CLASS #21  Rewind  10/16/2012
The Articles of Confederation

This class was driven by the following essential question for Topic #2

 #1 What were the achievements & failures of the Articles of Confederation?  Moving Pictures Articles in 15 mins

#2 How did the framers of the Constitution address the weaknesses of the Articles while trying to avoid a tyrannical government? 

#3  How was the conflict over ratification shaped by political, economic and social differences?

ANNOUNCEMENTS - Test #2 Confederation to Constitution will be Friday Oct 19, 2012 (first Block). You are encouraged to complete the 2 minute drill notesheet when preparing for this test.

REVIEW ACTIVITY - Based on the confusion some students showed with their repsonses to the quiz last class, we started class with a review activity  (Journal Entry #5   Review of Topic 2 . The purpose of this review activity was to create a timeline of key events and developments for students as we wrapped up the final portion of this unit with the Ratification debate.

NOTES ON COMPROMISES -  After our review activity  we generated notes on the Compromises needed for ratification of the Constitution. Please remember the new government’s second attempt at a constitution proved difficult.  Investing more power in the federal government was necessary but there was much debate over the amount and type of power it should have.  Many representatives at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 sought to preserve state control while others urged a dominant central government.  Without the compromises made at the constitutional convention, there probably would not have been enough support for the Constitution and it would not have been ratified by the states.

HERE IS THE QUESTION FROM THE CRITICAL PERIOD WEB QUEST (Class #17) THAT FOCUSED ON COMPROMISES (with Video)

How did the “Great Compromise” settle the dispute between large and small states concerning representation in government?  Video Review - "Miracle at Philadelphia" 

THE RATIFICATION DEBATE - Video Review of Ratification 
After this activity you should know: Ratification, Factions, Federalists vs Anti-Federalists, Federalists Papers
After we generated notes on the Compromises at the Constition, our next logical step was to address the debate of the Ratification of the document. Please remember 9/13 states had to agree to ratify the document. Deleware was the first and New Hampshire was the ninth.

I spent a couple minutes going over what the difference is between a faction and a political party You can see the explanations here  Political Factions. After that discussion we went into Journal #6 comparing the Federalists vs Anti-Federalists.  Understanding these two factions is essential to understanding the debate over Ratification.

You may want to review Topic #2 conent from "The Constitution and the New Republic, 1787-1800" at HippoCampus.com

http://www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government

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