1. If you were creating a government, what would it look like?
Bell Ringer for W6:
If you were creating a government, what would it look like?
Would you have 1 person in charge or several people in charge? Why?
Would you want people who thought like you did - or people who often disagreed with you? Explain.
What two goals would your government have? How would you accomplish these goals?

2. **New Unit!!** The United States Constitution
Goals: What are the responsibilities of our three
branches of government?
How are laws created?
What are “check’s and balances” and
why are they part of our Constitution?
What has allowed our Constitution to be successful for over 200 years?

3. Music
Votes

6. The Articles of Confederation was the first plan of government created by the United States
Delegates from all the colonies met to
create a plan of how the government would
operate - they created the Articles of
Confederation

14. To make a change in the government…
To make a new law OR
To make a change in the government…
All states had to reach a consensus…