1. Please copy down 5 riddles. Also, please have planner on your table.
Bell ringer, 9-21
Please copy down 5 riddles. Also, please have planner on your table.
You live in a one story house made "entirely of redwood". What color would the stairs be?
You have three stoves: a gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match. Which should you light first?
Lucy had it first, Ethel had it last, Mary Lungel had it twice until she married Peter Stupid and never had it again. What is it?
What is more useful when it is broken?

2. Today's Objective
Identify the delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention
Discuss the rules the delegates adopted to conduct business at the Constitutional Convention

3. Dates to remember
Ch. 2 test will be today. (open book)

4. Daily Planner Bell ringer
Web map – Five W’s of the Constitutional Convention
Ch. 2 test (open book)

5. The Road to the Constitution, pg 52- 54
Soon after the Revolution ends serious problems emerge with the
Why?

7. The Road to the Constitution, pg 52- 54
Because of problems, each state sends delegates to a to fix flaws of the Articles of Confederation
What?

8. The Road to the Constitution, pg 52- 54
Delegates meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Independence Hall. Each state sends delegates except for (Q).
Where?

9. Our Constitution - Video
Bell ringer, 9-24
Please copy the questions. (10); Please skip three lines per question. Also have planners out and on your table.
From what state is the author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson?
Who was considered “First in war, first in peace, first in the heart of his countrymen”?
In what year did Benjamin Franklin die?
Which member of the Convention later becomes the 4th president of the USA?
What are the three branches of government created at the Convention?
Our Constitution - Video

10. Our Constitution - Video
Bell ringer, 9-24
Please copy the questions. (10); Please skip three lines per question. Also have planners out and on your table.
Article Three of the Constitution creates which branch of government?
How many states had to ratify the Constitution for it to become official?
When were the Bill of Rights ratified by the states?
What is one of the strengths of the Constitution?
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
Our Constitution - Video

11. Today's Objective
Identify the delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention
Discuss the rules the delegates adopted to conduct business at the Constitutional Convention

12. Dates to remember
Quiz on Wednesday covering everything in Chapter 3, Section 1 (pages 52-54)
Ch. 3 test on Friday, October 5th

13. Daily Planner Bell ringer
Web map – Five W’s of the Constitutional Convention
Video – Our Constitution
4 Key Decisions

14. The Road to the Constitution, pg 52- 54
The men who met in May of 1787 were an extraordinary group: 8 signers of the DOI; 7 governors (Q); and 41 members of Continental Congress
When?

15. The Road to the Constitution, pg 52- 54
Who?

16. The Road to the Constitution, pg 52- 54
Future President
Thomas Jefferson
Serving as a minister
to France (Q)
Future President
John Adams
Serving as minister
To Great Britain (Q)
Patrick Henry,
Elected to serve but
Was against
Convention and
stayed home (Q) (T)
Who wasn't?

17. First Decision Second Decision Appoint _____ ________
As the President of
Convention (q) (t)
Second Decision
Meetings could not be
Held unless delegates
From ____ states were
Present (q)

18. Third Decision Fourth Decision Decisions must be ______ ______, one
State gets one vote
Fourth Decision
Meetings held
in ________(q)
To allow delegates
To speak freely

19. Bell ringer 9-25
Please copy questions (5); Use chart on page 90 to answer. Please have planners on table!
Which rights or freedoms were included in all four documents?
Which right or freedom is found only in the Bill of Rights?
Which document does not include right against unreasonable search or seizure?
Which document does not prohibit cruel or unusual punishment?
Which document is the most recent?

21. Today's Objective
Describe the plans of government offered by delegates at the Constitutional Convention
Identify the compromises agreed upon by the delegates

22. Dates to remember
Quiz on Wednesday covering everything in Chapter 3, Section 1 (pages 52-54)
Ch. 3 test on Friday, October 5th

23. Daily Planner Bell ringer Compare / Contrast Virginia and NJ Plans
Video – Our Constitution

24. Virginia Plan New Jersey Plan Designed by ---------
Presented by
Government with 3
Branches (E, L, J)
Government with 3
Branches (E, L, J)
Legislature would be
and based on
States
Legislature would be
and based On
------, , and
loved plan; small
States, not so much
, ---, and
love plan;
Other states,
not so much

