Government – 2/24/2020

I. Bellwork:  Q&A

1. What is Franklin’s main point?
2. What does he mean by local interests and selfish views?
3. What does his statement suggest about the difficulties faced by the Convention?

II.  Objectives:

• Identify the Framers of the Constitution and discuss how they organized the Philadelphia Convention.
• Compare and contrast the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
• Summarize the convention’s major compromises and the effects of those decisions.
• Use primary and secondary sources to evaluate the major compromises made at the Constitutional  Convention

III.  CH 2 Sec 4 Discussion and Notes: PPT 2-4

A.  Steps to the Constitution

B.  Framers 

C.  Notes:  Proposals

• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan

D.  Note:  Compromises

• Connecticut Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

IV.  Classwork

• Reading Comprehension 2.4
• Core Sheet 2.4

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