Wed. Feb. 8, 2006
1. Pages 50-54 answer questions 2,3,4,6,7 be ready to discuss in 15 minutes
2. Discuss the compromises of the Constitutional Convention
3. Notes over the convention
Thursday Feb. 9, 2006
1. Complete the reading and questions assigned yesterday
2. Discuss the answers
3. Warm Up categorizing
3. Vocabulary A due Tomorrow
4. Hand out Federalist Packets
Friday Feb. 10, 2006
1. Warm Up: Pp 56-58 What were the main arguements for and against ratification of the Constitution?
2. Intro the Federalist Papers Packet
3. Students begin the packet Due Monday at end of Class
4. Quiz Tuesday go to website for the games
Monday Feb. 13, 2006
- Complete Federalist Papers packet
Tuesday Feb. 14, 2006
- Quiz unit 2 quiz 1
- Discuss The Federalist Papers quotes and comments. Focus on the
ideas set out by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay in their letters that highlight the importance of ratifying the Constitution.
Packet due in your notebook at end of quarter for a grade
- Assign 100 word response to one of the Federalist Paper quotes due tomorrow
Wed. Feb. 15, 2006
- “We the People” Play school house rock students must have
this memorized by next Friday.
- Assign the Preamble project due next Wednesday Feb. 22
- Read Pages 65-70 defining the six principles of the Constitution, drawing a visual for each.
- Check understanding by playing the 6 principles of government game. Have
six people hold up the signs of each and then hand out the characteristics of each.
Give each student one to look up in the book. First place gets 5 points,
second gets 3 and third gets 1. Rounds 1-3 are practice and may talk, rounds
4-5 no talking and counts. The winning team gets candy.
To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thursday Feb.16
1. Play the Preamble
2. Review the 6 principles of the Constitution
3. Hand out packet on the Constitution.
4. Read the Constitution answering questions on key concepts of this document.
Copies of the packet are on my other government website click the link from this homepage http://dhsvideo.tripod.com
Friday Feb. 17
1. continue working on the packet.
Tuesday and Wed. Feb. 21-22
1. discuss current event constitutional issues
2. work on and complete by Wed. reading the Constitution and answering all of
the questions in the Constitution packet,
3. turn in packet for 75 points
Thursday and Friday feb. 23-24
1. preamble presentations 50 point
Monday Feb. 27
1. complete presentations
2. hand out project requirements
3. Go to lab and begin project research, requirements to be found on my webpage
under unit 2
Tuesday- Wed. feb. 28 March 1
1. Complete research in lab
2. Write thesis satement and organize paper
Thesis due Wed. Outline due Thursday
final draft due Monday
