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10/7/2024

Brunswick High School Weekly Lesson Plan Template

Week of: Oct 7-10

*for additional curriculum information, please visit the district's resource High School Resource Guides  or Georgia Standards of Excellence

American Govt

Monday

American Government Standards: 

SSCG3 (a).Analyze debates during the drafting of the Constitution, including the Three-Fifths Compromise, the Great Compromise, and the Commerce Clause.


LT: I will analyze the debates during the drafting of the Constitution, including the Three-Fifths Compromise, the Great Compromise, and the Commerce Clause. 


SC:

  • I can identify the 5 issues that were debated during the drafting of the US Constitution 

  • I can identify both sides of the issues debated during the drafting of the US Constitution

  • I can determine the compromises that arose from the debates during the drafting of the US Constitution such as: 

    • The Great Compromise 

    • Commerce Compromise

    • Slave Trade Compromise 

    • Three-Fifths Compromise 

    • Creating the Electoral College


Lesson/Activity: Pirate Prep, Federalists vs Anti Feds Graphic Organizer; Choose a side: Bumper Sticker


Resources: CNN10/Achieve “Stubborn Rhode Island”

Tuesday

American Government Standards: 

SSCG3 (a).Analyze debates during the drafting of the Constitution, including the Three-Fifths Compromise, the Great Compromise, and the Commerce Clause.


LT: I will analyze the debates during the drafting of the Constitution, including the Three-Fifths Compromise, the Great Compromise, and the Commerce Clause. 


SC:

  • I can identify the 5 issues that were debated during the drafting of the US Constitution 

  • I can identify both sides of the issues debated during the drafting of the US Constitution

  • I can determine the compromises that arose from the debates during the drafting of the US Constitution such as: 

    • The Great Compromise 

    • Commerce Compromise

    • Slave Trade Compromise 

    • Three-Fifths Compromise 

    • Creating the Electoral College


Lesson/Activity: Pirate Prep, Federalists vs Anti Feds Graphic Organizer; Choose a side: Bumper Sticker (Complete)


Resources: CNN10/Achieve “Stubborn Rhode Island”

Wednesday

 

SSCG3(c): Explain the fundamental principles of the United States Constitution, including limited government, the rule of law, federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, and popular sovereignty


LT:I will analyze how the US Constitution addresses the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

  • I can describe how the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation are addressed in the Preamble of the Constitution 

Lesson/Activity:  Google Slide notes over the Preamble and how it “fixed” what was wrong with the AOC

In Pairs, students will analyze real world scenarios and decide which part of the Preamble it relates to


Students will find newspaper articles and describe how it demonstrates the goals of Preamble


Thursday

SSCG3(c): Explain the fundamental principles of the United States Constitution, including limited government, the rule of law, federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, and popular sovereignty


LT:I will analyze how the US Constitution addresses the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

  • I can identify the 6 fundamental principles of the United States Constitution 

  • I can explain the principle of limited government as it states that no government is all powerful and has to operate under the consent of the governed

  • I can explain the principle of rule of law as it states that no person or government is above the law 

  • I can explain the principle of federalism as it states that it is the method of distributing power amongst national and regional governments 

  • I can explain the principle of separation of powers as it states that each of the three branches of government have separate powers and responsibilities 

  • I can explain the principle of checks and balances as it is a system that ensures that powers are not abused 

  • I can explain the principle of popular sovereignty as it states that people are sovereign and have all the power  

Lesson/Activity

Pirate Prep; Anatomy of the Constitution and answer questions in differentiated formats 


Articles of Constitution Task Bank Activity


Constitution Scavenger Hunt



Friday

TEACHER WORK DAY



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