Unit 3-The Constitution

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: the Constitution
• Discuss: Ratifying the Original Constitution
• Analyze: The Bill of Rights (Then and Now)

Unit 3-The Constitution

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: Chapter 5 section 3
• Review: The Constitution (Linked is a great summary)
• Analyze: Constitutional Debate

Unit 3-The Constitution

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: (specifically, Chapter 5 Section 2)
• Technology today: Constitution Scavenger Hunt
• Here is a link to the Constitution
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 5 Section 3 (Unlike most chapters, this one only has 3)

Reminder: Unit 3 Exam is next week. Looking like Tuesday, Here is the study guide

Unit 3-The Constitution

Today's Agenda:

• Chapter Attack: Chapter 5 Section 2
• Video Clip: Shays Rebellion
• Discuss: The Constitutional Convention
• Structure of the US Constitution
• Article on NPR: Interpreting the Constitution in the Digital Era

Unit 3-The Constitution

Today's Agenda:

Chapter Attack: Chapter 5 Section 1
Lecture Notes: The Articles of Confederation
Evaluate: The Articles of Confederation
Map Activity: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Unit 2 Assessment/Intro. Unit 3-The Constitution

Today's Agenda:

Unit 2 Summative Assessment
Intro: Unit 3-The Constitution

Unit 2-The Revolution

Today's Agenda:

Review: Chapter 4 Section 4
Review: Unit 2
View: Liberty: The World Turned Upside Down

Monday: Unit 2 Summative Assessment

Unit 2-The Revolution

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Unit 4 Section 4
• Research: the Founding Fathers
• Unit 2 Review: Summative Assessment is next week

Optional: the American Revolution, the War Heads South

Unit 2-The Revolution

Today's Agenda:

• Discussion: Strengths and Weaknesses during the Revolution
• Analyze: Geography and the Revolution
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 4 Section 3
• Watch: Liberty Episode 3:The Times that Try Men's Souls

Unit 2-The American Revolution

Today's Agenda:

Finish: the Boston Massacre (Primary Accounts)
Review: Attack: Chapter 4 Section 2
Check it out: Cool infographic on the American Revolution

• Read: the Smithsonian has a great article on the Battle of Bunker Hill, the most famous and least understood battle of the American Revolution. After reading the article, write a response in the comment section below. Comments should be one full paragraph about something that you learned or found interesting about the Battle of Bunker Hill. 

• Literary Analysis: The 3 documents of 1776: 

• Common Sense
• Declaration of Independence
• American Crisis

Unit 2-Revolutionary America

Today's Agenda:

• Chapter Attack: Chapter 4 Section 1
• Analyze: Boston, the Heart of the Revolution (The Sons of Liberty, the Tea Party and Boston Massacre)
• View: Liberty: the American Revolution Episode 1