1. The Origin and Creation of the American Govt.
11/16-December

2. Monday, 11/16
Get out your Study Guide. If you do not have it, show me your agenda
Warm-up:
DBQ- Examine the following passage from the petition issued by the women of the Edenton Tea Party, and then use it to answer the question below
“The Provincial Deputies of North Carolina, having resolved not to drink any more tea, nor wear any more British cloth, many ladies of this province have determined to give memorable proof of their patriotism, and have accordingly entered into the following honorable and spirited association.” – from the Edenton Ladies’ Agreement
Why did the women of Edenton, North Carolina, call their actions patriotic?
Homework: Unit Test tomorrow. Review your study Guide
Have students think pair share their warm-ups with their table. Have them say what their partners thought.

3. America The Story of Us: Revolution
We will finish the last 10 mins of the video and the video guide.
Collect for a grade.
We have paused periodically for students to make sure they have the correct information. They were to fill in the missing information. I am collecting this because some students didn’t follow directions.

4. Reviewing for the Unit Test
Working with your table, you will work together to answer one of the questions that could be on your test tomorrow. Each table will have a different color marker so we can see who answered the question, or added to a response that another table put down. Each table will get this question for about 2 minutes. Work together to answer the questions.
After each group has gone through the questions, have the students select the top 2-3 responses and have them read aloud the question and answers.
Check with students after this task is done if they missed anything on the study guide. Have their peers answer before teacher does. Make sure answer is correct first.

5. Tuesday, 11/17
Clear your desk of everything except a pen or pencil, and a sheet of blank paper.
Raise your hand if you need a sheet of blank paper.
Your test is on paper. Please use the blank sheet to cover your answers. Any talking = a zero.
Raise your hand, when you are done so I can collect your test.
Place all papers except what’s on the side board into your folder.
Then log-on to Achieve to complete articles of your choice. We will do Finding the Right Balance when everyone is done!

6. Wednesday, 11/18
Warm-up: Pre-test on The American Government on quia.com
Homework: Finish your vocabulary notes, and 4 squares for 6 terms if not done in class. Study your vocabulary for at least 10 mins a night. Achieve articles are due Friday

7. Political Terms- Unit 5- American Govt.
Using quizlet, complete your notes on the terms that you will need for our new unit on the Origins and Creation of the American Government.
unit5-american-govt-flash-cards/
2. Vocab 4 squares for 6:25 terms

8. Thursday, 11/19
Warm-up: Now that the American Revolution is over, what do the colonies need to do in order to be successful? Use one of your vocabulary terms.
Homework: Achieve articles due tomorrow. Study your vocabulary at least 10 mins every night.
Think pair share the warm-ups. HardCore History- Articles of confederation

9. Hook Can you name the first President of the United States?
Is that your final answer?
If you said George Washington, you are
absolutely INCORRECT!

10. Hook answer
George Washington was the first president of the United States under the Constitution, but…..
Peyton Randolph was the first president of the United States under the Articles of Confederation in 1774.

11. Continental Congress
Was the government that was organized during the Revolutionary War.
Was mostly a legislative body.
Legislate– to make laws.
Continental Congress

12. Articles of Confederation
Our fledgling nation’s first government.
Fraught with weakness
The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led to its demise.

15. The Final Demise of the Articles of Confederation
SHAY’S REBELLION
An uprising of farmers over heavy debt caused by state policy.
Pointed to glaring weaknesses of the Articles.

16. Questions for the Cornell Notes
During what time in our history did the United States have another system of government like the Articles of Confederation?
What was the U.S.’s first system of government called?
Under our first system, where did most of the power lie?
Name three weaknesses of the first system of government.
What conflict led to the need to scrap the first system of government?

