Agenda

1) Do Now

2) Finish your
Was

the Revolution Justified

Visualizing
Turn
If

Vocab

everything in Now!

you are done WORK ON YOUR PROJECT

DUE

ON WEDNESDAY

3) Notes on The Articles of Confederation video

4) Finish the 3 Column Chart and Turn it in

5) Reflection

Tuesday 9/13
Do Now:
Label

this Monday 9/12 Do Now

Answer

the following questions`:

What

happened on September 11th

2001?

How

has the tragedy of September 11th

impacted our government system?

If

someone has lost a loved one in this

Tragedy, what advice would you give
them in order to help them move
forward past this event?

Creating a
Constitution

Do Now: Friday 9/16

**Answer the following questions in your notebook.
**Be sure to label your DO NOW with the day and date.

Inalienable Rights: natural rights are those rights

that are not dependent on the laws, customs, or
beliefs of any particular culture or government, and
therefore universal;rightsthat cannot be repealed
or restrained by human laws).
1) Historically speaking, have any groups been
denied natural rights in the past?
2) In the United States today, who is protected
under the notion of Inalienable Rights?
3) How has the United States become a more fair
and equal place in terms of human rights?

Standards and Objectives

Standards:

11.1.2. [S.W.B.A.T.] Analyze the ideological origins of

the philosophy of divinely bestowed unalienable
natural rights, the drafting and ratification (Passing)
of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of
Rights.

Objectives:
1)

Students collaboratively assess the issue of

race relations in the United States as they apply
the concept of Inalienable Rights, in a student
led Socratic Seminar.

2)

Students evaluate the Bill of Rights and the

extent to which Inalienable Rights are
protected under the United States Constitution.

Agenda 9/15-9/16

1)

Do Now: In your Notebook

2)

Standards and Objectives

3)

Expectations for the Socratic SeminarRubric

4)

Creating Questions

5)

Socratic Seminar- Discussion and

Evaluations

6)

Socratic Seminar- Reflection

7)

Visualizing Vocabulary Activity

Socratic Seminar
Topic
For

of Discussion:

this Socratic Seminar we will

discuss race relations and
inalienable rights. As a class
we will discuss the way these
issues have developed
throughout history and the
current state of these issues in
our nation today.

A Confederation of States

State governments

Republics

Unicameral legislature

Preserved colonial
traditions

Needed property to
vote

Freedom of religion

Congress creates
the Article of
Confederation

To all to
Whom

Structure of the Articles

of Confederation
Government

Consisted of a congress
of delegates with 1
vote

Congress could make,

implement and enforce
laws

Powers

Declare war

Negotiate peace
treaties

Had to rely on state

contributions

Western Lands

Land Ordinance of 1785

Designed a system to
distribute land

Northwest Ordinance of
1787

Procedure for
government and
statehood

Land Ordinance
of 1785

Weaknesses
Economic

No national currency

Could not regulate

trade

No taxes

Shays
Rebellion

Western Mass.
Farmer who shut
down courts to
block foreclosures

Nation realized
changes were
needed

Monday 9/19
Do

Now: (5 min)

Answer

the following questions in your

notebook:
1)

What were the Articles of

Confederation?

2)

What were 2 weaknesses of the

Articles of Confederation?

3)

Why did the Colonists decide to

have such a weak 1st Government?

Agenda: Monday/Tues 9/19-9/20

1)

Do Now

2)

Agenda

3)

Standards

4)

Notes on the CONSTITUTION

5)

Video Crash Course- notes on Video

6)

Visualizing the Constitution- Due @

the end of class!!!

7)

Finish your old Visualizing Vocab Due

1st thing Wednesday 9/21!!!

Standards and Objectives

Standards:

11.1.2. Analyze the ideological origins and the drafting

and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of
the Bill of Rights.

11.1.3. Understand the history of the Constitution after

1787 with emphasis on federal versus state authority
and growing democratization.

Objectives:
1) Students will understand the various content and
components within the U.S. Constitution.
2) Students will evaluate the extent to which the U.S.
Constitution protects the rights of the individual by
analyzing the Bill of Rights.

Drafting a Constitution

Plans
Virginia

New Jersey

3 branches

Executive, judicial,
legislative

Representations based
on populations

Called for a strong

President

Unicameral legislation

Equal representation

Executive committee

States remained
sovereign

Great Compromise
Three branches
Senate would be equal
representation
House of Representatives
based on population
Federalism
- Division of power
between states and
national government

Three Fifths
Compromise
Counted each
slave as 3/5 of
a person, in
order to be
counted
towards
population.

Ratifying the Constitution

The struggle over

ratification
Federalist

Anti-Federalist

Favored strong
central
government

Favored strong
state rights

Wanted a Bill of
Rights

The Federalist Papers

Essays which
argued for
separation of
powers, 3
branches of
governments,
strong central
government

The Bill of Rights

1st ten amendments which guarantee
individual rights.

James Madison

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas
Jefferson

Principles

Popular Sovereignty

Limited Government

Separation of
Powers

Federalism

Checks and
Balances

Representative
Government

Amendments
Freedom of speech,
press, religion,
assemble and petition

Bear arms

Amendments
No Quartering of troops

Search and Seizure

Amendments
Due process

Right for a fair and speedy

trial

Amendments
Trial by a jury of
peers

No excessive fines
or bails

Amendments
People have more rights then
what is stated in the constitution

States have more rights then

what is stated in the constitution