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We the People: First Steps

Title: We the People: First Steps
===Summary: Using a variety of technological tools for research, production, and demonstration, students will gain a better understanding of the need to revise/rewrite the Articles of Confederation. Students will probe the lives of the delegates to the convention and analyze their contributions to the creation of the Articles. Students will investigate ways our nation today fulfills the reasons why the Constitution was created. By creating a variety of projects, responding to our blog at various times during the unit, and presenting a final Power Point/Movie Maker presentation, students will evaluate how the goals in the Preamble are found and carried out in everyday society. ===

Curriculum Framing Questions:
=== === Is a weak government best for the preservation of democracy? Why was the Articles written to purposely be weak? Why did the founders think a new constitution was needed to replace the Articles? Who will rewrite the Articles into a more useable document?
 * ===Essential: ===
 * ===What guides our lives in society? ===
 * ===Unit: ===

What is the Articles of Confederation? What type of government was established under the Articles of Confederation? What powers were presented to the national government? The colonial (state) government under the Articles? When will the Articles be rewritten? By whom? What will the new goals of the Constitution be? (More to be added)
 * ===Content ===