17. Summary to Notes
Were the Articles of Confederation successful? Why or Why not? Must use three or more sentences.
Your first sentences should say “I believe the Articles of Confederation were successful. I believe this because…” or “I do not believe the Articles of Confederation were successful. I believe they weren’t successful because…”

18. Friday, 11/20
Warm-up:
Why did the states want a weak central government?
Why were the Articles of Confederation an epic fail?
Homework: Achieve Articles for next week. If doing the scholarship, read and highlight the main points from the sources you are using in your essay. Rough Draft for Bill of Rights Essay is due 12/17.

19. Weekly 5: Articles of Confederation
Log-on to Quia.com, and complete the weekly 5 titled above.
Log-on to achieve 3000 when you are done. Read “ The First Contest Was No Contest, and Three People Who Changed the World” if done with this week’s articles.
As students in Core 1 and 2 are ahead by half a day, have them on Achieve longer in order to get other classes on par again with Cores 3 and 4. Cores 3 and 4 are behind because we got Urcast downloaded on their computers .

20. The Constitution of the UNITED STATES
The leaders of our country decided to change the Articles.
Instead they devised a plan that would revolutionize government as they knew it.
They drew upon the governments of Athens Greece and the Roman Empire.

21. The Framers of the Constitution
Log-on to discoveryed
Username: LCS(lucnhnumber)
Password: Lunchnumber
We will be working on knowing what the presidents before Washington did, and what members of society thought about while the government was under the Articles of Confederation

22. Monday, 11/23 Monday, 11/23/15 Warm-up:
Under the Treaty of Paris, 1783, England had to give all land east of the Mississippi River to the new nation, THe United States of America. This land was previously closed off for settling under the Proclamation of 1763 when England ruled the colonies. What issues do you think might arise?
Homework: Achieve articles due tomorrow. Missing Work due tomorrow.
Monday, 11/23

23. Today we will...
Explore the Northwest Territory and the Land Ordinance of 1785.
Understand the break-down of a town set up.
Establish conflicts with the land ordinance that will set the stage for future issues.

24. Tuesday, 11/24 Warm-up: Weekly 5- The Origins of our Government
Log-on to Achieve 3000 when done. Articles due:

25. Monday 11/30
Warm-up: Log- on to quia.com and take “ Our Govt before the Constitution.” You were warned about this check-in prior to break beginning, as it was the purpose of watching the videos over break so we wouldn’t lose any key information we would need.
You will receive the secret word when all are logged on. You will have 10 mins after logging on to complete the check in.
Log-on to Achieve 3000 while you wait for the rest of the class to finish.

26. One Pager on the Govt before the Constitution
Students will complete a one-pager on the Articles of Confederation, as the students may have forgotten information over break. This will reinforce information that they may have missed on the check-in.
We will spend 30 mins on this. If students do not have this completed in 30 mins, it will become homework.

27. Tuesday, 12/1/15
Turn in your one-pager into the middle of your table with your name on it.
Log-on to Achieve 3000, we will do the article “Big Changes in Bhutan” together so we can make connections to class.
Those doing the Bill of Rights Essay, please read and complete the articles “ Logging on to Stop Crime.”, and “ A Rule Under Question” you may find them useful for your essay.
Homework: Progress Reports and Achieves due Friday.

28. Tuesday, 12/1/15
Turn in your One Pager on the Govt Before the Constitution into the center of the table if you did not complete it in class. If you did not do it, show me your agenda.
Homework: Achieve articles due Friday

29. Wednesday, 12/2
Click on my DE.
Click on Social Studies Techbook.
Click 2nd page.
Click Chapter 4.
Click Creating a Government
Log-on to Discovery Ed. It is the same log-in as Study Island.
CLick on Engage. I will show your warm-up questions when I see everyone is logged on.
Homework: Achieve articles due Friday, Progress Reports due Friday

30. Click on ENGAGE. Look at the Banner Image
What do you see in the image?
Do they recognize any of the individuals?
What are these men doing?
What does it have to do with the Articles of Confederation/Constitution that students studied last week?

31. Teacher Directions
Play the embedded video segment The Constitutional Convention. Explain that the 55 delegates to the convention and the people in their states had to resolve many contentious issues, such as writing the Constitution, in order to establish the government that Americans have lived under since 1789.

