8th Grade: Unit 4

CQ: How do you make a government responsible?

CQ: How do you make a government responsible?

Staging the Compelling Question

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Supporting Question 1: 

How did the Constitution structure the government?

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Supporting Question 2: 

What powers did each branch have?

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Supporting Question 3: 

How did the Framers of the Constitution protect enslavers and perpetuate enslavement?

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Supporting Question 4: 

How democratic was the 1787 Constitution?

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Summative Performance Task

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Taking Informed Action

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