Birth of America/DoI/Art of Confed

Birth of America

Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation

Origins of the United States of America

Multiple Choice

Which of the following documents did we talk about last week?

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Right

• English Bill of Rights

• All of the above

Open Ended

Do you remember anything about King John from last week?

Open Ended

Think about America. What are some of the freedoms we enjoy here in the United States that you know about?

List any that you can think of!

Multiple Choice

What is a Legislature?

• A group of people who ENFORCE the law

• A group of people who JUDGE the laws

• A group of people who CREATE the laws

Open Ended

Think back to last week: What is LIMITED POWER?

Open Ended

Think about America. What are some of the freedoms we enjoy here in the United States that you know about?

List any that you can think of!

Open Ended

Think back to last week. We talked about a guy named John Locke (my favorite ;) ).

Do you remember anything about him?

Open Ended

Hobbes believed that people are naturally bad and that government has to force them to be good.

Locke believed that humans are naturally good and that government just needs to protect them from other people that have been corrupted.

Now tell me, who do you think was right? Are people naturally good or naturally evil?

Open Ended

Think back to last week and yesterday:

What is LIMITED POWER?

Multiple Select

What are the branches of government in the US? (Hint: there are 3 of them!)

• Military

• Excutive

• Legislative

• Press

• Judicial

Open Ended

Have you ever heard of a Colony before? What do you think a colony is?

Poll

Have you ever heard of the colony called Jamestown?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Poll

Have you ever heard of Pocahontas? Or John Smith?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Poll

Have you ever heard of George Washington?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Have you ever heard of the Declaration of Independence?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Have you ever broken up with someone or had someone break up with you over text, snapchat, instagram, facebook, twitter, email, letter, or some kind of writing?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Do you feel like the signers of the Declaration did the right thing, even though they had so many bad things happen to them because of signing?

What would you have done? Signed it or walked away?

Poll

What are you thinking right now about going back or staying virtual?

• Staying virtual (home)

• Might stay virtual

• Might go back

• Going back (in person)

Poll

Have you ever heard of the Articles of Confederation?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Open Ended

What did the colonists hate about the British government? What made them angry?

Open Ended

Now tell me. If YOU had just gained freedom from a government that was too powerful and doing bad things to you and your friends/family, would you create a strong government to replace it or would you want to create a weaker one that can't hurt you or boss you around?

Open Ended

The big thing I want you to remember about the Articles of Confederation is that they FAILED!

Why do you think they failed?