32. Under ENGAGE- Click “A Meeting of the Minds”
Ask students to respond to the discussion questions in a think- pair-share or small-group discussion:
To compromise means "to come to an agreement by giving in on some points." Why did the representatives at this meeting need to compromise?
Does compromising mean that you are not being true to your beliefs?
How do you decide when to give in on something that you think is important in order to get something else that you want?

33. Our Essential Question
How did decisions made at the Constitutional Convention affect the balance of power in the new nation?
Tell students that after studying this concept, they will be asked to draw conclusions that can serve as answers to the question

34. EXPLORE (40 minutes)- on techbook

35. Thursday, 12/3
Warm-up:
world.com/lessons/civics/great_compromise.warm-up.htm
Place Progress Reports in center of tables if you have them.
Log-on to DiscoveryEd and get out Pg 5
Homework: Test Corrections, Achieves, and Progress Reports are due tomorrow.

36. Friday, 12/4/15
Turn in Progress Reports, Test Corrections, and Warm- ups into the center of your table.
Log-on to Achieve 3000
Complete Big Changes in Bhutan, Which Law to Follow, and Fair or Unfair. DO ones of your choice after.
Bill of RIghts Essay- share with me what you have so far so I can help you if stuck, or make suggestions.
Homework: Missing Work.

37. The Question Goes to the People
We will use the Discovery Ed techbook to determine the differences between the Federalists and Antifederalists as well as what they felt was best for the country.

38. Monday, 12/7/15 What issue is addressed in the picture below?
how slaves would be counted for taxes and representation
the disagreement over the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
the disagreement over the Virginia Plan and the New York Plan
The number of branches inthe government

39. The Question Goes to the People
We will use the Discovery Ed techbook to determine the differences between the Federalists and Antifederalists as well as what they felt was best for the country.

40. Get out “The Question Goes to the People” Notes
We are going to work with a partner or by ourself to complete the Comparison Chart on the backside which will allow for you to easily identify the similarities and differences between the Federalists and Anti- Federalists.
You will have 30 minutes to work on this.
Log-on to DIscovery Ed.
Unit 2, CHapter 4. Section 4.2
Explore tab
page 5

41. Tuesday, 12/8/15
Place your Homework in the center of the tables. No homework? Show me your agenda!
Write down tonights homework on back board
Answer the following (write the full response):
During the discussions over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, the Antifederalists argue that no government could be trusted not to infringe on the liberties of its citizens unless those liberties were spelled out in the document that framed the government. Although the states did ratify the U.S. Constitution by June 1788, a number of them approved it only on the promise that amendments would be added immediately to include a list of citizen rights.
Why did the new government add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?
many states wouldn't sign the Constitution without a bill of rights
the writers of the Constitution wanted to protect people's personal rights
many people believed it was needed to limit the power of the federal government
all of these are true
2. Which of the following best defines federalism?
all powers are held by the central government
power is shared between the central government and the states
all power is held by the states
a king governs according to a constitution

42. Over the next few days we will
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Explain the organization of the Constitution and describe its important features.
Explain how the Constitution reflects American democratic principles, including separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, individual rights, limited government, and consent of the governed.
Compare the most important features of the government created by the Articles of Confederation with the most important features of the federal form of government created by the Constitution.
Explain the political and historical significance of the Bill of Rights.
Explain the importance of specific rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.

43. Weekly 5: Drafting our Constitution
Log-on to quia.com and complete the Weekly 5: Drafting the Constitution. You do get to use your notes.
When done, log-on to achieve 3000.com and work on articles for this week (see hoemwork board if you’ve lost your green sheet)
Please work quietly and independently. When everyone is done, we will move forward with our lesson.

