1. Vocabulary activity: Copy the terms into your notes
Bell Ringer
Vocabulary activity:
Copy the terms into your notes
Amend - Make minor changes in (a text) in order to make it fairer, more accurate, or more up-to-date.
Deliberations - Long and careful consideration or discussion.
Divisive - Tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people

2. Overview:
As a result of various arising conflicts, the founding fathers had convened in order to discuss these problems. Under the Articles of Confederation, the states retained much of the powers that was contained within government. In May of , 55 delegates from the states arrived in Philadelphia to discuss the amending of the Articles or the writing of whole new government. They chose to write a new government, thus calling this meeting the Constitutional Convention.

3. Overview:
Although, they all agreed that this young nation’s government needed to be fixed; they spent majority of their time debating on how representation would look. They spent nearly two months debating this issue and finally made progress late into July with what is known as the Connecticut Compromise. The question for this DBQ is centered around how divisive representation was within the development of our government.

4. Remember BIG The Question……
“Did the Founding Fathers make the best choices for the United States?” “Why would representation be such a major issue that would cause fault lines to be drawn between states?”
Our Guiding Question……

5. You will be divided into small groups.
“Why would representation be such a major issue that would cause fault lines to be drawn between states?”
Small Group Activity -
You will be divided into small groups.
Each student in the group will analyze the background essay by answering the questions on pg.2 & 3.
Remember you are searching for evidence that will answer the Guiding Question.

6. You will be divided into small groups.
“Why would representation be such a major issue that would cause fault lines to be drawn between states?”
Small Group Activity -
You will be divided into small groups.
Each student in the group will analyze document A by answering the questions on pg.4.
Remember you are searching for evidence that will answer the Guiding Question.

7. You will be divided into small groups.
“Why would representation be such a major issue that would cause fault lines to be drawn between states?”
Small Group Activity -
You will be divided into small groups.
Each student in the group will analyze Document B by answering the questions on pg.5.
Remember you are searching for evidence that will answer the Guiding Question.

8. You will be divided into small groups.
“Why would representation be such a major issue that would cause fault lines to be drawn between states?”
Small Group Activity -
You will be divided into small groups.
Each student in the group will analyze Document C by answering the questions on pg.6.
Remember you are searching for evidence that will answer the Guiding Question.

9. You will be divided into small groups.
“Why would representation be such a major issue that would cause fault lines to be drawn between states?”
Small Group Activity -
You will be divided into small groups.
Each student in the group will analyze Document E by answering the questions on pg. 8.
Remember you are searching for evidence that will answer the Guiding Question.

10. Developing a Claim:
You will read the set of documents independently and annotate in the margins of each document.
Annotations should focus on citing evidence to assist in answering the compelling question.
Detective work! Find the evidence to support your claim (answer the investigative question)

11. Summative Assessment: (Test Grade 35 pts)
“Why would representation be such a major issue that would cause fault lines to be drawn between states?”
You must use at least one piece of evidence from each document to answer the above question.
Document A – The Virginia Plan
Document B – The New Jersey Plan
Document C – The Hamilton Plan
Document E – Madison Notes
Use the Rubric provided to guide your response.