1. You Say You Want A Constitution…
You Say You Want A Constitution…
Quick-Writes Quiz
(Paper, Writing Utensil, Pocket Constitution, Any Graphic Organizers You Wish)

2. Instructions 1 Minute To Prepare (any) 5 Minutes To Write
Must Write Entire Time
Content Content Content
Ready…?
Instructions

3. Discuss why many of our nation’s earliest leaders considered readily available land to be an essential component of democracy.
Prompt #1
(1 Minute to Prepare)

4. Discuss why many of our nation’s earliest leaders considered readily available land to be an essential component of democracy.
Prompt #1
(5 Minutes to Write)

5. Discuss why many of our nation’s earliest leaders considered readily available land to be an essential component of democracy.
Prompt #1
(DISCUSS)

6. Prompt #2 1 Minute To Prepare (any) 5 Minutes To Write
Must Write Entire Time
Content Content Content
Ready…?
Prompt #2

7. Explain the Preamble to the U. S
Explain the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution – both what a ‘preamble’ is and what it says about the goals of the government under the Constitution.
Prompt #2
(1 Minute to Prepare)

8. Explain the Preamble to the U. S
Explain the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution – both what a ‘preamble’ is and what it says about the goals of the government under the Constitution.
Prompt #2
(5 Minutes to Write)

9. Explain the Preamble to the U. S
Explain the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution – both what a ‘preamble’ is and what it says about the goals of the government under the Constitution.
Prompt #2
(DISCUSS)

10. Prompt #3 1 Minute To Prepare (any) 5 Minutes To Write
Must Write Entire Time
Content Content Content
Ready…?
Prompt #3

11. Discuss the many compromises made at the Constitutional Convention regarding representation, strong vs. weak central government, and especially the three involving slavery in some way. Which were most important and why?
Prompt #3
(1 Minute to Prepare)

12. Discuss the many compromises made at the Constitutional Convention regarding representation, strong vs. weak central government, and especially the three involving slavery in some way. Which were most important and why?
Prompt #3
(5 Minutes to Write)

13. Discuss the many compromises made at the Constitutional Convention regarding representation, strong vs. weak central government, and especially the three involving slavery in some way. Which were most important and why?
Prompt #3
(DISCUSS)

14. Explain the Preamble to the U. S
Explain the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution – both what a ‘preamble’ is and what it says about the goals of the government under the Constitution.
Discuss the many compromises made at the Constitutional Convention regarding representation, strong vs. weak central government, and especially the three involving slavery in some way. Which were most important and why?
Possible Prompts
Discuss why many of our nation’s earliest leaders considered readily available land to be an essential component of democracy.

15. Last Time (This One Counts)
5 Minutes To Write
Must Write Entire Time
Content Content Content
Ready…?
Last Time (This One Counts)

16. Discuss the many compromises made at the Constitutional Convention regarding representation, strong vs. weak central government, and especially the three involving slavery in some way. Which were most important and why?
Prompt #2
(5 Minutes to Write)

17. Make sure your name is on your final Quick-Write and pass them to the front.

18. John Adams wrote that “Power always follows Property
John Adams wrote that “Power always follows Property... {and} the Ballance of Power in a Society, accompanies the Ballance of Property in Land. The only possible Way then of preserving the Ballance of Power on the side of equal Liberty and public Virtue, is to make the Acquisition of Land easy to every Member of Society…” What did he mean by this and how did this thinking shape the choices of the U.S. in the 19th century?
Prompt ##
(1 Minute to Prepare)

19. John Adams wrote that “Power always follows Property
John Adams wrote that “Power always follows Property... {and} the Ballance of Power in a Society, accompanies the Ballance of Property in Land. The only possible Way then of preserving the Ballance of Power on the side of equal Liberty and public Virtue, is to make the Acquisition of Land easy to every Member of Society…” What did he mean by this and how did this thinking shape the choices of the U.S. in the 19th century?
Prompt ##
(5 Minutes to Write)

20. John Adams wrote that “Power always follows Property
John Adams wrote that “Power always follows Property... {and} the Ballance of Power in a Society, accompanies the Ballance of Property in Land. The only possible Way then of preserving the Ballance of Power on the side of equal Liberty and public Virtue, is to make the Acquisition of Land easy to every Member of Society…” What did he mean by this and how did this thinking shape the choices of the U.S. in the 19th century?
Prompt ##
(DISCUSS)

21. Possible Prompts (Alternate)
John Adams wrote
that “Power always
follows Property...
{and} the Ballance
of Power in a Society,
accompanies the
Ballance of Property
in Land. The only
possible Way then of preserving the Ballance
of Power on the side of
equal Liberty and public Virtue, is to make the Acquisition of Land easy to every Member of society…”
What did he mean by this
and how did this thinking
shape the choices of the U.S.
in the 19th century?
Explain the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution – both what a ‘preamble’ is and what it says about the goals of the government under the Constitution.
Possible Prompts (Alternate)
Discuss the many compromises made at the Constitutional Convention regarding representation, strong vs. weak central government, and especially the three involving slavery in some way. Which were most important and why?