Weekly Assignment 1

Reading - Why Jefferson didn't like Hamilton? (found under Washington section on Moodle)

Answer the Questions for the reading above.  (found under Weekly Assignments on Moodle-- bottom)

There are different questions for the EAH Class.

DUE BY FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT

Review Day

We will review the information from the Articles of Confederation to the signing of the US Constitution today.  Please review the 'objective summaries' for these topics below on your own also.  I will also give you time to review this information as well as the east coast states for a quiz tomorrow.

Constitution Creation Video

Watching the video above and finishing work from yesterday.

Sum It Up

Go to Moodle and Take the "Road to the US Constitution Quiz".

Do this on your own and take your time.

The Bill of Rights

Objective Summary:

• The Anti-federalists were afraid of a strong central government created in the new US Constitution-- they wanted citizen rights written down.
• The Anti-federeralists would not ratify (approve) the new constitution unless the Bill was added to it.
• The Bill included 10 rights-- we call these 10 changes the 10 amendments or the Bill of Rights.
• The First Amendment-- Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Petition and Assemble
• The Right to Trial by Jury and Council (lawyer)-- 6th and 7th

The Bill of Rights Questions

Please go to moodle and answer the questions entitled, "Bill of Rights Questions" with a partner.

Federalism

Objective Summary:

• Federalism-- The government system where the states AND the national (federal) governments each share power and make laws. 
• The new constitution created a more federalist government where the central government would become stronger.
• "Federalists" supported this new system and wanted the new constitution to be voted into approval (ratified).
• Federalists wrote articles describing the benefits of the new US Constitution in order to gain support for it-- these were called the Federalist Papers.
• "Anti-Federalists" believed that this new system was too much like the government under England and the King.
• Anti-Federalists did not want the new constitution to be ratified.
• Thomas Jefferson was an Anti-Federalists and believed that the states should remain with most of the power.

Federalists Vs. Anti-Federalists

Do We Ratify this New Constitution???


http://staff.gps.edu/mines/APUSH%20-antifederalists_vs_federalists.htm

Go to the site above.  Use the chart to create a ven diagram comparing the Federalism and Anti-federalism on a piece of poster paper. 

On the back of the poster paper, create a ven diagram comparing the US government under the Articles of Confederation and the US government under the US Constitution.

Study Objectives and Map!!

We wil have our first quiz for the new quarter this week.  Look over the objective summaries for the Constitution Convention, Great Compromise, 3/5 Compromise, and the map of the eastern US. 

3/5 Compromise

Objective Summary:

• Now that the members of the continental congress decided on two houses (Great Compromise), they needed to determine how many representatives would come from each state for the House of Representatives (based on population)
• The South wanted their slaves to count in their population numbers (to get more representatives).  Each slave counts as a person (1).
• The North thought that the slaves should not count at all towards the South's population since they didn't treat them as citizens (0).
• They came to an agreement, compromise, where the slave would count....but not as a full person. 
• They would only count as 3/5 of a person.  (Or, for every 5 slaves they would count 3 towards their population numbers)

East Coast States

http://www.purposegames.com/game/d4c1306c

Need to know your east coast states!!  Use this site to help you study.  Quiz next week!!!

Todays Work

On Moodle:

Finish Great Compromise Questions
Finish 3/5 Compromise Questions
Do Makeup Test if needed (see below)

Quiz Makups!!!

If you received below an 8 on the last quiz...you must take the Shays Essay Quiz today. 
This will only bring your grade up to passing...not past a D.  You are taking this quiz to make sure that you understand this information so that we can move forward.

The Great Compromise

Objective Summary:

• Delegates to the Constitutional Convention argued about how many representatives each state should be allowed in Legistlative Branch.
• The larger states favored the Virginia Plan.
• According to the Virginia Plan, each state would have a different number of representatives based on the state's population.
• The smaller states favored the New Jersey Plan.
• According to the New Jersey Plan, the number of representatives would be the same for each state.
• A delegate from Connecticut, Roger Sherman, proposed a two-house legislature (BICAMERAL!!!), consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives.
• The Senate would have an equal number of representatives from each state. This would satisfy the states with smaller populations.
• The House of Representatives would include one representative for each 30,000 individuals in a state. This pleased states with larger populations.