44. A More Perfect Union Log on to Discovery Ed. Click on Unit 2 Chapter 4
Section 4.3
Engage
In Achieve 3000, we have read several articles dealing with the Constitution. In the news, we often hear about the Constitution as well. By raising your hand and waiting to be called upon, can you please remind the class about an article, or news story and identify which amendment or article of the Constitution is mentioned?
Amend means to change

45. The Supreme Law of the Land: The Constitution
Read the Story on the ENGAGE tab with popcorn reading.
Have students stop the teacher to highlight important information asked about in their notes in yellow.
Have students stop the teacher to highlight important information that answers the E.Q. in pink.

46. Wed. 12/9/15
Write down homework (on backboard), and get out last night’s homework
Warm-up: Achieve mins
Hey, That’s My House!
Paralegals: The Fact Finders
Whose texts are these?
Missing Achieves
Achieves of your Choice
If doing the Bill of Rights Essay, please share it with me in Google Drive, and keep working on your rough draft. Please let me know if you are done, so we can work on peer reviews.
Students will receive missing work reports so they know what they are missing and need to get in before break.

47. Pick back up with “A More Perfect Union”
Today we will explain the organization of the Constitution and describe its important features.
Log-in to Discovery Ed:
Click on Unit 2
Click Chapter 4
Click 4.3
Click Explore pg 1
Core 1 can trade and grade each other’s homework which was to complete the front, and backside of the notes from yesterday.
Have other cores broken into groups to work on one section each and then have them teach about that section of the notes. This will cut down on time needed to read and write to get caught back up with Core 1.

48. Thursday, 12/10/15
Warm-up: Watch “FBI and CIA: The PATRIOT Act and the Criminal and Intelligence Communities ( under the EXPLORE TAB in techbook) ,” then answer the following:
The Patriot Act gave the FBI permission to spy on U.S. citizens believed of being involved in wrongdoing. Do you agree that the FBI should have this power?
Does national security justify giving the government more power over its citizens? Why or why not?
What rights should people be willing to give up so that the government can protect the nation from threats?
Write down homework from back board.
After students have finished reading and discussing either video segment, explain that in this concept, students will learn about the government created by the Constitution. They also will learn how the Constitution limits the power of each part of the government, protects the rights of U.S. citizens, and reflects important democratic ideals.

49. EQ: How does the Constitution reflect major principles of American democracy?
Write down the EQ on your notes page.
Go into COnstitution Decetives.

50. We the People of the United States
Today we will be Constitution Detectives! “Ladies and gentleman, the Federal Constitution Detective Agency of America (FCDAA) needs your help. Believe it or not, they are asking for your help with understanding the United States Constitution. You and a group of detective friends will be responsible for investigating the meaning of the Constitution of the United States. You and your detective team will be answering several questions about key vocabulary, events that led up to the creation of the Constitution, and the document itself. Good luck with your investigation!”

51. Monday, 12/14/15 Get out your Constitution Detectives Packet
What are two questions you have about the Constitution? Use your KWL chart
Homework: Achieves- No Law Against Flag-Burning, and Freedom Riders
Students received this packet last Thursday

52. Constitution Detectives
Log-in to Discovery Ed
Unit 2
CHapter 4
Chapter 4.3
Explore and Explain Tabs
We will be working on the packet for the remainder of class, remember you get to work with a partner, and this packet will be graded according to the rubric on the last page.
We are doing pages 3-7.
you may also use: script.html, or or
Use pages in the actual physical textbook under your desk.
All students received this packet last Thursday.

53. Tuesday, 12/15/15
Get out your homework, and place it in the center of the tables. No homework? Show me your agenda.
Warm-up:
WHat does the legislative branch do?
WHat are the requirements to be President?
Can a President declare war?
Homework: Finish Pages 8-11 if not completed in class and Achieves: Freedom Riders, and No Law Against Flag Burning

54. Constitution Detectives
We will be working on the packet for the remainder of class, remember you get to work with your tables, and this packet will be graded according to the rubric on the last page.
We are doing pages If you finish early work on missing work or achieve.
you may also use: script.html, or or
Log-in to Discovery Ed
Unit 2
CHapter 4
Chapter 4.3
Explore and Explain Tabs
Use pages in the actual physical textbook under your desk.
All students received this packet last Thursday. Have students trade and grade homework pages before moving forward.

