UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNMENT

LESSON 1: THE IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY

We will trace the history of English government, & we will evaluate the impact that Enlightenment ideas had on American democracy.​

Class Materials:

• Fast & Curious: The Ideals of Democracy
• Pear Deck: Forms of Government
• Create & Tell: Forms of Government Gummy Bears Edition
• Pear Deck: The Enlightenment
  • Thin Slide: Limited Government
  • Annotate & Tell: Jefferson Quote
  • Frayer Model: The Enlightenment
  • Sketch & Tell: Enlightenment Ideas
  • Sketch & Tell: Enlightenment Thinkers
• Quiz: The Ideals of Democracy
• ​Activity: Antz Enrichment​​

LESSON 2: THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

We will explain how the U.S. Constitution emerged from the debate about the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation as a blueprint for limited government.​

Class Materials: ​

• Pear Deck: The Critical Period
  • ​Annotate & Tell: The Declaration of Independence
  • Frayer Model: Confederation
  • Sketch & Tell: Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
• Numbermania: Shays' Rebellion
• Pear Deck: The Constitutional Convention
• ​Activity: Quick Guide to the Constitution 
• Pear Deck: Ratification Debate
  • Thin Slides: The Federalists
  • Thin Slides: The Anti-Federalists 
  • CERx2: The Ratification Debate
• Wordwall Sort: The Federalists vs. the Anti-Federalists
• Pear Deck: The Federalists Papers
  • ​Thin Slide: Nullify
  • Annotate & Tell: Brutus 1
  • Frayer Model: Brutus 1
  • Thin Slide: Faction
  • Thin Slide: Tyranny of the Majority
  • Annotate & Tell: Federalist 10
  • Frayer Model: Federalist 10
  • Annotate & Tell: Federalist 51
  • Frayer Model: Federalist 51
• Wordwall Sort: Early Foundational Documents
• Pear Deck: Models of Democracy
• Activity: Models of Democracy Memes
• FRQ: Models of Democracy

LESSON 3: AMERICAN FEDERALISM

We will explain how federalism reflects the dynamic distribution of power between national and state governments.​

Class Materials: 

• FAC: American Federalism
• Pear Deck: State vs. National Power
  • Sketch & Tell O: Systems of Government
• Wordwall Match: Federalism
• ​Pear Deck: The Evolution of Federalism​
  • ​​Thin Slide: 10th Amendment
  • Thin Slide: Supremacy Clause
  • ​Sketch & Tell: Dual Federalism
  • ​​Sketch & Cooperative Federalism
  • ​Thin Slide: Elastic Clause
  • ​Thin Slide: Commerce Clause
• Activity: McCulloch v. Maryland
  • ​​8 Parts: McCulloch v. Maryland
• CAQ: Fiscal Federalism
• Activity: US. v. Lopez
  • ​​8 Parts: U.S. v. Lopez
    
• ​​Activity: The Evolution of Federalism Timeline

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