DO NOW!
• After you have quietly taken your seat, take out your
homework from over the weekend to be checked, and
turn to the Bellringer! Section in your binder
BELLRINGER!!
• In your own words (and complete sentences), explain
what a compromise is.
• Recall a time in your life where you had to make a
compromise. What was the outcome of that situation?
NEW VOCABULARY FOR FORMING A NEW
NATION
• Constitutional Convention
• Popular Sovereignty
• Three Fifths Compromise
• Federalism
• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Executive Branch
• Checks and Balances
HOMEWORK…
• Complete any vocabulary that you did not finish in
class.
DO NOW!
• After taking your seats quietly, take out your
Worksheet/Letters from the Time Capsule Activity.
• Pass your work down to the end of each row, making
one neat stack to be collected.
• Turn to the Bellringer! section of your binder
BELLRINGER!
• “Making of the American Constitution” Video
• During the video, listen for interesting facts about the
U.S. Constitution. Next, record the most interesting
fact you heard from the video.
WHICH PLAN IS BETTER?
• Split into groups of 4
• Each group will be assigned one plan: The Virginia Plan or
The New Jersey Plan
• Each person will record answers on their worksheet
• Each group will create a poster describing plan with an
illustration
• Each person has a job in the group:
• Researcher
• Artist
• Presenter
• Timekeeper
• Names with job titles on the back of each poster
MAYBE A COMPROMISE… A GREAT COMPROMISE!
• The Great Compromise
• Bicameral Legislature
• Number of Reps. based on state populations in the
lower house (House of Representatives)
• Number of Reps. equal from each state in the upper
house (The Senate)
THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
• Each group will be assigned to one of the branches of the U.S.
government: Executive, Legislative, or Judicial
• Your group will have the task of writing at least three facts
describing your branch of government
• The more facts you can find and record in your chart, the better!
CHECKS AND BALANCES
• A system created by
the framers of the
Constitution that
keeps any branch of
government from
becoming too
powerful
CLOSURE…
• Copy Homework:
• Create your own Graphic Organizer illustrating the
Strengths of the U.S. Constitution and the
Weaknesses on the Articles of Confederation
• Exit Ticket:
• Two things I learned this week are…
• One thing I still have a question about is…