Friday, March 15

⚡️ A New Nation

✅ Review: A New Nation Practice Test

💯 A New Nation Unit Test:

Thursday, March 14

⚡️ A New Nation

📚 Standards of Learning:

📝 Practice Test: A New Nation

🅰️ Practice Games:

🏡 Homework: Study for A New Nation Unit Test Friday

Wednesday, March 13

⚡️ A New Nation

📚 Sources of Information:

📓 Journal Check: Five Presidents plus One

🅰️ Practice Games:

🎯 Open Note Quiz: 7c First Five Presidents

💯 Unit Review:

🌠 Retakes: 7a, 7b, & 7c Open Note Quizzes

😃 Project Choice: Analog or Digital; Alone, Partner, Group (7a, 7b, 7c)

🏡 Homework: Study for A New Nation Unit Test Friday

Tuesday, March 12

⚡️ A New Nation

📚 Sources of Information:

📓 Journal Five Presidents +1:

  1. George Washington

  2. John Adams

  3. Thomas Jefferson

  4. James Madison

  5. James Monroe

  6. Benjamin Banneker *

🎯 Retakes: 7a & 7b Open Note Quizzes

😃 Project Choice: Analog or Digital; Alone, Partner, Group (7a, 7b, 7c)

🏡 Homework: Study for A New Nation Unit Test Friday (7a Articles of Confederation, 7b U.S. Constitution, 7c First Five Presidents)

Monday, March 11

⚡️ A New Nation

🎯 Standard: Read 7b U.S. Constitution

✅ Journal Check 7b U.S. Constitution:

  • Constitutional Convention

  • Great Compromise

  • Three-Fifths Compromise

  • Three Branches

  • Ratification

  • Bill of Rights

  • New Nation Project Choice

🎮 Practice Games:

📓 Open Note Quiz: 7b U.S. Constitution & Retakes

😃 Project Choice: Analog or Digital; Alone, Partner, Group (7a, 7b, 7c)

🏡 Homework: Study for A New Nation Unit Test Friday (7a Articles of Confederation, 7b U.S. Constitution, 7c First Five Presidents)

Friday, March 8

⚡️ A New Nation

🎯 Standard: Read 7b U.S. Constitution

🎬 BrainPop: Bill of Rights Movie, Review, & Graded Quiz

📚 Textbook:

📓 Journal: Bill of Rights (choose five amendments)

🏡 Homework: Prepare for 7b Open Note Quiz Monday; Retake opportunity Monday

Thursday, March 7

⚡️ A New Nation

🎯 Standard: Read 7b U.S. Constitution

🎬 BrainPop: Branches of Government

  • Movie, Review, & Graded Quiz

  • Two Activities & Journal Notes

📚 Textbook: “Three Branches,” pages 112-113

📓 Journal:

  • Executive Branch

  • Judicial Branch

  • Legislative Branch

🎮 Practice Games:

Wednesday, March 6

⚡️ A New Nation

🎯 Standard: Read 7b U.S. Constitution

📚 Textbook: “A Better Way: The Federal System,” pages 110-111

📓 Journal:

  • Constitutional Convention

  • Great Compromise

  • Three-Fifths Compromise

  • Ratification

🎬 BrainPop: U.S. Constitution

  • Movie, Review, & Graded Quiz

  • Two Activities & Journal Notes

🎮 Practice Games:

Monday, March 4

⚡️ A New Nation

🎯 Standard: Read 7b U.S. Constitution

🥅 Learning Goal: Describe the development of the U.S. Constitution

🎬 Brainpop: U.S. Constitution Activities

  • Watch the movie

  • Do the review

  • Take the quiz

  • Choose two activities

📓 Journal: What did I learn?

  • From the movie

  • From one activity

  • From a second activity

Thursday, February 29

⚡️ A New Nation

🎯 Standard: 7a Articles of Confederation

🦉 Local Alternative Assessment: How does Shays’ Rebellion exemplify (show) the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

📚 Shay’s Rebellion: Review information from the following sources:

✍🏽 Final Copy: Use the RACES model to explain how Shay’s Rebellion showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. Cite the two letters to support your answer.

📚 Shay’s Rebellion: Canvas Submission

🏡 Homework: Study for Retakes tomorrow (Friday)

Wednesday, February 28

⚡️ A New Nation

🎯 Standard: 7a Articles of Confederation

📚 Shay’s Rebellion: Review information from the following sources:

🤔 Local Alternative Assessment: How does Shays’ Rebellion exemplify (show) the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

✍🏽 Final Copy: Use the RACES model to explain how Shay’s Rebellion showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. Cite the two letters to support your answer.

Tuesday, February 27

⚡️ A New Nation

🎯 Standard: 7a Articles of Confederation

📚 Shay’s Rebellion: Review information from the following sources:

🤔 Local Alternative Assessment: How does Shays’ Rebellion exemplify (show) the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

✍🏽 Rough Draft: Use the RACES model to explain how Shay’s Rebellion showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. Cite the two letters to support your answer.

Monday, February 26

⚡️ A New Nation

🎯 Standard: 7a Articles of Confederation

📚 Shay’s Rebellion: Review information from the following sources:

💬 Role Play: How were the Articles of Confederation a problem for people during Shays’ Rebellion?

Friday, February 23

⚡️ A New Nation

🎯 Standard: 7a Articles of Confederation

📚 Shay’s Rebellion: Gather information from the following sources & take notes:

🤔 Question for Discussion: Which weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation relate to Shay’s Rebellion?

Thursday, February 22

⚡️ A New Nation

🎯 Standard: 7a Articles of Confederation

🧩 Jigsaw Part 2: Problems, examples, & solutions

  1. Weak national government

  2. No power to tax states

  3. No common currency

  4. One state one vote

  5. No executive or judicial branches

📓 Journal Check: Five weaknesses

🎯 Retakes: 7a Open Note Quiz

🟢 Articles of Confederation Project: Poster, Canva, PowerPoint, Book Creator, Flip Book