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:
Staging the Compelling Question: Click on the overview and students slides. Pacing is usually one day.
Supporting Questions: Click on individual teacher guides and/or student slides. Pacing is usually 1-2 days.
Summative Performance Task: Click on the overview and student slides. Pacing is usually 1 day.
Taking Informed Action: Click on the overview and students slides. Pacing is usually 1-3 days.
*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