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Monday:

1. Review information covered before the holiday break – Constitutional Convention, Constitutional Compromises, etc.
2. Have students, on own, fill in worksheet on Constitutional Convention and Compromises.
3. Go over worksheet together and have students fill in missing information.
4. Class work/homework: complete worksheet Ratification of the Constitution – due tomorrow.

Tuesday:

1. Go over Ratification of the Constitution worksheet.
2. Have students get with a partner to complete “Word Wall” activity - use words from chapters 23-25.
3. Introduce Chapter 23 – let students know that this chapter deals with the top issues that are dealt with each day by our government. The activity that the students will complete focuses on the importance of each of the 6 issues covered in the chapter.

-Put students in groups of 2-3.
-Each pair/group is assigned a topic from the chapter (some of the topics may be used more than once).
-Pairs/groups must come up with why their given issue is an important one for our country – why do people care about it – create a poster/brochure showing the importance – words can be included.
-Share with the class.
-This will count as the test grade for this chapter.

Wednesday:

1. Finish Chapter 23 activity and share – have class vote on the most persuasive (one that really demonstrates why America spends so much time and money dealing with this particular issue).
2. As a class, discuss why we should study government and the need for rules – refer to picture on page 364 of textbook. (may have to complete this tomorrow – depends on the time required to complete the chapter 23 activity).

Thursday:

1. Review the reasons to study government from yesterday – this is an introduction to Chapter 24.
2. Vocabulary development activity as an in-depth look into what democracy means.
3. Have students write down what the statement: “A government of, by, and for the people” means to them. Have students write down what each part means.

Friday:

1. Class discussion of “What are the responsibilities of citizens”: look at cartoon pictures on page 122 of We the People. Discuss the definition of the term “citizen” – students can add information to their notes sheet from yesterday.
2. Working with a partner, have students read over lesson 28 of We the People. Student pairs need to complete both the “Problem Solving” activity and “Reviewing and using the lesson” questions, as well as be ready to share answers with the class. For the “Problem Solving” section – students need to be ready to defend their answers. These will be turned in for a grade for the chapter.

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