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.)