Objectives Suggested Essential or Difficult Resources Assessment Strategies/Activities/Tasks Vocabulary The students will: Three corners activity with State, branches Horizon book reading, p. Federal, and Shared powers convention 346-357 Describe the events (kids go to the appropriate area) draft leading to the executive kids Liberty’s development of the Venn Diagram showing the federal system Constitution separation of powers and/or foundation Foldables showing state, federal, or shared freedom of religion Identify important people powers freedom of speech School House Rock who helped develop the Great Compromise Constitution including Powerpoint notes House of Representatives George Washington, individual rights George Mason, Thomas Timeline of events relating to judicial Jefferson ratification of the Constitution legislative national government Identify and describe the kids video ratification Liberty’s importance of the republic Constitutional Convention, Activity regarding voting in the Senate the Bill of Rights, and the class (group size per table more separate Ratification of the important or are all tables shared Constitution, Great equal)—showing ideas behind significant Compromise small state/large state issues state government structure Use map to understand issues behind the Great Compromise Foldables to show the three branches and the powers associated with each School House rock (three-ring circus) Cut and sort with three branches of government
Objectives Suggested Strategies/Activities/Tasks Essential or Difficult Vocabulary Resources Assessment The students will: Describe the events leading to the development of the Constitution Identify important people who helped develop the Constitution including George Washington, George Mason, Thomas Jefferson Identify and describe the importance of the Constitutional Convention, the Bill of Rights, and the Ratification of the Constitution, Great Compromise Three corners activity with State, Federal, and Shared powers (kids go to the appropriate area) Venn Diagram showing the separation of powers and/or showing state, federal, or shared powers Powerpoint notes Timeline of events relating to ratification of the Constitution Liberty’s kids video Activity regarding voting in the class (group size per table more important or are all tables equal)—showing ideas behind small state/large state issues Use map to understand issues behind the Great Compromise Foldables to show the three branches and the powers associated with each School House rock (three-ring circus) Cut and sort with three branches of government branches convention draft executive federal system foundation freedom of religion freedom of speech Great Compromise House of Representatives individual rights judicial legislative national government ratification republic Senate separate shared significant state government structure Horizon book reading, p. 346-357 Liberty’s kids Foldables School House Rock
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