I hope you completed your home prep last night.
Start by paper boxing.
Make sure you head your paper and title it
“Reading Quiz”.
This slide will advance 3 minutes after the bell. If
your paper is not prepared at that time, I will be
taking off points from your quiz grade.
9分
二 Reading Quiz
Number your paper as follows:
2
1
3
4
This slide changes in 1 minute.
You will have one minute per question.
Only write what you would fill in the blank with.
Good luck!
QUESTION 1
2
1
The Articles of Confederation set
up a loose association of states
called a ________. Instead of a
firm union, their relationship
was a “firm league of friends.”
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4
QUESTION 2
2
1
The writers of the Articles of
Confederation wanted to
preserve the states’
__________, or absolute
power. Instead of having a
strong central government,
each state had absolute power.
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4
QUESTION 3
2
1
3
4
Congress had trouble passing
laws because a vote of ___
out of 13 states was needed
to pass important measures.
Getting that many states to
agree on a change was very
difficult.
QUESTION 4
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1
3
4
States acted more like small,
separate nations than as members
of a confederation. States often
refused to obey the ________ of
Congress.
Time’s up! Remain in your seat.
……
Before I start the timer, I will give you two
minutes as a class to strategize.
You may talk across the class to determine
the best way to handle this.
When the slide changes, I’ll start the timer.
For the timer to stop, you must have all the
quizzes turned in and every person must
have a paper out and headed properly.
You are being timed.
The timer will stop
when everyone has turned
in his or her quiz and has gotten out
a piece of paper and headed it with:
• his or her first name
• his or her last name
• today’s date, and
• the period he or she has civics
Hey King! Time
Kick Me
Prep Time
Civics Crossword
Time
Weekly Quiz
Turn In Time
1st period
3:24.0
2:10.2
0:55.0
1:45.4
2nd period
5:35.4
2:38.4
1.12.0
1:25.1
4th period
4:40.1
2:14.7
0:45.0
1:16.3
5th period
3:45.9
4:22.4
1:06.2
3:14.8
6th period
6:47.9
3:59.8
1:11.7
1:32.3
三 How We Study
Reading Method
Writing Method
• In this method, you are
going to put together a list of
things you know that you
need to read about before
tomorrow’s test.
• In this method, you are
going to find three details
for several topics and write
them in columns on your
paper.
• If you are a slow writer or
think that reading is a better
way to study, this method is
for you.
• If you are an average or fast
writer, or if you think you
study better by writing
answers, this method is for
you.
三 How We Study
Reading Method
Writing Method
• You will not need to fold
your paper for this method.
• Title your paper “Test 1
Writing Method Test Prep”.
• Title your paper “Test 1
Reading Method Test Prep”.
• You will need to make paper
columns for this method.
三 How We Study
Reading Method
Writing Method
• Leave the left margin of your
paper blank. That means
everything to the left of the
red line should be clear.
• Title your columns from left
to right “topic”, “what”,
“when”, and “where”.
• You will use the margin on
the left side of your paper to
check off things as you read
about them at home.
• In this method, you are
going to find three details
for several topics and write
them in columns on your
paper.
三 How We Study
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Broadly speaking, there are
4 topics covered on the test
tomorrow.
Enlightenment Ideas
Important Documents
Causes of the Declaration
Ideas of the Declaration
四 What We Study
With this step, we will further break down those four topics.
You will have more than ten seconds per word to write. You can
keep up with this if you stay focused.
We can cycle through this listing of readings / topics as many
times as you need.
If you can’t write it fast enough,
don’t worry
Leave a space and you’ll get it on the next rotation.
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四 What We Study
With this step, we will further break down those four topics.
Reading Method
Writing Method
• The tough part of the
• The writing method is easier
reading method is that you
in class, but you will need to
need to do quite a bit of
write a lot at home.
writing today.
• In the topic column, write
• To the RIGHT of the red
the following topics:
line, write the following:
John Locke
1. John Locke and his 3
natural rights
natural rights
life
2. Montesquieu and his 3
liberty
types of government
property
3. Montesquieu’s separation
of powers
Montesquieu
四 What We Study
With this step, we will further break down those four topics.
Reading Method
Writing Method
1. John Locke and his 3
natural rights
2. Montesquieu and his 3
types of government
3. Montesquieu’s separation
of powers
4. Rousseau and his book the
Social Contract
5. End of the American
Revolution (1783)
6. President George
Washington (1789)
John Locke
natural rights
life
liberty
property
Montesquieu
Rousseau
social contract
American Revolution
(1775-1783)
President Washington (1789)
四 What We Study
With this step, we will further break down those four topics.
Reading Method
Writing Method
4. Rousseau and his book the
Social Contract
5. End of the American
Revolution (1783)
6. President George
Washington (1789)
Rousseau
social contract
American Revolution
(1775-1783)
President Washington (1789)
7. Founding Fathers’
Influences
8. Magna Carta and the
Constitution in 1215
Founding Fathers
Magna Carta (1215)
Constitution (1789)
English Bill of Rights (1689)
Mayflower Compact (1620)
四 What We Study
With this step, we will further break down those four topics.
Reading Method
Writing Method
7. Founding Fathers’
Influences
8. Magna Carta and the
Constitution in 1215
9. English Bill of Rights and
the Constitution in 1689
10. Mayflower Compact and
self-government in 1620
11. Common Sense and
Thomas Paine in 1776
Founding Fathers
Magna Carta (1215)
Constitution (1789)
English Bill of Rights (1689)
Mayflower Compact (1620)
self-government
Common Sense (1776)
Thomas Paine
Stamp Act
boycott
四 What We Study
With this step, we will further break down those four topics.
Reading Method
Writing Method
9. English Bill of Rights and
the Constitution
10. Mayflower Compact and
self-government in 1620
11. Common Sense and
Thomas Paine in 1776
12. Stamp Act and the boycott
13. Unalienable rights and the
pursuit of happiness
14. We hold these truths to be
self-evident
self-government
Common Sense (1776)
Thomas Paine
Stamp Act
boycott
unalienable
pursuit of happiness
self-evident
grievance
monarchy
四 What We Study
With this step, we will further break down those four topics.
Reading Method
Writing Method
12. Stamp Act and the boycott
13. Unalienable rights and the
pursuit of happiness
14. We hold these truths to be
self-evident
15. Colonists grievances
regarding natural rights
16. Boston Tea Party and the
Intolerable Acts
17. Thomas Jefferson and the
Declaration of
Independence (1776)
unalienable
pursuit of happiness
self-evident
grievance
monarchy
despotism
republic
Intolerable Acts
Bill of Rights (American 1789)
Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independence
(1776)
四 What We Study
With this step, we will further break down those four topics.
Reading Method
Writing Method
15. Colonists grievances
regarding natural rights
16. Boston Tea Party and the
Intolerable Acts
17. Thomas Jefferson and the
Declaration of
Independence (1776)
despotism
republic
Intolerable Acts
Bill of Rights (American 1789)
Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independence
(1776)
18. Types of Government in
England and in this
classroom
Mr. Deutsch
Civics in Practice (2013)
四 What We Study
With this step, we will further break down those four topics.
Do we need to cycle through again?
YES / NO
You are on your own at this point. 五 Final Study Time
If you need to borrow notes from
someone, you may talk with them.
If you want to see a PowerPoint
from the last four weeks, you may
come sit at the front table (if no one
else is there).
If you complete your Test Prep
paper and bring it into the test, you
get to study it for about five
minutes AND I will give you 10
extra credit points on your test.