2.  Imagine that Mr. Peterson and the rest of the VPs have been abusing their position of authority.  They’re charging you a ridiculous amount for lunch, forcing you to go to Saturday school, and searching your lockers and book bags on the slightest suspicion you have illegal goods.

3.  You and your classmates decide to overthrow Mr. Peterson and are successful.  Now you all are in charge and feel that you need to make serious changes to the rules to make sure that school runs smoothly.

4.  In groups of 2-3, make a list of ten rules that your group feels are necessary to create a well-run school.  Consider among other things how you will handle: › Attendance and grades › Amount of class time › Who is in charge (Remember, the last guy was too powerful). › How you will keep students safe (rules, consequences).  You have 15 minutes to generate the list.

5.  Now join up with another group.  With your list of 20, condense your group’s list with the other group’s to create a final list of 10.  You have ten minutes to combine your lists.

6.  How did it feel to have to make rules for 1,200 students to follow?  Was it easy or hard to combine your lists?  What if we tried to take the class’s combined lists and tried to condense them into one master list?

8.  Has enough power to do its job.  Doesn’t give anyone too much power.  Considers the needs of all states.  Lets people have a say.  Protects individual rights.

9. In 1777, the Americans wrote their first plan of government called the Articles of Confederation. But the AOC were too weak. Why were the AOC weak?

10. Problems: Congress had no ways to enforce its laws. Congress had no power to collect taxes to pay for the military. Laws needed to be approved by 9 of 13 states. Representatives had to agree how to cast a single vote. The Articles could only be changed if ALL the states agreed.

12.  People felt that the Articles were just not working.  Congress was too weak.  States were too different to have a consensus.

13.  3 separate branches of gov’t: executive, judicial, and legislative.  Connecticut Plan: 2 house legislature. › One house based on population › One house set at 2 representatives per state  Checks and balances: prevent one branch from being too strong. Montesquieu: separate branches of government and checks and balances General Enlightenment: representative government.

14.  People don’t think the Constitution does enough to protect people’s rights.  As a result, the founders added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.

15.  1 st Amendment: freedom of religion  4 th Amendment: protection from illegal searches  5 th Amendment: trial by jury  8 th Amendment: cruel and unusual punishment. John Locke: life, liberty, property. Voltaire: separation of church and state.