Week of 10/23-10/27

More on the Constitution

Monday - Continue Federalist and Antifederalist debate.
HW: N/A

Tuesday - Analyze data (maps and #s) relevant to the ratification of the Constitution. Where did support on both sides come from? What issues held up the ratification process? Why?
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MORE TO COME!

Week of 10/16-10/20

Constitutional Convention

Monday: Discuss motives of "framers". Who's interests were they protecting in this new "democracy"? Reading from Zinn. What were the issues being discussed at the Constitutional Convention?
HW: Fill in issues chart

Tuesday: I will be out. In-class essay on Compromise at the CC.
HW: Complete Essay

Wednesday: Intro to the Issues at the CC. What were they? Why were these the main issues? Discuss the different plans and compromises of the CC. Reading from CC. Who wanted what? Who were Federalists and Antifederalists and what did they want?
HW: Complete chart (based on whether you are a federalist or antifederalist) Click here for a chart to help get you started.

Thursday: In class research. Federalists vs. AntiFederalists. Discuss main points of views. Why did these people hold these views?

DEBATE RESEARCH:: CLICKE HERE for help on specific men
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Friday: Ratification. Political cartoon analysis. Process and consequences of ratification.
HW: Terms and Names for AMSCO 7. Outside readings w/ questions.

NEXT: What does the Constitution say and how can we twist its meaning so that your phone can be tapped.

Short Week 10/11-10/13

This school week is only 3 days long. We will be preparing for a multiple choice test on Friday. As such, we will be reviewing information and test taking strategies in the short week. Here is a good review sheet. We are up to page 14. Please bring in any questions regarding what you don't understand from the history we have read and studied. Please be sure to review your notes as well as key terms and names. You should be able to give the definition and significance of the terms and names in Pageant and AMSCO (they cover the same material).

Wednesday: Multiple Choice intro -- we will learn what questions are really asking and how to go about giving yourself a better shot. Preview multiple choice creator worksheet.
HW: Print THIS out at home and look it over. Come up with 5 topics to write a multiple choice question on in class.


Thursday: Making questions in order to understand questions. We will analyze questions you created in class.
HW: Study for test.


Friday: Multiple Choice Test. Timed.

Week 0f 10/2 - 10/6

Monday - DBQ work.

Tuesday - In class DBQ.

Wednesday - Complete DBQ in class. Was the revolution a civil war? Complete “Dealing with the Problem of Loyalists”, and “A Cartoon View of the Revolution” in class.

HW: How was the revolution was won, list major reasons (you should have done this least year. What were the provisions of the Treaty of Paris in 1783? What commonalities existed among the new state governments created during the revolution? Introduction of Articles of Confederation.
**Review notes on Articles of Confederation in both Pageant and AMSCO. Answer in notebook: What sort of relationship did the Articles of Confederation create between the central government and the state governments? What powers did the Articles of Confederation give to the central government?

Thursday - I will not be in school Thursday. In class/HW questions:
1. In what ways did the Articles of Confederation limit the power of the central government?
2. Under the Articles, what important powers did the central government lack?
What social changes occurred as a result of the American Revolution?
3. Why was western land such a major problem for the nation? How did the government under the Articles systematize the settlement of western lands?
4. What were the main provisions and the significance of the Land Ordinance of 1785? What were the main provisions and the significance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
5. In what sense were the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance designed to be democratic/egalitarian?
6. Why did Americans increasingly criticize the Articles of Confederation as too weak? Be sure to mention both economic and political concerns.
7. What is the significance of Shays' Rebellion for the drafting of the Constitution?
8. How does the traditional fear of tyranny make the Articles of Confederation a "weak" attempt to construct a national government? Whom does a weak central government help? Whom does it hurt?


Friday - Why did people come to believe that the Articles should be replaced?
Terms: Northwest Territory, Land Ordinance of 1785, Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Shays' Rebellion.
HW: Chapter 6 AMSCO notes. Chapter 9 and 10 in Pageant notes. Multiple Choice test on Wednesday (Proclomation of 1763 - Articles of Confederation). Do not complain about the HW you have 4 days to complete it and if you are on the website you can certainly get ahead.