Monday:   Students will analyze the 7 Articles of the Constitution and the 7 Principles of the Constitution.  

7 Articles of the Constitution

• • Article I Legislative Branch.
  • Article II Executive Branch.
  • Article III Judicial Branch.
  • Article IV Relationships Between the States.
  • Article V Amending the Constitution.
  • Article VI The Supreme Law.
  • Article VII Ratification Clause.

7  Principles of the Constitution.  (Students will create a graphic illustration for each of the 7 principles.  Due Thursday.)

• • Popular Sovereignty
  • Limited Government
  • Separation Of Powers
  • Federalism
  • Checks And Balances
  • Republicanism
  • Individual Rights

Tuesday and Wednesday:   Students will summarize rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights and the purposes for amending the U.S. Constitution.  Students will complete an illustrated handout of each of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.   (Study Sheet #5 Quiz: Constitution Era and the previous eras, including Exploration, Colonial America and American Independence)

Thursday:   Review Unit 4:   Writing the Constitution for their test on Friday.  (Video review, Unit 4: Graphic Organizer, Kahoot, Quizlet, etc. will be posted on our Goggle Classroom.)

Friday:   Students will be tested over Unit 4:  Writing the Constitution.  Students may come in for a last minute review at 7:30.  (They MUST be in our room by 7:30.  Coaches have been very accommodating to allow them to come in and then return to practice.)

Monday:  School Holiday

Tuesday:  Students will identify colonial grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence and explain how those grievances were addressed in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.  (Warm-Up Day 4: As we have on each warm up, students will follow this procedure: Without using their graphic organizer/notes, try answering the questions. When they finish, and if necessary, check the notes and then submit.). Reminder:  Students must recite the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution this week. (Test grade)

The Preamble:  We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Wednesday:  Students will analyze the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, including those of Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and George Mason.    Study Sheet #4 (Constitution Era and the previous eras, including Exploration, Colonial America and American Independence)

Thursday:   Students will analyze the issues of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, including the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise.

Friday:  Students will analyze the 7 Principles of the Constitution.

Monday:  Stucdents will look back at the Declaration of Independence and specifically the grievances.  How would these affect the framing of a new government to ensure those previous grievances would not surface in a new government.  Assign the Preamble to the Constitution (Test grade:  Must recite next Wednesday, October 23)

The Preamble:  “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Tuesday:   Students will analyze the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists.  Warm-up activity (Google Classroom)  As we have on each warm up, students will follow this procedure: Without using your graphic organizer/notes, try answering the questions.  When you finish, and if necessary, check your notes and then submit.

Wednesday:   Students will analyze the 7 Principles of the Constitution.

Thursday:  School Holiday

Friday:   School Holiday

Monday:   Support a point of view on a social studies issue or event. (Desert Survival Situation). The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led the Constitutional Framers to review the Articles and determine whether or not to write a new U.S. Constitution.

Tuesday:   Students will summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.  

(Tuesday:  Warm-up activity.   As we have on each warm up, students will follow this procedure: Without using your graphic organizer/notes, try answering the questions.  When you finish, and if necessary, check your notes and then submit.)

Wednesday:   Students will identify colonial grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence and explain how those grievances were addressed in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.  Introduce the following vocabulary terms:

Articles of Confederation, Northwest Ordinance, Great Compromise, Three-Fifths Compromise, Federalist, Anti-Federalist, Checks and balances 

Thursday:   Review information covered this 9 weeks:  Unit 1:  Thinking like a Historian; Unit 2:  Colonial America; Unit 3:  American Independence for a test on Friday. (Students will study their Study Sheet for this assignment, which is located in the front of their journal.)

Friday:   Assess the information covered this 9 weeks:  Unit 1:  Thinking like a Historian; Unit 2:  Colonial America; Unit 3:  American Independence.  (Students will study their Study Sheet for this assignment, which is located in the front of their journal.)