Articles of Confederation Strengths and Weaknesses

Articles of Confederation Strengths and Weaknesses

What to do...

With a partner or small group, you will research the Articles of Confederation. Using the information you gather you will complete your DRC individually.

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Slides will feature questions to consider and a resource. There are two images, two videos, two documents, and one website.

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Divide the work. Not everyone has to research every slide, just be sure to share information ​with one another by the end of class.

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Open Ended

Who is researching each slide?

1. Strengths and Weaknesses of the AOC document

2. Why did the AOC fail? document

3. AOC political cartoon

4. "Rough Sailing Ahead" Political cartoon

5. AOC History Chanel video

6. The weaknesses of AOC song video

7. Khan Academy Challenges of the AOC Site

• You will complete all columns for your source's row, if information is repeated still make note of it.

• These can be bulleted points, as long as you have enough to understand what the source is saying, and can tell others about it

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BE SURE to take notes on your DRC and share

DRC Reminder

• What do these accomplishments tell us about the AOC's strengths?

• What does the featured quote mean?​

Take notes on your DRC

Questions to consider:

• Why did the AOC only last eight years?

• What can its failure tell us about its weaknesses?​

​Take notes on your DRC

Questions to consider:

​Are the people happy?

Are they pointing out strengths or weaknesses?

What other conclusions can you draw from the image?​

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Questions to consider:

What does the name of the image tell us?

What represents the 'rough waves'?​

What other conclusions can you draw from the image?​

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Questions to consider:

Questions to Consider:

The Articles of Confederation Video

• Why did they not include a leader or president in the new government?

• Why could they not change the government as problems arose?​

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Take notes on your DRC

Questions to Consider:

The weaknesses Video

• What powers would have made the AOC stronger?

• What reasonings led to the decisions the framers made?

• Particularly note the two charts they show.

Take notes on your DRC

Questions to Consider:

Khan Academy Site

• Why did the Founders give so little power to the central government when they established the Articles of Confederation?

• How did Shays’s Rebellion reveal the weaknesses of government under the Articles of Confederation?

Take notes on your DRC

Challenges of the Articles of Confederation (article) | Khan Academy

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Share your information with your group

Discuss the similarities and differences in your information.

What came up several times?

Did anyone come across information no one else did?

Are there discrepancies in the information?

Make notes of this discussion on the back of your DRC

Open Ended

Is there a question you still have? If not share one thing you found interesting.