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Task List for Monday, December 2nd

- Entrance: Grab an Exit Ticket, Homework Packet, and Spirals

- Preparation: Fill out the exit ticket

- Prelude

- Vocabulary

- Exit: Complete Exit Ticket and drop it off in the cluster basket.

The ConstitutionHow has the Constitution created “a more perfect Union”?

Prelude

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

- James Madison

1. Answer the preview questions on pg 81 in your ISN in your Spiral

Vocabulary

• popular sovereignty: the idea that the government’s authority comes from the people.

• legislative branch: the lawmaking part of government, called the legislature. To legislate is to make a law.

• executive branch: the part of government that carries out, or executes, the laws.

Vocabulary

• judicial branch: the part of government, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that interprets the laws

• judicial review: the power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws and acts made by the legislative and executive branches are unconstitutional

• checks and balances: the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches

Vocabulary

• interstate commerce: trade and other business dealings between two or more states

• Federalism: the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments

Vocabulary

• majority rule: a basic principle of democracy that says laws are passed by majority vote and elections are decided by a majority of the voters

• interest groups: an organization that actively promotes the view of some part of the public on specific issues in order to influence government policy

Activity

• Read pg 165 in your Student Textbook

• On your exit ticket, propose an answer to the essential question: How has the Constitution created “a moreperfect Union”?

• Share with your table partner

Task List for Tuesday, December 3rd

- Entrance: Grab an Exit Ticket, ISN


- Documentary


Reading Sections

• Read Section 1 on pg 166 of your Student Textbook

• Answer the questions on pg 82 of your ISN.

Task List for Wednesday, December 4th



- Documentary


Activity

• Step 1: With your partner, read your assigned section. Complete that section’s Interactive Student Notebook.

• Step 2: Send one partner to get the envelope for that section.• Step 3: Choose a card from the envelope and read the question. Then use

the Student Text, Reading Notes, and the Constitution to answer the question. Record your answer in the corresponding space on Handout B: Constitutional Law Exam.

• Step 4: Answer the remaining cards in your envelope and complete the corresponding section on Handout B. When you are done, have your work checked.

• Step 5: Repeat Steps 1–4 until you have completed the Reading Notes and exam questions for Sections 2, 3, and 4.

Task List for Thursday, December 5th



- Documentary


Activity

• Step 1: With your partner, read your assigned section. Complete that section’s Interactive Student Notebook.

• Step 2: Send one partner to get the envelope for that section.• Step 3: Choose a card from the envelope and read the question. Then use

the Student Text, Reading Notes, and the Constitution to answer the question. Record your answer in the corresponding space on Handout B: Constitutional Law Exam.

• Step 4: Answer the remaining cards in your envelope and complete the corresponding section on Handout B. When you are done, have your work checked.

• Step 5: Repeat Steps 1–4 until you have completed the Reading Notes and exam questions for Sections 5, 6, and 7.

Task List for Friday, December 6th



- Documentary


Reading Sections

• Read Section 8 on pg 176 of your Student Textbook

• Answer the questions on pg 86 of your ISN.

Processing

• Work with your table partner

• Read the Directions on page 86 of your ISN

• Write a letter to James Madison.

• Make sure that both your names and clusters are on your paper.

• ~ 4 sentences per paragraph.

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