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Jefferson’s Core Beliefs

Jefferson’s Core Beliefs. Translate each of the statements with your partners. Your translations should include all ideas , and be in complete sentences . Feel free to use the text, your notes, and a dictionary. Jefferson’s Core Beliefs.

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Jefferson’s Core Beliefs

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  1. Jefferson’s Core Beliefs • Translate each of the statements with your partners. • Your translations should include all ideas, and be in complete sentences. • Feel free to use the text, your notes, and a dictionary.

  2. Jefferson’s Core Beliefs “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable Rights”

  3. Jefferson’s Core Beliefs “That government is best which governs least.”

  4. Jefferson’s Core Beliefs “I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground: That "all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people.”

  5. Jefferson’s Core Beliefs Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Educated voters would not vote for this guy…

  6. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Did Thomas Jefferson live up to his own ideals? • We will use primary sources to determine our opinions…

  7. Document Evidence • We will do a quick version of a document walk… • 3 minutes to read independently. • Then 3 minutes to discuss and record your opinion • Record ideas for the left column first. (Summarize Jefferson’s words or actions) • After discussion, decide if he is upholding or betraying… Include WHY!

  8. Class Vote… Did Thomas Jefferson live up to his own ideals? WHY???!!!

  9. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Did Thomas Jefferson live up to his own ideals? • We will use primary sources to determine our opinions…

  10. Document Evidence • We will do a quick version of a document walk… • 3 minutes to read independently. • Then 3 minutes to discuss and record your opinion • Record ideas for the left column first. (Summarize Jefferson’s words or actions) • After discussion, decide if he is upholding or betraying… Include WHY!

  11. Answering the EQ… Did Thomas Jefferson live up to his own ideals? WHY & WHY NOT? Construct a full pre-write

  12. Pre-write reminder (it’s been a while!) • Pre-write Steps: • Write Question • Write out 4 reasons/ examples • Include support in bullets!!! • Choose the 3 strongest • Order them (2nd, then 3rd, then strongest) • Write intro sentence and conclusion sentence based on your evidence.

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