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Monday:

• Happy Presidents' Day!
• No School!

Tuesday:

• Finish: Poster presentations
• During presentations: Students compare government posters using p.3
• Class Discussion of government similarities p.3

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• Class Discussion: Summarizing Big Questions p.1

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• Study Buddies: Articles of Confederation Reading Activity p. 4-5
• Study Buddies: Strengths and Weakness of the Articles of Confederation Table p. 5 (stamped)
• Class Discussion: Strengths and Weakness of the Articles of Confederation Table p. 5

Wednesday
Daily Goals:

• GET A STAMP! Articles of Confederation Pro's and Con's (p. 5)

GET A STAMP! Strong vs. Weak Central Government table (p.6)

• Daily Goals: Compare/Contrast Weak/Strong Central Government

Class:

• Warm up: Do Now (p.6)
• Study Buddies: Articles of Confederation: Strong or Weak? Sentence Frames p.6
• Study Buddies: Strong/Weak Central Government table p. 6 (stamped)
• Class Discussion of sentence frames and chart p. 6

Thursday:

• Warm up: Critical Thinking Question (p.7)

Study Buddy: Guided Practice: Strong and Weak Central Governments p.7

• Read: Blue Book Ch.7.3, p.  139-140; Virginia & New Jersey Plans
• Read: Blue Book Ch.7.4, p.141; Compromise Committee

Class Notes: NJ Plan, VA Plan, Great Compromise p.15 (back of packet)

• Warm up: Critical Thinking Question p.7

• Class Discussion: Compare/Contrast Strong/Weak Central Govt., (p.7 bottom)

Friday

• Daily Goals: Separation of Powers, 3 branches of government
• Warm up: Do Now (p. 8)
• Introduce: Separation of Powers p.8
• Diagram: Separation of Powers is cooperation and competition
• Branches of Government Graphic Organizer p.9
• Setup Graphic Organizer
Red Book:

• Article I, Legislative Branch: Article I, Section 8, p. 300-301
• Article II, Executive Branch: Article II, Section 2, p. 304
• Article III, Judicial Branch: Article III, Section 2, p. 305
• Funny Picture