1. CREATING THE CONSTITUTION 8th Grade Social Studies Mrs.
Valdez Room 220
2. Slide Content 3 Common Core Standards 4 Lesson Objectives 5
Slavery 6 2nd Continental Congress 7 Americas Independence 8-12
Vocabulary Loaded (Pre-test) 13 Notes TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 612
Key Ideas & Details: Identify key steps in a texts description
of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill
becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered). Craft &
Structure: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are
used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to
history/social studies. COMMON CORE STANDARDS
4. 1. Students will self-guide themselves through an
interactive multimedia presentation. 2. Students will interact with
content and determine meanings of related and essential key terms
of the construction of the constitution. 3. Students will
understand the process and thought that were drafted in the putting
together the constitution through multimedia interactions.
OBJECTIVES
5. Slavery Compared to being under British rule 1780s NE
colonies taking steps to end it Conflict cont. long after
Revolutionary War July 1776 legal in all colonies
6. 2ND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS June 1776 John Adams Benjamin
Franklin Thomas Jefferson Robert R. Livingston Roger Sherman
7. AMERICAS INDEPENDENCE 1. Click here for directions. 2.
Watch
8. VOCABULARY LOADED
9. THE MAGNA CARTA IS A DOCUMENT THAT MADE THE KING SUBJECT TO
LAW.
10. WHAT IS THE DOCUMENT THAT CREATED FIRST OFFICIAL
GOVERNMENT?
11. WHAT IS SUFFRAGE? All of the above The right to be equal
The right to be poor The right to pay taxes The right to vote
12. Ratification Constitution Depression Tariffs Federalism
Taxes Official Approval Set of laws and principles Low economic
activity Sharing of power between government MATCH THE DEVICE TO
WHAT IT MEASURES:
13. NOTES Images included in this presentation are that of the
ones available through PowerPoint Clip Art. Slide 7: YouTube Video:
A Brief History of America's Independence: Part 1" (Revolutionary
War) - 321Learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfnrdWYmZus