10/19-22 Friday-Monday

Guiding Question: 

Why did the Constitution allow slavery to continue? 

Objectives:

Collaborative: Students will understand why the founding fathers protected the right to own slaves by reading, annotating, and responding to a writing prompt with at least 80% accuracy.

Independent: Students will understand the Constitution by completing a scavenger hunt with at least 80% accuracy.

Standards:

8.2.3 Evaluate the major debates that occurred during the development of the Constitution and their ultimate resolutions in such areas as shared power among institutions, divided state-federal power, slavery, the rights of individuals and states (later addressed by the addition of the Bill of Rights), and the status of American Indian nations under the commerce clause.

RH.6-8.2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary sourceW.8.1 - Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

Make a prediction: Why do you think the Constitution allowed slavery to continue even though Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that, “all men are created equal”? (Jefferson 1776)

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 10 minutes: 

Slavery in the Constitution Notes

Independent (Voice Level 0) 45 minutes: 

Task 1: Constitution Scavenger Hunt in Google Classroom

Task 2: Play one of these iCivics games: Branches of Power, Counties Work, or Immigration Nation

Early Finisher?: 

- Work on homework for another class

- Read a NewsELA, CNN, or Achieve article 

- Practice your typing 

- Read a book

Collaborative (Voice Level .5) 45 minutes:

1. Slavery in the Constitution Packet

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

On board

Homework: 

None