• This two-house legislature plan worked for all states and became known as the Great Compromise.

Dr. Martin Luther King

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/dr_martin_luther_king_jr_man_of_peace_in_a_time_of_war/

We will watch this video today and discuss why Dr. King was such an important person in our nation's history.

Week Wrap-up

Happy Friday!  Next week is the final week of the quarter. 

We have only 1 grade remaining:
-Notebooks

Make sure you end the quarter with hard work!

Constitutional Convention

Objective Summary:

• The Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia, PA in 1787
• George Washington was named the President of the Convention
• It was called as a meeting to "fix" the Articles of Confederation
• It ended up creating an entirely new constitution, called the United States Constitution
• It created a Federal government, with a stronger central government

Shays Rebellion

Objective Summary:

• Shays was a farmer and fought in the Revolutionary War. 
• The country was in the mist of a financial crisis and the farmers were really feeling the pain of the money problems.
• The courts were fining and putting farmers in jail when they could not pay their rents, but farmers were broke due to the financial crisis caused by the Articles of Confederation
• Shays and other farmers were upset and revolted-- try to close down the courts
• The revolt was put down by a MERCENARY ARMY...not a national army b/c we didn't have one!!
• This event showed the leaders and citizens that we needed a new constitution that dealt with the countries economic (financial) and military needs.

Shays Rebellion

Well, we watched the video...now let's make sure we know about this rebellion and why it is so important.

Go to Moodle...answer the questions on your own or with a partner. 

Welcome Parents

For those of you that have been here...thanks!  For those parents that are seeing this for the first time, welcome! 

Please use this as a tool to take a peek at what we are doing in the classroom and to stay on top of your students' work.  If you child cannot tell you about the daily objective, ask them to review it through their work on Moodle, the video links, or have the research the information on their own.  We need to make sure that our children learn and understand the material we have worked on and discussed.  If you see an assignment on Moodle, ask to see their work and review it. 

I have found a large correlation between parental involvement and child achievement.  I'd like to make parental involvement easier, therefore allowing more students to become more successful.

Shays' Rebellion

The Articles of Confederation caused many different problems in our new country.  Shays' Rebellion showed our leaders that we needed to fix them...

We will watch a movie about Shays' Rebellion and you will summarize the events of the rebellion.

REVIEW DAY!!!

Declaration of Independence-  A letter written to King George III to tell him that the colonies did not want to be a part of England anymore.

Articles of Confederation-  The first contsitution of the United States.  It gave most of the power to the states and created a very weak central government.

Northwest Ordinance-  The document that created a system for territory to become a state.  It also created the NW Territory and its laws.

U.S. Constitution-  After the Articles of Confederation didn't work, they needed a new system of government...so they wrote one and callled it the US Constitution.


Quiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Documents Poster

With a partner or on your own, create one poster- divided into four sections- that describes each of the following documents:

• The Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Northwest Ordinance
• The US Constituition

Please give as much information about each document as you can.  This project is meant to teach you that these documents are all very important, but very different.

The Articles of Confederation don't work!!

There were plenty of problems with the new country...mainly due to its constitution called the Articles of Confederation. 

The Articles of Confederation was the document that set up the first government of the United States!!

On Moodle, with a partner, look at the problems that this weak document caused. 

Articles of Confederation

Book Work:

Chapter 8, section 2--
-Reading Checks in Notebook
-Definitions all words under DEFINE section in Notebook


Moodle:

Watch Video and answer questions on Moodle

MOODLE QUESTIONS

Go to moodle and answer the questions under the section called:
 MELDON---Articles of Confederation/Northwest Ordinance Questions.
Use your textbook or internet to find answers.  A quiz on this material will be taken this week.