap<String, String> display) {
 		this.display = display;
 	}
+	
+	public String toString() {
+	   String ret = id;
+	   if (display != null && 
+	       display.get("en-US") != null && 
+	       ! display.get("en-US").isEmpty()) ret = display.get("en-US");
+	   return ret;
+	}
 
 	private String id;
 	private HashMap<String, String> display;