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

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

Tuesday, February 13

⚡️ A New Nation: Lesson 2 - Two Outcomes of the Articles of Confederation

This picture shows results of the Articles of Confederation. One was the adoption of the U.S. Constitution which is still in effect today. Another outcome was a way for territories to become part of the United States. Also slavery was made illegal in new territories. How would you represent the outcomes of the Articles of Confederation?

🎯 Standard: VA SOL 7a Articles of Confederation

🎧 Listen & Watch:

📗 Read/Scan:

✍🏽 Rough Draft Journal:

  • Pencil draft a journal entry for the two outcomes

🗣 Speak:

  • Share journal entry of outcomes with a partner

🎨 Journal Entry:

  • Finalize, outline, & color journal entry for the two outcomes

✅ Project Choice:

  • Canva, Book Creator, PowerPoint, poster or booklet project for five weaknesses & two outcomes of the Articles of Confederation

Monday, February 12

⚡️ A New Nation: Lesson 1 - Five Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

The picture shows one state under control but the others are out of control. In my mind, this helps me understand that the national government wasn’t powerful enough to control the whole country. How would you represent this weakness of the Articles of Confederation so that it makes sense to you?

🎯 Standard: SOL 7a Articles of Confederation

🎧 Listen & Watch:

📗 Read/Scan:

🗣 Speak:

  • Share ideas for notes and illustrations of the five weaknesses

📓 Journal Entry 🎨

  • Pencil, outline, & color journal entry for the five weaknesses