Benchmark:  The new United States needed a set of rules. A group of leading thinkers of the Revolutionary era met to create a new document to lay out the form of the new government. Drawing upon ideas both old and new, and finding ways to compromise to meet the needs and demands of multiple interests, they created this new government charter called the Constitution. The Constitution created a strong national government with separate branches within the government to insure there were checks on power and balances of responsibilities. The Constitution has been changed, or amended, numerous times since then, first with the addition of the Bill of Rights.
(IF YOU SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE, YOU WILL FIND VIDEOS AND DOCUMENTS TO VIEW IF YOU SO CHOOSE).
WEEK OF JANUARY 20-24
​MONDAY-​ 
  • NO SCHOOL-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
TUESDAY-
  • U.S. Constitution- Review 4 types of government
  • Review Declaration of Independence 
  • Glue in Articles of Confederation Foldable 
WEDNESDAY-​​
  • Articles of Confederation Continued: Some POWERS include: Declare War and make Peace, Create an army and navy, send representatives to foreign countries, borrow money, establish system of weights and measures, establish post offices, print money. UNLESS THE ARTICLES SPECIFICALLY GAVE A POWER TO THE NEW CONGRESS, CONGRESS DID NOT HAVE IT!
  • WEAKNESSES: only one vote per state whether large or small, Congress was always BROKE, Congress was not allowed to tax, only state governments could tax, ALL 13 states had to agree in order to make a change to the Articles-IMPOSSIBLE, Congress could not raise an army, no leader, WEAK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
​THURSDAY- 
  • Review Articles of Confederation
  • Northwest Ordinance 1787-guaranteed everyone the same rights as the other states when they settled in the territory south of the Great lakes, divided territory into smaller ones and when a certain amount of people settled the area, it then became a state. It couldn't do anything about the states where slavery already existed, BUT the Northwest Ordinance prohibited slavey anywhere in the Northwest Territory. Congress needed MORE power, MORE authority to be effective.
  • MEN OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION: James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Washington agreed that the entire Articles of Confederation needed to be thrown out and a new government created.
  • Constitutional Convention FOLDABLE - COMPROMISE- a settlement of differences between two or more sides reached by each side giving up some of what it wanted. THE GREAT COMPROMISE, NEW JERSEY PLAN, VIRGINIA PLAN, 3/5 COMPROMISE
​FRIDAY-​ ​​​​
  • CONTINUE: The Great Compromise, New Jersey Plan, Virginia Plan, 3/5 Compromise
Standard 3  Students will understand the rights and responsibilities guaranteed in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Objective 1  Assess the underlying principles of the US Constitution as the framework for the United States’ form of government, a compound constitutional republic.
Objective 2  Assess how the US Constitution has been amended and interpreted over time, and the impact these amendments have had on the rights and responsibilities of citizens of the United States