Goals and Objectives
Goals:
- Identify the events that led to the development of the Articles of Confederation
- Identify the reasons for the eventual failure of the Articles of Confederation
Learning Objective: Students will analyze the causes and effects of the Articles of Confederation.
- Identify the events that led to the development of the Articles of Confederation
- Identify the reasons for the eventual failure of the Articles of Confederation
Learning Objective: Students will analyze the causes and effects of the Articles of Confederation.
California Content Standards
8.2.2 Analyze the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution and the success of each in implementing the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.
8.3.5 Know the significance of domestic resistance movements and ways in which the central government responded to such movements.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.1.B Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources.
8.3.5 Know the significance of domestic resistance movements and ways in which the central government responded to such movements.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.1.B Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources.
Lesson Introduction
- Quote: “United we stand, divided we fall”
- Pair Share and think of the following questions:
- Question: What does this quote mean? What does a divided country look like? Does having states mean we are divided?
- Pair Share and think of the following questions:
- Question: What does this quote mean? What does a divided country look like? Does having states mean we are divided?
Vocabulary
- English Bill of Rights: 1698 - List of rights that government guaranteed to English citizens
- Republic: People choose representatives to govern them
- Ratify: To accept and approve
- Continental Congress: Group of men that came together to write the Articles of Confederation
- Republic: People choose representatives to govern them
- Ratify: To accept and approve
- Continental Congress: Group of men that came together to write the Articles of Confederation
Content Delivery (Lecture)
- The teacher will deliver a lecture presentation through Google Slides, on the events leading up to the Ratification of the Articles of Confederation and the Events that led to their failure.
- The lesson will cover the ideas in documents that helped them decide on the articles and how they purpose behind them.
- The lecture will discuss key flaws in the Articles of Confederation, and why they were flaws.
- The lesson will cover the ideas in documents that helped them decide on the articles and how they purpose behind them.
- The lecture will discuss key flaws in the Articles of Confederation, and why they were flaws.
Student Engagement
- Students will use a guided notes worksheet
- Students will answer several different levels of critical thinking and check for understanding questions throughout the course of the presentation
- Students will answer several different levels of critical thinking and check for understanding questions throughout the course of the presentation
Lesson Closure
- Give students time to go through the original constitution
- Ask the question: Which flaws in the Articles of Confederation did the Constitution Fix? Cite evidence from the constitution and explain how it fixed the problem.
- Ask the question: Which flaws in the Articles of Confederation did the Constitution Fix? Cite evidence from the constitution and explain how it fixed the problem.
Summative/Formative Assessment
Summative:
- Formal Writing/Answer question that shows synthesis
- Collecting Notes worksheet
Formative:
- Questions throughout the lecture
- Plickers Multiple Choice Quiz – Formative Check for understanding at the end of the lesson
- Formal Writing/Answer question that shows synthesis
- Collecting Notes worksheet
Formative:
- Questions throughout the lecture
- Plickers Multiple Choice Quiz – Formative Check for understanding at the end of the lesson
Accommodations for English Learners, Striving Readers and Students with Special Needs
- Pair share with a good peer role model
- Students who need extra help will get sentence frames and cloze notes
- Students who need extra help will get sentence frames and cloze notes
Resources (Books, Websites, Handouts, Materials)
McDougal Littell: Creating America (Textbook)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFIkxQdZMZ0
http://www.classzone.com/books/ca05_ww1/page_build.cfm?id=quiz&ch=8 (Use as Plickers quiz)
http://www.plickers.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFIkxQdZMZ0
http://www.classzone.com/books/ca05_ww1/page_build.cfm?id=quiz&ch=8 (Use as Plickers quiz)
http://www.plickers.com