Wednesday, Dec. 3
1. Get out your spiral and put your binder on the floor
2. Turn in your History of Thanksgiving worksheet and Articles of
Confederation Guided Reading if you didn’t before Thanksgiving.
3. Update your Table of Contents
Date
Title
Entry #
11/19
12/2
12/2
12/3
Confederation to Constitution cover page
Warm-Up’s Dec. 2nd to 5th
Articles of Confederation Graphic Organizer
Articles of Confederation foldable
56
57
58
59
4. Turn to entry #57. In a blue book turn to page 203. Write and fill in
the blank to the following: In 1781 the ________________ ____
____________ goes into effect, in _____________ the U.S.
Constitution is ______________. The number of years we had the
Articles were _________________.
Learning Recovery -1st
Thursday, after school, in cafeteria
Name
Declaration of
Independence Scavenger
Hunt
Articles of Confederation
packet
Julian
X
James
X
Julia
X
Nick
X
Karellys
X
Jose
X
Trinity
X
Learning Recovery -3rd
Thursday, after school, in cafeteria
Name
Declaration of Independence
Scavenger Hunt
Articles of Confederation
packet
Seth
X
Michael
X
Michaela
X
Kaleigh
X
Eric
X
Ryan
x
Kaitlyn
x
x
Learning Recovery -4th
Thursday, after school, in cafeteria
Name
Declaration of Independence Scavenger
Hunt
Colby
x
Michael
x
Yesenia
x
Vanessa
x
Articles of Confederation packet
X
X
Seth
X
Coby
X
Valeria
x
X
Raven
x
X
Learning Recovery -5th
Thursday, after school, in cafeteria
Name
Declaration of Independence
Scavenger Hunt
Articles of Confederation
packet
Jake
x
X
Logan
X
X
Seth (and quiz
over revolution)
Angel (quiz over
revolution)
Haley
X
Sara
X
X
Safari
X
x
Tiyana
X
Articles of Confederation
Foldable
Directions:
Fold your paper into 3 parts
You need markers or colored pencils
Front
Articles
Of
Confederation
*America’s 1st
National Government
Inside
State Constitutions National
Government
Strengths
National
Government
Weakness’s
States Constitutions
1. Spell out rights of all citizens (from English Bill of Rights)
2. Divided power between legislature and executive
(Montesquieu)
3. Republican form of government (people elect
representatives)
Voters = White, male, over 21, and a landowner
Strengths
1. Governed the nation during the Revolution
2. Negotiated the Treaty of Paris at the end of the war
3. Passed the Land Ordinance of 1785Divided NW territory into townships
4. Northwest Ordinance –
Set up government in NW territory
Outlawed slavery
Provided a way to admit new states
Strengths
4. Northwest Ordinance –
Set up government in NW territory
Outlawed slavery
Provided a way to admit new states
Weakness’s
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Lacked the power to enforce laws
Lacked the power to levy taxes
Lacked the power to regulate trade among the states
Required all 13 states to approve changes in the Articles
No executive branch
No national court system
Homework
1. Acrostic Poem summarizing the Articles
The Continental army has won
Only the United States is left
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2. Articles/Convention Vocabulary – Due Friday