1. Fantabulous Friday, Aug. 28th
Agenda:
Warm-Up/Healthy Note
The Declaration of Independence
Wrap-up / collect warm-ups
Home Fun:
Finish copying FN: The American Constitution
Title Page
Warm-Up
What does a healthy breakfast look like and why is it important that you eat one?
3-5 sentences

2. Why Breakfast Matters Why You Should Eat a Healthy Breakfast
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  Breakfast provides you with the energy and nutrients that lead to increased concentration in the classroom.
Studies show that breakfast can be important in maintaining a healthy body weight.
Hunger sets in long before it's time for lunch, but because it's not convenient to eat properly, many people who have not eaten breakfast snack on foods that are high in fat and sugar.
People who skip breakfast are unlikely to make up their daily requirement for some vitamins and minerals that a simple breakfast would have provided.
Breakfast provides energy for the activities during the morning and helps to prevent that mid-morning slump.
Tips on Eating a Quick and Healthy Breakfast
Pick 2-3 foods, including at least one from each of the following food groups: -bread and grain (i.e. cereal, toast, muffin) -milk and milk product (i.e. low-fat yogurt, low-fat milk) -fruit or vegetable group (i.e bananas, apples, carrots)
Pick up portable breakfast items when at the grocery store. You should buy foods like fruit, low-fat yogurt, whole grain breakfast bars, or granola bars for those mornings when you have to eat breakfast on the go.
Replace or accompany that morning cup of coffee with a glass of orange juice or milk.
Make an omelet! You can shorten preparation time by chopping up your vegetables ahead of time.
Get up 15 minutes earlier.  You can fix and consume a healthy breakfast in 15 minutes or less.
Plan ahead to eat breakfast.  This means you should decide what you are going to eat for breakfast before the next morning.   You can save time by putting out the box of cereal or cutting up some fruit the night before

3. Mighty Mustang Monday, Aug. 31st
Agenda:
Warm-Up
FN: The American Constitution
Constitution Chart
Home Fun:
Work on Title Page
Warm-Up
Review the Grievance of the Declaration of Independence. Which of them do you think was the most important issue for the Colonists to fight for? Why?
3-5 sentences

4. The American Constitution
Standard 11.1 – Analyze the sig. events that lead to the development of our nation and its attempts to realize its guiding philosophies.
EQ - How did the Constitution change the power of the national government?

5. The Articles of Confederation, 1781-1788
Our 1st government was created in a way that it couldn’t take people’s rights.
The Nation couldn’t raise taxes or an army.
The government only lasted a few years.
It was a really terrible government, but it was OUR terrible government.

6. The Articles of Confederation, 1781-1788
States were like their own little countries
Sort of like the European Union
All 13 states got one vote.
Each state had its own unique money
 The expression "not worth a Continental" arose when the new, American, paper notes essentially became worthless due to severe inflation toward the end of the Rev. War

7. Shays’ Rebellion, 1786
An armed uprising in Massachusetts (MA) makes many people realize that the government was too weak
Daniel Shays was a Revolutionary war veteran who lost his farm because he fell behind on his farm payments.
His excuse was that he wasn’t working his farm because he was fighting the British.
The bank said too bad…and uh thanks for the liberty.
After the uprising 12 states agreed to meet in Philadelphia, PA.
Rhode Island did not send a delegate

8. The Constitutional Convention, 1787
The states’ delegates met in PA to fix the Articles of Confederation
They met from May to September and it was ridiculously hot and humid and the delegates all wore wool and wigs. It was supposedly super miserable (and smelly).
They realized they needed a stronger national government.
They immediately gave up on the Articles of Confederation and started over.
Two major plans were submitted.

9. Ratification of the Constitution, 1789
9 of 13 states had to ratify (accept) the Constitution for it to be law.
Federalists wanted the states to vote for the Constitution.
They wrote essays called “the Federalist Papers” and held parades to drum up support for their side. They won.
They wanted a strong president and more national power than state power.
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Ben Franklin

10. Ratification of the Constitution, 1789
Anti-Federalists
Wanted the states to vote against Constitution
They demanded a guarantee of basic rights called the Bill of Rights.
Good Idea
They wanted a weak national government, basically they said the Articles of Confederation were awful but it could always be worse so what can you do?
John Hancock, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry

11. What’s in the Constitution?
Federalism
Federalism divides power between the national (federal) government and the state governments.
Separation of Powers
They created three branches of government: legislative, judicial, and executive.
Separation of Church and State
The government can’t tax churches and churches can’t get involved in politics.

12. The New Nation
George Washington was elected the first President and John Adams was the first Vice President.
Washington had to “invent” how to be President
In 1789, only white, land owning men had the ability to vote in most states
Very few votes overall:
Delaware 3% of the population
Georgia 5%
New York 3%
Rhode Island 0.7%.

13. The New Nation Whiskey Rebellion, 1794
The government raised taxes on the production of whiskey which PA farmers refused to pay.
Whiskey- concentrated liquid corn
Easier to transport and store
Urban vs rural politics
Washington led 15,000 federal soldiers to make them pay and proved that the new government was strong.
This was the opposite of Shays Rebellion

14. The First Political Parties
Federalists
Alexander Hamilton supported federal authority.
national bank, a high tariff, industry
Democratic-Republicans
Thomas Jefferson supported the states’ having more authority.
state banks, a low tariff, farmers

15. Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798
John Adams, a Federalist, made it illegal to express opinions considered dangerous to the government (sedition).
The Act raised the residency requirements for citizenship (voting).
Most new immigrants were becoming Democratic-Republicans.
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, 1798
Thomas Jefferson argued that the states should ignore any laws that violated the Constitution.
This argument, called nullification, led to the Civil War.

16. Marbury v. Madison, 1803
Arguably, the MOST important Supreme Court cases in American history.
Marbury was appointed by John Adams at the end of his presidency but had to get his license to be a judge from the new president Thomas Jefferson.
James Madison refused to hand over the papers because he thought Marbury’s appointment was illegal.
Created - Judicial Review
The right of the Supreme Court to declare acts of the Congress and the president as unconstitutional.