NHD Project is due: *Thurs/Fri, January 21 & 22 (for students wanting to compete in the History Fair) or *Thurs/Fri, January 28 & 29 (for students NOT wanting to compete in the History Fair)
Thurs/Fri, January 21 & 22 1. NHD Projects due! 2. Federalists v. Anti-Federalists #7 *Create a t-chart that contrasts the differences between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists during the Constitution ratification process. *Read HA! page 116 "The Constitution Goes to the Nation" and the "Conversation Dialog" in the attached worksheet to help you fill in your t-chart. 3. Preamble Choral Reading *Memorize the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Quiz next week. 4. Constitution Jeopardy: use the primary source text (aka U.S. Constitution) to help you answer questions about the U.S. Constitution.
Thurs/Fri, January 14 & 15 1. NHD Questions? 2.. High School Open House Schedule: On a sticky note, write your name and your high school. Stick it on the wall in the appropriate section. Add your school’s open house to your calendar. 3. State of the Union Bingo, extra credit. due next week, Tues/Wed. Must be signed by a parent to receive extra credit 4. Issue 2: How should Slaves Be Counted? #5 Read History Alive!, Chapter 8, page 111, or online: http://www.treeofed.com/counting-slaves-read.html 1. Summarize the issue concerning whether or not to count slaves. Why were the delegates debating this issue? 2. How does your delegate feel about this issue? Does this surprise you, considering what state they come from? Why or why not? 3. Which four states would have benefited the most from counting slaves? 4. How did some American's views on slavery begin to change during this time, and why? 5. Issue 2 Resolution: The Three-Fifths Compromise #5 Read History Alive!, Chapter 8, page 112 or online: http://www.treeofed.com/the-35-compromise-read.html 1. What did the Three-Fifths Compromise do? Do you think this was a fair compromise? 2. What was the slave trade, and why did the southern states worry that Congress would outlaw it? 3. What did the Fugitive Slave Clause state? 4.Examine the "Thirty Dollars" image below. Is it a primary or secondary source? How do you know?
3. Constitutional Convention Questions #4 Check the "Opening the Convention" and Issue 1: State Representation questions 1-11, turn in. 4. Resolution: The Great Compromise #4 Read History Alive!, Chapter 8, page 110 Or read online: http://www.treeofed.com/a-good-no-a-great-compromise-read.html 1. Why did the majority of the delegates reject the New Jersey Plan? 2. What did Gunning Bedford mean when he threatened "[If the large states continue in their efforts to] crush the smaller states, the small ones will find some foreign ally of more honor and good faith who will take them by the hand and do them justice." 3. What parts of the Great Compromise satisfied the large states and why? 4. What parts of the Great Compromise satisfied the small states and why? Turn in when complete 5. Constitutional Convention Issue 2: Slavery #5 Before the next class period, Read page 111 in History Alive or read online. Monday, January 11 1.Turn in late Valley Forge DBQ's and history folders. 2. NHD Project Overview. Due next week! NHD Project is due Thurs/Fri, January 21 (odd periods) & 22 (even periods) Requirements for all project presentation categories: Presentation:
Thurs/Fri, January 7 & 8 1. Set up your new history folder. Create a title page with the following information on it: #1, Your Name, U.S. History, Ms. Day, 2nd Semester, msjday.weebly.com 2. Review the Articles of Confederation questions from yesterday. 3. Constitutional Convention Delegate Cards: Side A
4. Constitutional Convention Questions #4 History Alive! Textbook, Chapter 8, pages 103-109 Read pages 104-105 in the History Alive! Textbook for questions 1 & 2. Early Quarrels and Accomplishments 1. What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance? Shays’s Rebellion and the Need for Change 2. How did Shays’s Rebellion help prove that the Articles of Confederation were a failure? Opening the Constitutional Convention For questions 3-9, read pages 106-108 in the History Alive! Textbook or click this link to read online. 3. When and where did the Constitutional Convention take place, and what were the conditions like? 4. Who did the delegates' elect to oversee the convention? 5. List at least 4 qualities that the delegates shared in common. 6. Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution" and why? 7. Explain the rule of secrecy and why it was created. 8. Define: a. republic b. constitution 9. What were the two main issues to be decided at the Constitutional Convention? Issue 1: How Should States Be Represented in the New Government? For questions 10-11, read page 109 in the History Alive! Textbook or click this link to read online and use your Delegate Card. 10. Create a venn diagram (or a 3 t-chart) that outlines the differences and similarities of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. 11. Study the graph (or map online) and consider how your delegate's state's population compares to that of the other state populations. Then, in one paragraph, answer the following questions:
Tues/Wed, January 5 & 6 *You need a new history folder by Friday. Put your name and "History" on the cover and decorate with school appropriate images of your choice. Turn in the old, 1st semester folder. 1. Opener: Examine the Forming Our Government scale #2. What items on the scale did you learn about last year? Rate your current understanding of the items on the scale. 2. Paper Clip game. Your group will be given a envelope with some items and directions. Have fun, but think about why we would be doing this activity today. 3. Articles of Confederation: America's First Government #3 Watch a short video and read the article about the Articles of Confederation and Shays’s Rebellion. Answer questions about how this led to a Constitutional Convention. http://www.treeofed.com/the-constitutional-convention.html#tab3 4. NHD Q&A Monday, January 4, 2016
*Enjoy your last 90 days of being the big fish in the little pond.* *You need a new history folder by Friday. Put your name and "History" on the cover and decorate with school appropriate images of your choice. Turn in the old, 1st semester folder. 1. Valley Forge DBQ essay are due. Proof read and rainbow highlight it. Fill out and attach the scoring guide. 2. NHD History Fair Q & A
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