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STAR    69

A. UNIT 2:  What Shaped the Founders’ Thinking About Government?

B. LESSON 6  How did constitutional government develop in Great Britain?

C. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS/BIG IDEAS

1. What impact did the magna carta have on constitutional government?

2.  Compare and contrast the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights?

3.  Compare and contrast the US constitution, English Bill of Rights?

4. Why was the creation of Parliament important?

5. Compare and contrast the US congress, English Parliament?

D. OBJECTIVES

1. Students will be able to describe the struggles between the English Monarch and the Parliament.

2. Students will be able to explain how the struggles between the English Monarch and the Parliament evolved into a system of separated powers and representative government.

3. Students will be able to explain how the British constitutional documents, such as the magna carta,  the English Bill of Rights, that influenced the writing of the US Constitution.

4. Students will be able to describe how the feudal system worked during the middle ages.

5. Students will be able to identify the three social classes under the feudal system.

E.  PENNSYLVANIA STANDARDS

         5.1.8.C: Analyze the principles and ideas that shaped local, Pennsylvania, and national governments.

·         Liberty / Freedom

·         Democracy

5.2.8.B: Describe how citizens resolve conflicts in society and government.

8.1.8.A: Compare and contrast events over time and how continuity and change over time influenced those events.

F.  INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

         1.  Introduction

a. Objective (see above)

b. Word of the day-

Magna Carta - The Great Charter which granted civil rights and liberties to the nobility.

Common law - Laws which are based upon tradition, or previous judicial decisions.

Rule of law -The idea that the government, as well as the governed, are subject to the law.

Parliament -The legislative branch of the British government – created in 1258; a bicameral, two chamber, legislature: 1. House of Lords – represented the nobility

2.       House of commons – represented the common people who owned land

Congress - The legislative branch of the US government – created in 1774(1787); a bicameral, two chamber, legislature: 1. House of Lords – represented the nobility

2. House of commons – represented the common people who owned land

Feudalism - A system of social, economic, and political organization based on a series of contracts and the control of land; In a Feudal system there are 3 classes:

•        Royalty:  the monarch and family

•        Nobility: titled, wealthy “landowners”

•        Common people: the rest of the people

Petition of Right -(1628) a statute that limited the English monarch’s power to tax people without the consent of Parliament and guaranteed certain rights to English subjects.

Rights of Englishmen – Basic legal claims established over time, that all subject of the English monarch were understood to have.

English Bill of Rights -(1689) An act passé in Parliament that limited the power of the monarch. This document established Parliament as the most powerful branch of the English government.

         b. WARM UP- 

2. Body (15 minutes)

                     a. Students read p. 49-55 in conjunction with WTP 6 PowerPoint

                     b. Students take notes and complete Lesson 6 handouts

         c. Class discussion: How do these rights limit the power of government? (P.53)

         3. Closure (5 minutes)

                     a. An essential question is asked 

                     b. Exit ticket or notebook check

G. ASSIGNMENTS

         1. Students complete graphic organizer of terms to understand (p.50)

2. Students answer questions 1-3 p. 56 (homework)

3. Students answer questions below the pictures on p. 50, 51, 52, 54, and 55(class work)

4. Class discussion: How do these rights limit the power of government? (P.53) (class work)

5. Complete WTP lesson 6 handout

H. STRATEGIES FOR DIVERSE LEARNERS

         1.  Repeat back directions, instructions or main ideas

2. Use graphic organizers, agenda, and visuals (ie maps, charts, timeline)

3. Drill terms

4. Allow for think time before taking answers

I. FORMATIVE EVALUATION PROCEDURES

1.  I will have questions after each section that is discussed, as it is included in the lecture outline.

2. Students will answer questions in timed choral response.  

3. Students will submit a completed exit ticket.

Lesson 6 Test

DO NOT WRITE ON THIS TEST

Directions: Answer the questions by shading in the correct response on the scan tron.

1. The American colonists had the Rights of Englishman because

a) they were human                     b) they won the American Revolution

c) they were subjects of the British monarch     d) it was in the Magna Carta

2. The colonists created a government of laws which both the government and the governed must follow. This principle of government is  

a) separation of powers                   b) rule of law

c) representative government          d) checks and balances

e) natural rights

3. Which of the following is a Right of Englishmen?

a) The right to elect a new king every 4 years       

b) The right to trial by jury

c) The right to remain silent when questioned by police

4. The constitution of Great Britain was

a) a single written document          b) was based on common law

c) was based on laws passed by Parliament            d) both A and C

e) both B and C

5. Feudalism was introduced to England by

a) William the Conqueror               b) King John I

c) King Charles I                            d) King George III

6. The three classes in a feudal society include:

a) Colonists, Peasants, Royalty           

b) Royalty, Nobility, Monarchy

c) Common People, Nobility, Royalty

d) Colonists, Monarchy, Nobility

7. Feudalism introduced the idea

a) the King should be elected by the people

b) the government should be based on contract

c) the nobility should share power with the serfs

d) All of the above

Directions: Use the word bank below for questions 8 to 12

a. serf                                  b. nobility                        c. vassal                                             d. royalty               e. fief

8. an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.

9. the monarch and family

10.  an agricultural laborer, peasant or slave to the land

11. a holder of land on conditions of allegiance to a Lord or King

12. the titled (lord, baron, duke) wealthy landowners

13. The Magna Carta was signed by

a) William the Conqueror               b) King John I

c) King Charles I                            d) King George III

14. Parliament was created by

a) William the Conqueror               b) King John I

c) King Charles I                            d) King George III

15. Who signed the Petition of Right?

a) William the Conqueror               b) King John I

c) King Charles I                            d) King George III

Directions: For questions 16 to 20  place the following in chronological order.

a. The English Bill of Rights          b. Parliament           c. Magna Carta               d. Petition of Right                e. Feudalism

21. Which of the following are the two houses of Parliament?

a) Congress and Senate              

b) House of Lords and Senate                           

c) House of Commons and House of Representatives

d) House of Lords and House of Commons    

Directions: Use the word bank below for 22-26

a. Common law                   b. Feudalism

c. Magna Carta       d. Parliament           e. Rule of law

22. The Great Charter which granted civil rights and liberties to the nobility.

23. Laws which are based upon tradition, or previous judicial decisions.

24. The idea that the government, as well as the governed, are subject to the law.

25. The legislative branch of the British government – created in 1258. 

26. A system of social, economic, and political organization based on a series of contracts and the control of land.

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