55. Wednesday, 12/16/15
Get out your homework, and place these in the center of your tables. We are not doing a trade and grade on these today.
Warm-up: write Achieve down
Achieves Due:
Freedom Riders
No Law Against Flag Burning
Missing Achieves

56. Thursday, 12/17/15 Warm-up: What is written on the toilet paper?
What do you think the artist is trying to say?
How could this relate to the Articles of Confederation?
What changed from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution?
The purpose is to get students to think outside of the box.

57. Today we will…. Weekly 5: Constitution on Quia.com
Download Videos in Urcast, so you can review over break
One Pager, Rap/Song, or Poem on Constitution when done!
This is homework if not completed in class.

58. Friday, 12/18/15
Turn in Warm-ups, One Pager or Song/Rap on the Constitution, and Bills of Rights Rough Draft Essay for those who tested out of Achieve.
Log-on to Achieve 3000
Freedom Riders
No Law on Flag Burning
Missing Achieve Articles or ones of your choice.
3. Those who were doing the essay, please make peer revisions to the essay shared with you on GoogleDrive

59. Monday, 1/4/16 Warm-up (on your own paper):
Our nation has had 44 chief executives, or Presidents!! Wow! Calculate the mean of the President's Inauguration age
B. Were most Presidents over 50 or under 50 when they were inaugurated? How do you know? Explain with at least 1 sentence.
2. Write down your homework on the back board.

60. This week, we will be…..
Identifying and understanding the Bill of RIghts.
Explaining why amendments are created and how they are passed.
Explain why we, citizens of the US, need these amendments and the Constitution
Illustrate the importance of the Landmark Supreme Court Cases of the past and relate them to modern day issues

61. For Monday- Amendments
We will complete the cloze notes using the Amendments powerpoint.
If we don’t finish this today, we will finish it tomorrow.
Amendments powerpoint is separate and located in the American Govt Google Drive folder.

62. Tuesday, 1/5/16 What does the boy in the cartoon represent? The train?
What is the cartoonist saying about the amendment process?
Why does the amendment process take so long? What are the advantages and disadvantages of such a long process?
According to our discussion of the term “amendment” would either of the amendments waiting for passage in this cartoon fit our definition? Why or why not?
PIcture and qeustions came from file:///C:/Users/LCS%20Staff/Documents/UNit%205-%20American%20Government/whatisanamendmenthsms.pdf

63. Continue with Amendments Notes
Continue with Amendments Notes. Some classes left off at Amendment 2 others Amendment 4.

64. Wednesday, 1/6/16
Warm-up: 10 mins to complete. You must pick an amendment from the Bill of Rights (exclude 3, 7, 9, 10); write a paragraph or two (paragraphs are 4-6 sentences in length) on how society would be different had the amendment not been added to the Constitution.
Amendments You May use: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Homework: Current Event due Thursday, Achieves due Friday
Show Tiananmen Square News clip after and ask students what rights do we take for granted that were not given to the people of China in the clip.
Explain the importance of knowing our rights and understanding why people immigrate to this country.

65. Get out your Constitution Amendments Notes
Make sure your name and date is on here.
Trade with someone sitting near you.
On the last page at the top, write graded by and put your name.
You are only marking incorrect answers!
Put the total correct out of 25 after we go through and grade our person’s work.

66. 27 Amendments Song!!!!
I know it’s corny, but it will help you remember. There are several out there, so if you don’t like this one, you can use another way. The rights are in order. Can you remember them all?!
Versions include parodies to Ice, Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice, WHistle by Flo Rida, Justin Bieber, and much more!

67. Achieve 3000 Complete the following articles:
For All Women
Help People, Hurt Jobs?
Missing Achieves
Your Pick
2. Those doing the Bill of Rights Essay. Complete your peer review if you have not done so already. Work on Final Draft of essay, this is due next Friday

68. Thursday, 1/7/16
Turn in Current Event homework into the middle of the table
Write down your homework: Achieves due Friday
Warm-up: Complete the L part of your KWL chart in Constitution Detectives. You need to have at least 6 facts that you learned in the L column. Staple this to your warm-up sheet. Write down Weekly 5 for tomorrow’s warm-up and turn this into the center of your table.

