1. Do Now Log onto the class website
Download Lesson 4: Articles of Confederation
Answer the do now question on paper

2. Do Now Question
What were some of the challenges a new country may have to deal with?

3. Topic Articles of Confederation
Objective
To closely read and take notes on a text in order to compose a paragraph response to an essential question

4. Class Discussion
What were some of the challenges a new country may have to deal with?

5. Independent Task Directions
Log onto the class website
Download the: Articles of Confederation Activity
Read pages in the BIG RED textbook
Type notes into the online organizer (Bullet Points)
Type 1-2 paragraphs answering the essential question
Turn the assignment in via turn-ins

6. Class Discussion
How effective were the Articles of Confederation as America’s first form of government?
Effective=Good