Chapters 6-8: Nation Building and the Constitution
Chapter 6: Critical Period: Nation Building
Class 1 – Read the overview. By the end of this chapter you should understand the political and economic challenges that faced the new nation.
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Chapter 7: Creation and Adoption of a New Constitution
Class 1 – Read the overview. By the end of this chapter you should understand the issues relevant to the writing and ratification of the Constitution.
Class 1 – Read the overview. By the end of this chapter you should understand the issues relevant to the writing and ratification of the Constitution.
- Read the Tutorial and answer the questions
- Conflict and Compromise: The Constitutional Convention – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbf23u6g1k8
- The Virginia Plan of James Madison – http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-virginia-plan-description-facts-quiz.html
- New Jersey vs Virginia plan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv0jZvzvfHM
Class 2 – The formation of a new Government
- Connecticut Compromise – http://billofrightsinstitute.org/resources/educator-resources/americapedia/americapedia-constitution/connecticut-compromise/
- 3/5 Compromise – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBjMZ3u_WeM ; Heritage Guide to the Constitution --http://www.heritage.org/constitution#!/articles/1/essays/6/three-fifths-clause
- Ratification of the Constitution – http://www.ushistory.org/us/16c.asp
- The Federalist Papers – http://www.ushistory.org/us/16d.asp
- Federalists vs Anti-Federalists – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv0jZvzvfHM ; Antifederalists' Victory in Defeat -- http://www.ushistory.org/us/16e.asp
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Chapter 8: Understanding the Constitution
Class 1 – Read the chapter overview. This chapter delves a little more deeply into the content of the Constitution itself and its impact on the structure of American government.
Class 2 – The Bill of Rights
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