Government – 2/12/2020

I. Bellwork

The image below is a copy of Benjamin Franklin’s woodcut printed in newspapers during the French and Indian War in 1754

Q&A

  1. What do you see?
  2. What do the letters represent?
  3. How does the slogan “Join, or Die” relate to the image?
  4. What message was Franklin trying to convey through the image?
  5. How might the memory of this image have been relevant to colonists during the events leading up to the Revolutionary War?

II. Objectives:

  • Analyze and interpret the key parts of the Declaration of Independence
  • Summarize the common features of the first State constitutions.and their future impact on the Federal Constitution

III. Discussion/Notebook:  PPT2-2

  • The Declaration of Independence 
  • Brace Map:  First State Constitutions – Common features

IV. Classwork: iLearn – Declaration WS

V. Chapter 2 Section 2 Quiz

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