1. Pre learning activity:
Bell Ringer
Pre learning activity:
Based on what you have learned so far about the creation of our Government, “Did the Founding Fathers make the best choices for the United States?”
Answer “yes” or “no” and in one sentence explain your answer.

2. Essay Test
Did the Founding Fathers make the best choices for the United States?

3. Essay Test
Did the Founding Fathers make the best choices for the United States? (Video Introduction)
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4. Extended Response Checklist Bucketing-Getting ready to write
Essay Test: Did the Founding Fathers make the best choices for the United States?
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Extended Response Checklist
Bucketing-Getting ready to write
Essay Outline

5. Extended Response Checklist Steps 1-3
Essay Test: Did the Founding Fathers make the best choices for the United States?
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Extended Response Checklist
Steps 1-3

6. Essay Test: Did the Founding Fathers make the best choices for the United States?
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Bucketing- Getting Ready to write
Organize your documents and place them into the “Buckets.” The buckets should be organized by the themes you choose to explore in your essay

7. Essay Test: Did the Founding Fathers make the best choices for the United States?
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2. Bucketing- Getting Ready to write

8. Essay Test: Did the Founding Fathers make the best choices for the United States?
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Getting Ready to write – Thesis Development and Roadmap

9. Essay Test: Did the Founding Fathers make the best choices for the United States?
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3. Essay Outline
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10. Essay Test: Did the Founding Fathers make the best choices for the United States?
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3. Essay Outline
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Evaluate the decisions made by the framers from the drafting of the Constitution through the ratification of the Bill of Rights
The type of government chosen (Hobbes and Locke) (Influences of Government) (Principals of Government)
Major issues and compromises at the Constitutional Convention (Representation) (Plan for the Executive)
Amendment process and the Bill of Rights (Amending the Constitution)
Differences in interpretation (Judicial Interpretation: Scalia v. Breyer & Originalism v. Living Document)