- Second Trimester Unit 2 Word Cards 4,5,14,16,24,25,30,32,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,43,46,49,51,52,54,57,58,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,70.72,73,74,75,77,81,82,83, 84 through 114
1/29/2020 - Unit 2 Topics Articles of Confederation CP1 Northwest Ordinance of 1787 CP7 Problems with the Articles of Confederation CP8 Graphic Organizer CP11 Strengths & Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation CP12 Problems at Constitutional Convention CP15 Constitutional Compromises CP16 Federalism CP17 The Great Compromise CP20 & 21 The 3/5ths Compromise Analyzing the Preamble CP27 through CP30 Branches of Government CP33, CP38, 39,40.41,43,44 Understanding the Preamble CP31 and Notes to Students Understanding the Constitution CP36-37 Federalists vs. Antifederalists CP45, CP48 Bill of Rights CP54 through CP58
12/3/2019 - Notes on Revising - use this link to see an example of how to write a proper answer.
Question - What caused the delegates to want to revise the articles of Confederation? Cp8 discusses weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
How did the different perspectives of the states play a role in the discussions/negotiations at the Continental Congress? Board Notes from class discussion
11/14/2019 - This will be part of Unit 2 Exam
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation What type of government do they create? CP 3-5, CP6, CP8, CP12, Big Ideas, Word Card #4 & 5 Shays' Rebellion CP9-10 be able to discuss what the rebellion was about and what actually happened as well as what weaknesses it revealed in the Articles of Confederation and why those were weaknesses. Word card #16 & Big Ideas Study Hint - talk this out. Be able to explain this to someone. Think through your answer. Is it complete? Did you answer all parts. Write it down. PRACTICE Federalism - definition Word Card #32 Northwest Ordinance of 1787 CP7 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Review Material Locke & Hobbes What are their beliefs about government? What is the purpose of government? Why? Where does government get its power from? What rights to people have? What are they? What other right do they have besides their natural rights?
Declaration of Indpendence Why did the colonists want independence? Preamble what were the colonists telling the world? ____Where did they get some of their ideas? Which ones? ____What were the parts of the Declaration? Road to Revolution Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, Stamp Act, Tea Act, Quartering Act, Intolerable Acts, Taxation without Representation. Proclamation Act of 1763, Salutary Neglect, Affect of French & Indian War. Committees of Correspondence
Results of the Second Continental Congress Unit One Word Card #47
Propaganda - what makes something propaganda Word Card 46
11/8/2019 - Final Exams are Coming - It is hard to believe but first trimester is almost over. The students will have their final exam the week of 11/18/2019. Please review the materials that we have already covered this year as the exam is cumulative. New Materials Articles of Confederation - CP8 does a nice job of explaining the troubles with the Articles Shays' Rebellion - Please look at the links page for an exploration of Daniel Shays' Rebellion. Land Ordinance of 1785 & Northwest Ordinance of 1787 CP7 Constitutional Convention - CP15 & CP17
Study Suggestions - use the learning targets to help your student decide what they feel they have learned and what they need to spend more time studying.
Unit 2 Word Cards 1, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25 Unit 2 Big Ideas - How did the colonies govern themselves after declaring independence? Were Shays and his followers justified in their actions? Why did the delegates want to alter the Articles of Confederation and what role did the different perspectives of the states play? 10/21/2019 The test for unit one will be Thursday. It will cover everything we have learned in unit 1. Colonial Regions - Economy, Geography, Politics Locke & Hobbes - Beliefs on government Road to Revolution - Tax Acts and Colonial Responses. Including Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party. Declaration of Independence - compared to John Locke and reasons for declaring independence. Colonial Propaganda - meaning and possibly interpreting a piece of propaganda.
10/4/2019 We are expanding our focus of Foundational Documents to include the Declaration of Independence. The students are looking for connections to the earlier documents. We noticed that John Locke's ideas of consent of the governed and right of revolution are concepts that are carried into our Declaration of Independence. The Declaration states that government gets its just (fair) powers from the governed (people). Also, if the government is not protecting our rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness we have the right to alter or abolish the government. Next week we will begin looking at some of the events that led the people to Declare Independence from England.
9/30/2019 Quiz on Wednesday, October 2
So far this year we have covered several topicsTypes of Common Characteristics of the 13 British Colonies (Course Pack 1, 2 & 3)Thomas Hobbes & John LockeState of NatureNatural RightsSocial ContractThoughts on how the government should be set up/run. To study for this part please look at notes to students and parents on the website. Kamontville.weebly.com. Course pack page 4 discusses Hobbes and his beliefs.Course pack 5 and Thomas Locke Clarified (In class notes) should help also. As far as the Venn diagram that the students completed on their own many focused on personal differences instead of philosophical differences. I have posted a better copy under class notes. Students should know the following vocabulary words -Region, economic, sociocultural, political (they should also be able to identify characteristics of each of these for the three colonial geographic regions).State of nature, natural rights, life, liberty, property, social contract. They should be able to identify natural rights in the English Bill of Rights, and the Magna Carta rule of law and limited government.
9/23/2019 - Study Recommendation At this point of the unit you should be able to clearly define state of nature, natural rights, and social contract(word cards 17, 19, & 23). In addition,you should know the theories of Locke and Hobbes. In particular that Locke believed that government only exists at the consent of the governed and if it isn't doing its job it should be overthrown. Locke felt that government existed for protection of natural rights. Hobbes believed in a strong central government (Monarchy) and that government can't be questioned. He believed government existed for protection only not for protection of rights. Finally, that without government we would exist in a state of nature which would either be people working for their individual rights at the expense of others (Locke) or war (Hobbes)
What makes me an American assignment. 8/29/19 Due September 6th. This is an in class assignment with students finishing at home if needed. The students are to write one or two sentences on what makes them an American. In class we discussed that being an American relates to the choices and opportunities we have. For example, I am an American because I can choose whatever career I want. The page should be 1/3 for the writing. It should be large enough to be read from 6-8 feet away. Write the sentence in pencil first and then go over with marker for easy readability. If handwriting is an issue feel free to type it and neatly glue it on. The remaining 2/3 of the page should be a picture representing the sentence. Since I am not good at drawing people I would choose symbols instead like a stack of books, a graded paper, and an apple. Please remember that these pictures need to be appropriate for school. Some students have already asked about gun ownership some ideas for symbols would be deer horns, or target practice without the guns. ;). This was assigned on Thursday, August 29 it is due on Friday, Sept. 6th. The picture needs to be fully colored and large enough to cover most of the page. In addition, students should use a light color crayon or color pencil to color the background. Please do not use markers for the background it blurs the picture and makes it a muddy mess.
UPDATE - DUE DATE FOR POSTER CHANGE TO WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH
Did you meet the requirements for the poster? 1-2 sentences. Correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. Fully colored pictures & background. Picture takes up majority of the page. First & last name, date and hour on the back of the page.