69. Supreme Court Cases
You are going to work independently on a Scavenger Hunt on the Landmark Supreme Court cases. The first few cases will be about strengthening the federal power. The second group of cases will talk about limiting civil rights, while the third grouping will cover the expansion of civil rights. Finally you will end with cases that cover student rights in school.
I made a boo boo, please fix the following before you begin: #4 should say McCulloch v. Maryland, not Mulloch v Maryland. # not ALL other years shown are correct as they are the year that the cases were decided.
The first link in the directions is a video that is located on my webpage under class links.

70. Friday, 1/7/16 Weekly 5 and Achieve 3000
Homework: Finish Supreme Court Cases Scavenger Hunt if not completed in class.

71. Finish Supreme Court Cases Scavenger Hunt
You are going to work independently on a Scavenger Hunt on the Landmark Supreme Court cases. The first few cases will be about strengthening the federal power. The second group of cases will talk about limiting civil rights, while the third grouping will cover the expansion of civil rights. FInally you will end with cases that cover student rights in school.
I made a boo boo, Please fix the following before you begin: #4 should say McCulloch v. Maryland, not Mulloch v Maryland. # not 1836.
The first link in the directions is a video that is located on my webpage under class links.

72. Monday, 1.11.16 Warm-up: On your own paper:
Which goal of the preamble to the Constitution of the Unites Stated is illustrated by this cartoon?
Provide defense
Ensure domestic peace
Establish justice
Form a union

73. Supreme Court Cases
Get out your notes and trade them with someone sitting near you.
Write graded by (insert your name)
If all parts of the questions have not been answered, then the question is incorrect. Mark it with a “x”
In the end put your total out of 16. Yes, it is possible to get 18/16 IF the extra credit question is correct, along with all the others.

74. Supreme Court Cases COmic Strip
After you have become an expert on one of the cases, each person will create a comic strip telling the story of the case, and how it changed society. This is worth 25 points; a project grade.

75. Tuesday, 1/12/16 Warm-up: answer choices on the left
Which statement best expresses the principle of “consent of the governed”?
2. Homework: Bring your notes to class tomorrow.

76. Achieve 3000 Log on to Achieve 3000 and complete the following:
Logging on to stop crime
A rule under question
There are several articles on MLK Jr if you would like to understand the importance of MLK Jr Day which is next Monday
Missing Articles
Ones of your choice
Those with the essay, please make final adjustments. If you are done, send me the final and ask for me to print it out. Make sure you have a Works Cited page. When done, start lessons on iReady for Reading.

77. Constitution Review You may do one of the following:
Go to Class Links and play review games under “Constitution Review.”
Constitution games on Quia.com- Look for activities that contain the words Constitution or Citizenship

78. Wednesday, 1/13/16 Today is test day.
You may use your notes on this test, as the unit covered the entire quarter.
The test is on quia.com- Unit 4- Origin and Creation of the American Govt
If you have time after your test, SILENTLY (NO TALKING!!!) do:
lessons on iReady for Reading
work on your Achieves that are due Friday
missing work for any class
Your Mah or Science project
slope = y2-y1 divided by x2-x1

79. Thursday, 1/14/16
No warm-up today- We will go straight into achieve for 40 mins.
Logging on to Stop Crime and A Rule Under Question are due tomorrow
Missing Achieves are due tomorrow
Notebook clean out- wait for my instructions
New Vocab Notes- Unit 5~ Early America- FIlling the missing definitions

80. Friday, 1/15/16
1 Today we will be cleaning out our notebooks. Wait for my instructions.
2. We will watch “The Presidents” to gain basic information on the first 6 Presidents of the United States. There is a movie guide, which will be collected for a grade.