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Creating the Constitution and the Three Branches

4th Grade · Social Studies · US-NV-SS

8 lessons

Goal

Investigate the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention, key constitutional compromises, and the structure of representative government.

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  2. The Constitutional Convention of 1787: Leaders and DebatesNot started yet
  3. The Great Compromise: Balancing Large and Small StatesNot started yet
  4. Constitutional Debates Over Slavery: Three-Fifths Compromise and Slave Trade ClauseNot started yet
  5. The Three Branches of Government: Separation of PowersNot started yet
  6. Checks and Balances: How Branches Share and Limit PowerNot started yet
  7. Federalists versus Anti-Federalists: Debating National PowerYou are here
  8. Foundational American Documents: Declaration, Constitution, and Bill of RightsNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-wvSS.5.11West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All ages

Explain the economic problems that forced former slaves to continue to live in servitude even after slavery was officially abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment.

us-wvSS.5.21West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All ages

Examine the economic, political and social developments during Reconstruction. • Explain the effects of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the goals of Reconstruction. • Characterize the effects of Reconstruction on African Americans (e.g., rights and restrictions, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth Amendments, rise of discriminatory laws and groups (Klu Klux Klan), motivations to relocate, and the actions of the Freedmen’s Bureau, etc.).