25. 8 questions you should know (Ch 3, Section 1)
The participants
At the Convention
Agreed to keep all
Discussions what?
Which notable
Leader was not
At the
Convention?
Which delegate
Was against the
Constitution
And refused to
Attend?
At 81, who was
The oldest delegate
To attend the
Constitution?
7 of the delegates
To the Convention
Were former what?
Which delegates
To the Convention
Went on to become
President of the
USA? (2)
Which state chose
Not to take part in
The Constitutional
Convention
Which delegate
Kept a notebook
Of daily events?
Pg 52-54

26. Bell ringer 9-26
Please copy the questions. (8); Please skip three lines per question. Please have planners out and on your table.
What do the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government do?
How did the Virginia Plan differ from the New Jersey plan?
What was the Great Compromise?
What two arguments resulted in the Electoral College
Guided Reading 3-2

27. Bell ringer 9-26 What does the Electoral College do?
Please copy the questions. (8); Please skip three lines per question. Please have planners out and on your table.
What does the Electoral College do?
What were the different viewpoints of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists?
What promise helped to the get the Constitution ratified?
With what issue did the Three – Fifths Compromise deal?
Guided Reading 3-2

28. Today's Objective
Describe the plans of government offered by delegates at the Constitutional Convention
Identify the compromises agreed upon by the delegates

29. Dates to remember
Quiz on Wednesday covering everything in Chapter 3, Section 1 (pages 52-54)
Ch. 3 test on Friday, October 5th

30. Daily Planner Bell ringer 2 Compromises of the Convention
Quiz on Ch. 3, Section 1
Video – Constitution
HWK – GR 3-2

31. Constitutional Compromise
After six weeks of debate,
__________ (T) proposes
A compromise …
A Senate
With ______
Represent-
ation
To please
The small
states
A House
based
On _______
To please
the bigger
states
Great Compromise (T)

32. Constitutional Compromise
Questions about
How to calculate
550,000
______ ______
Americans
In South
_____ opposed idea
Of Counting slaves;
______ wanted the
slaves to
Count but not vote …

33. Constitutional Compromise
Delegates
finally agreed
To count enslaved
African-Americans
as _______ of a
Person to determine representation in
Congress
The Three-Fifths Compromise (T)

34. Bell ringer, 9-27 Which branch of government did the Constitution add?
Please copy the questions (5); Use the chart on page 84 to answer. Please have planners on your table!
Which branch of government did the Constitution add?
According to the “C”, which branch of settles disputes between states?
What are three additional powers does the Constitution give the Legislature?
According to the “C”, which branch can make treaties with other countries?
According to the chart, how many states must agree to amend the Articles of Confederation?

36. Today's Objective
Describe the plans of government offered by delegates at the Constitutional Convention
Identify the compromises agreed upon by the delegates

37. Dates to remember
School dance on Thursday, October 4th (No office referrals)
Ch. 3 test on Friday, October 5th

38. Daily Planner Bell ringer Outline – Approving the Constitution
8 vocabulary terms you should know
HWK – GR 3-2

39. Approving the Constitution, pg 58-59
A, Summer of 1787
Sept , the “C” is ready to sign
2. All but ---- of the delegates present sign it
B. Win Ratification
Decided that each state would set up
to ratify the document
2. When of 13 voted yes, “C” would
become law of the land
C. Divided Public
1. Supporters were called
2. Favored a system of government called

40. Approving the Constitution, pg 58-59
D. The Federalists
Argued that USA would not without
a strong national government
2. Argued their position in
E. The Anti Federalists
Felt the “C” gave too much to national
Government & took too much away from states
2. Objected to no
F. Agreement
1. Agreed that a ________ was needed
2. June 21, 1788, is 9th state
To ratify and “C” takes full effect

41. Bell ringer 9-26
Please copy the questions. (8); Please skip three lines per question. Please have planners out and on your table.
What do the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government do?
How did the Virginia Plan differ from the New Jersey plan?
What was the Great Compromise?
What two arguments resulted in the Electoral College
Guided Reading 3-2

42. Bell ringer 9-26 What does the Electoral College do?
Please copy the questions. (8); Please skip three lines per question. Please have planners out and on your table.
What does the Electoral College do?
What were the different viewpoints of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists?
What promise helped to the get the Constitution ratified?
With what issue did the Three – Fifths Compromise deal?
Guided Reading 3-2