Groups Group 1: Andy, Antoine Group 2: Vince, Kelsey Groups 3: Gene, Dylan Group 4: Jack, Group 5: Jessie Group 6: Venus Group 7: Ruth Group 8: Jamari Group 9: Devon Group 10: Ruth Group 11: Lataysia Group 12: Josh Group 13: Bryce

What are we going to listen to today? Summer Hair = Forever Young – The Academy is… Whoa Oh! – Forever the Sickest Kids Cyclone – Baby Bash Coming to Your City – Big & Rich My First Kiss – 3OH!3 1,2,3,4 – Plain White Ts Handlebars – Flobots Just Dance – Lady Gaga Right Round – Flo Rida All American Girl – Carrie Underwood

Rules: 1.Each group has ONE vote – everyone in the group must agree to the song! 2.Choose one person from your group to be the “voter” who will nominate, second, and vote on songs. 3.One group nominates a song – raise your hand to be called on to nominate a song. 4.Another group must second the song. 5.If seconded, the class votes; if not seconded then another group can nominate a different song. 6.If all 13 groups vote “yes” to a song, we will listen to that song – we can only listen to ONE song! What are we going to listen to?

Copy this chart onto page CC6 The Articles of Confederation Classroom ExperienceHistorical Connection 1.Class divided into 13 groups 2.Each group had 1 vote 3.Students tried to decide which song to listen to 4.Difficult to come up with a unanimous decision 5.Some students became dissatisfied and angry 1.The Confederation Congress was composed of 13 states 2.Each state had 1 vote 3.CC dealt with many problems such as how to develop western lands 4.CC didn’t accomplish much because it was difficult to agree 5.Many citizens were concerned that the Confederation government was too weak Strengths (Congress could…)Weaknesses (Congress could not…) 1.Declare war & peace 2.Provide for the army & navy 3.Print money 4.Set up postal system 5.Deal with Native Americans 1.Couldn’t impose taxes – could only ask states for $$ 2.Could not regulate value of states’ $$ 3.No control over trade 4.Couldn’t settle disputes between states 5.Couldn’t enforce any of its powers

Period 3 Groups Group 1: Dametric, Sydney Group 2: Yessica, Tiger Groups 3: Adam, Marcos Group 4: Robyn, Jared Group 5: Max, Taylor Group 6: Olivia, Lindsey Group 7: Kevin, Briana Group 8: Christine Group 9: Slaven Group 10: Adriana Group 11: William Group 12: Jordan Group 13: Hailey