1. 1. CREATING THE CONSTITUTION 8th Grade Social Studies Mrs. Valdez Room 220
2. 2. Slide Content 3 Common Core Standards 4 Lesson Objectives 5 Slavery 6 2nd Continental Congress 7 Americas Independence 8-12 Vocabulary Loaded (Pre-test) 13 Notes TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. 3. Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 612 Key Ideas & Details: Identify key steps in a texts description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered). Craft & Structure: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies. COMMON CORE STANDARDS
4. 4. 1. Students will self-guide themselves through an interactive multimedia presentation. 2. Students will interact with content and determine meanings of related and essential key terms of the construction of the constitution. 3. Students will understand the process and thought that were drafted in the putting together the constitution through multimedia interactions. OBJECTIVES
5. 5. Slavery Compared to being under British rule 1780s NE colonies taking steps to end it Conflict cont. long after Revolutionary War July 1776 legal in all colonies
6. 6. 2ND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS June 1776 John Adams Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson Robert R. Livingston Roger Sherman
7. 7. AMERICAS INDEPENDENCE 1. Click here for directions. 2. Watch
8. 8. VOCABULARY LOADED
9. 9. THE MAGNA CARTA IS A DOCUMENT THAT MADE THE KING SUBJECT TO LAW.
10. 10. WHAT IS THE DOCUMENT THAT CREATED FIRST OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT?
11. 11. WHAT IS SUFFRAGE? All of the above The right to be equal The right to be poor The right to pay taxes The right to vote
12. 12. Ratification Constitution Depression Tariffs Federalism Taxes Official Approval Set of laws and principles Low economic activity Sharing of power between government MATCH THE DEVICE TO WHAT IT MEASURES:
13. 13. NOTES Images included in this presentation are that of the ones available through PowerPoint Clip Art. Slide 7: YouTube Video: A Brief History of America's Independence: Part 1" (Revolutionary War) - 321Learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfnrdWYmZus