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Creating the Constitution ES: Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions

Creating the Constitution ES: Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions. 2015. DO NOW. Get papers in front of the room Copy HW for the week in your planner Take out your notes due today and a highlighter Locate your notes on: The Virginia Plan The New Jersey Plan

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Creating the Constitution ES: Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions

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  1. Creating the ConstitutionES: Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions 2015

  2. DO NOW • Get papers in front of the room • Copy HW for the week in your planner • Take out your notes due today and a highlighter • Locate your notes on: • The Virginia Plan • The New Jersey Plan • The Great Compromise • The Three-Fifths Compromise

  3. The Constitutional Convention • Issues to resolve • How would the new legislative body be structured? • How to provide representation in the legislature? • How would the issue of slavery be addressed?

  4. Governor of Virginia (lawyer) Virginia Plan • Two houses • Representation would be based on population • Favored by larger states – Why?

  5. Attorney General of NJ New Jersey Plan • single house • Representation would be equal for each state • Favored by smaller states – Why?

  6. Great Compromise(aka Connecticut Compromise) • Attempt to gain support of large and small states • Keep most of the Virginia Plan but split representation by the two houses

  7. The Population Question • House of Representatives membership is based on population • What about slaves? • People • Property • Three-Fifths Compromise – for purposes of representation and taxation, slaves would be counted as 3/5 of a person.

  8. : HISTORICAL QUESTION: Why did the Founding Fathers keep slavery in the constitution if the Declaration claimed that all men are created equal? 1. Read documents and complete graphic organizer of multiple viewpoints – founding fathers and historians. Review. 2. Close Up – Answer these questions on the back of your chart: • Did these men realize slavery was a problem? • Who did think it was a problem and who did not? • For those who did think it was a problem, why didn’t they do anything to abolish slavery?

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