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You Say You Want
A Constitution…Quick-Writes Quiz
(Paper, Writing Utensil, Pocket Constitution,
U.S. Constitution Graphic Organizer)
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Inst
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ions • 1 Minute To Prepare
(any)• 5 Minutes To Write• Must Write Entire Time• Content Content
Content• Ready…?
Prom
pt #
1Explain the Preamble to
the U.S. Constitution –
both what a ‘preamble’
is and what it says
about the goals of the
government under the
Constitution.
(1 Minute to Prepare)
Prom
pt #
1
(5 Minutes to Write)
Explain the Preamble to
the U.S. Constitution –
both what a ‘preamble’
is and what it says
about the goals of the
government under the
Constitution.
Prom
pt #
1
(DISCUSS)
Explain the Preamble to
the U.S. Constitution –
both what a ‘preamble’
is and what it says
about the goals of the
government under the
Constitution.
Prom
pt
#2
• 1 Minute To Prepare (any)• 5 Minutes To Write
• Must Write Entire Time• Content Content
Content• Ready…?
Prom
pt #
2Discuss the many
compromises made at the
Constitutional Convention
regarding representation,
strong vs. weak central
government, and especially
the three involving slavery in
some way. Which were most
important and why?
(1 Minute to Prepare)
Prom
pt #
2Discuss the many
compromises made at the
Constitutional Convention
regarding representation,
strong vs. weak central
government, and especially
the three involving slavery in
some way. Which were most
important and why?
(5 Minutes to Write)
Prom
pt #
2Discuss the many
compromises made at the
Constitutional Convention
regarding representation,
strong vs. weak central
government, and especially
the three involving slavery in
some way. Which were most
important and why?
(DISCUSS)
Prom
pt
#3
• 1 Minute To Prepare (any)• 5 Minutes To Write
• Must Write Entire Time• Content Content
Content• Ready…?
Prom
pt #
3
John Adams
wrote that “Power always
follows Property...
{and} the
Ballance of Power in a Society,
accompanies the Ballance of
Property
in Land. The only possible Way
then
of preserving the Ballance of Power
on
the side of equal Liberty and public
Virtue, is to make the Acquisition of
Land easy to every Member of
Society…”
What did he mean by this and how
did
this thinking shape the choices of
the
U.S. in the 19th century?
(1 Minute to Prepare)
Prom
pt #
3
John Adams
wrote that “Power always
follows Property...
{and} the
Ballance of Power in a Society,
accompanies the Ballance of
Property
in Land. The only possible Way
then
of preserving the Ballance of Power
on
the side of equal Liberty and public
Virtue, is to make the Acquisition of
Land easy to every Member of
Society…”
What did he mean by this and how
did
this thinking shape the choices of
the
U.S. in the 19th century?
(5 Minutes to Write)
Prom
pt #
3
John Adams
wrote that “Power always
follows Property...
{and} the
Ballance of Power in a Society,
accompanies the Ballance of
Property
in Land. The only possible Way
then
of preserving the Ballance of Power
on
the side of equal Liberty and public
Virtue, is to make the Acquisition of
Land easy to every Member of
Society…”
What did he mean by this and how
did
this thinking shape the choices of
the
U.S. in the 19th century?
(DISCUSS)
The Pro
mpts
Explain the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution – both what a ‘preamble’ is and what it says about the goals of the government under the Constitution.Discuss the many compromises made at the Constitutional Convention regarding representation, strong vs. weak central government, and especially the three involving slavery in some way. Which were most important and why?
John Adams wrote that “Power always follows Property... {and} the Ballance of Power in a Society, accompanies the Ballance of Property in Land. The only possible Way then of preserving the Ballance of Power on the side of equal Liberty and public Virtue, is to make the Acquisition of Land easy to every Member of society…” What did he mean by this and how did this thinking shape the choices of the U.S. in the 19th century?
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) • 5 Minutes To Write• Must Write Entire Time• Content Content
Content• Ready…?
Prom
pt #
2Discuss the many
compromises made at the
Constitutional Convention
regarding representation,
strong vs. weak central
government, and especially
the three involving slavery
in some way. Which were
most important and why?
(5 Minutes to Write)
Make sure your name is on
your final Quick-Write and
pass them to the front.
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