IB HOTA
• Objectives: 1. to place Shays’
rebellion in historical context
2. to OPVL a primary source
document 3. to debate about
the chronology of Shays’
Rebellion
• Agenda:
1. Do Now
2. Context Story
3. Shays’ Rebellion Reflection
4. Shays’ Attack on the Federal
Springfield Arsenal
5. Shays’ Rebellion Timeline
• Date: 10/09/12
• HW: Reading Schedule and
complete reading questions
for Hobbes, Locke,
Montesquieu and Rousseau
• Entry Task: You need your
notebook and a pen or pencil
The Constitutional Convention
Federalists (170)
Federalism (N/A)
The Federalist Papers (171)
Antifederalists (170)
Daniel Shays (158-159)
Shays’ Rebellion (158-159)
Republicanism (174)
Natural Rights (N/A)
The State Constitutions (153)
Bill of Rights (172)
The Fiscal Crisis of 1784 Onward
(158)
Nationalists (N/A)
Robert Morris (158-159)
Land Ordinance of 1785 (156)
James Madison (167)
Thomas Jefferson (175)
George Washington (171)
The Great Compromise (166167)
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
(157)
Southwest Ordinance of 1790
(158)
Annapolis Convention
(165)
Judicial Review
N/A
Constitution of the United
States (167)
The Articles of Confederation
(N/A)
New Jersey Plan
(166)
Necessary and Proper Clause
(Con.)
Hamilton’s Financial Plan
(173)
Washington’s Farewell Address
(178)
Alien and Sedition Acts
(180)
Virginia and Kentucky
Resolutions (180)
Marbury v. Madison N/A
What do
you
see?
What do
you
guess
this
political
cartoon
is
about?
Now what do
you see?
Does that
change your
interpretation of
the political
cartoon?
What do you
think is the
overall
message of
the political
cartoon?
Context Story
• Robert Darnton:
“Workers Revolt: The
Great Cat Massacre”
• Is this grisly and
barbaric?
• How to get the “joke”?
• Torture, witchcraft and
cheating
Reflecting on Shays’ Rebellion
• What did you learn about the nature of economics during
yesterday’s role play?
• Do you think a non-violent solution was possible to avert
Shays’ Rebellion? Explain. If so, explain how violence could
be avoided.
• Write a one paragraph summary of the context leading up
to the Constitutional Convention. In writing your paragraph
think about each of the roles yesterday and address the
following questions:
- What was going on at the time?
- How is that time similar or different to our own?
- What would it have been like to live in the time
leading up the Constitution?
Shays’ Attack on the Federal
Springfield Arsenal
• Whisper read “Shays’ Attack on the Federal
Springfield Arsenal” with an elbow partner.
Summarize what you have read after each
paragraph.
• Write an OPVL paragraph about the primary
source afterwards. Imagine you are answering
the question: Was Daniel Shays’ primarily
responsible for the rebellion?
• Then, decide on what is the most important point
of the reading and be ready to share.
Timeline Activity
• Make a timeline from the years 1780 to 1791.
• Have a discussion with your partner about
where each of the events should be placed.
• Be ready to share.