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1. DNA (insert date) • Remember back to the Declaration of Independence lessons in class. We talked about 5 ideals. Name those 5 ideals. • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5.

2. DNA: Daily Checklist • You will have 5 minutes to complete the following once the bell rings: [ ] Take out your social studies folder and notebook from your backpack. [ ] If you have any “assignments due now,” please take this out and put it in the homework basket in the front of the classroom. [ ] Write down today’s homework assignment in your agenda book (write “none” if no homework is assigned). [ ] Write down any upcoming assignments, such as quizzes, projects, or tests, in your agenda book. Include the due date too! [ ] Read the AIM. This is what you should learn during today’s lesson. Be aware of this! [ ] Do this Do Now Activity (DNA): Remember back to the Declaration of Independence lessons in class. We talked about 5 ideals. Name those 5 ideals. [ ] Be ready to listen to your teacher and pay attention during class activities. - Thank you for choosing to be organized.

3. 5 Founding Ideals • Remember back to the Declaration of Independence lessons in class. We talked about 5 ideals. Name those 5 ideals. • 1. Equality • 2. Rights • 3. Liberty • 4. Opportunity • 5. Democracy

4. When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Libertyand the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

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8. The Declaration of Independence&now…the…

11. The Articles of Confederation • The Continental Congress wrote the Articles of Confederation during the Revolutionary War. • were written to give the colonies some sense of a unified government • each state began to act alone in its own best interest • The Articles of Confederation became effective in 1781, after all 13 states had agreed on the document. • made each state’s control supreme • was no national government to oversee them

13. The Articles of Confederation • The Articles of Confederation is the document that preceded the Constitution that established a functional government out of the 13 colonies. While only in effect for 7 years, it stands as the foundation of the system of government still in effect today. • What the document did was combine the 13 colonies into a confederation of independent countries, or states. The Second Continental Congress, after 16 months of debate, adopted the Articles on November 15, 1777. The Articles were replaced by the Constitution later on.

15. Partner-Up Reading Activity • The 1st National Government: The Articles of Confederation • Read together with your partner and answer the 5 questions at the end. • Read - 15 min. • Q&A – 10 min.