Mini Unit – US Government

Have homework out, do not turn in….Yet!Have Blue Packet from last class out.Have something to write with and remember who your Summer partner is.

Homework- Let’s review your answers

•White packet on “ New plan of Government”

• Answer questions 1 and 2 only. • Keep packet – we are now going to review the last page.

Review for quiz on Friday• Quiz will be just like these questions on this page.• Study this page of the white packet.

• Please record in your agendas to study for your quiz on Friday.

Activating Prior Knowledge- Blue packet• What do you already know about the US

Government from 7th grade?

• When you think about the US government, what do you want to know more about or understand?

• If the President of United States was in this room, what would you like to ask him about his job?

• When done we will share with the people around us.

Branches of government• With your elbow partner or on your own, go ahead

and answer the questions on page one of the blue packet.

• Use the graphic organizer to help answer your questions.

• We will review

• You have 5 minutes

Brain POP – Tim and Moby• AS you watch this cute clip, be thinking about how

power was divided with the Articles of Confederation.

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/

A More perfect Union page 3

• Let’s do this together.

• Follow along as we look at the Issues and the resolutions that happened to make our government stronger.

• Record the correct answers on your paper.

Constitution and review of Bill of Rights• With your Summer partner, you will read over the

information on 5 in the blue packet and answer the questions on the bottom.

• Be ready to show your work and share your answers with the class in 15 minutes..

• Review of answers to check for class understanding.

• Bill of Rights from Brain Pop.. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/

Closure

• Fill out page 4 with out looking back on page 1.

• If you need to, yes then look at page 1.

• Show Mrs. Wenk when you are done.

• Study for quiz on Friday -