8th Grade: Unit 4

CQ: Did the Constitution live up to the ideas of the Revolution?

CQ: Did the Constitution live up to the ideas of the Revolution?

All units may be modified for individual teacher & student need. The Teacher Guide and Student Slides may be taught digitally or printed for student use. Review the "Overview of the Compelling Question" to see the "big picture" and layout for the Compelling Question. The following is sequenced in the order to be taught:  

*Note: Some components of the Teacher Guides and Students Slides are still being created under the refinement process.

Staging the Compelling Question

Overview | Student Slides

Supporting Question 1: 

How Did the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny? (DBQ American History V1)

Teacher Guide | Student Slides

Supporting Question 2: 

Why did the Framers keep enslavement in the Constitution? (DIG)

Teacher Guide | Student Slides

Supporting Question 3: 

How did protecting freedoms shape the ratification process of the U.S. Constitution?

Teacher Guide | Student Slides

Supporting Question 4: 

What types of government did Federalists and Anti-Federalists Prefer? (DIG)

Teacher Guide | Student Slides

Supporting Question 5:

What do amendments and laws reveal about how citizenship changed over time? 

Teacher Guide | Student Slides

Summative Performance Task

Overview | Student Slides


Taking Informed Action

Overview | Student Slides