Ratification

Daily Goals: I can tell you what ratification means. I can tell you how ratification of the Consitution worked and what changes the states wanted to make to the document.

Warm Up:

  1. Please come in and start on the Warm Up quietly.
  2. Finished, click on the below links.

Link 1, Link 2, Link 3

Presentation:

  1. Get out your Social Studies notebook and a pencil.
  2. Copy the following slide(s) into your notebook.
  • Slide 5
Creating a Nation

Ratification Game:

Today we are going to play a game on the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Below you will click the link to the game. Make sure that during the game that you are paying attention, as the quickcheck will include questions from the game.

  1. Open the following link: https://www.icivics.org/games/race-to-ratify
  2. Pick New Game->Historical->Choose Your Character
  3. Complete you first misstion of talking to your friend and getting your first argument.
  4. The goal of the game is to help convince people to ratify the U.S. Constitution

Share:

Use the Padlet below to reflect on your game experience and the meaning of the word ratification. Answer the questions that are in the Padlet (top) to recieve full credit.

Quickcheck

Please answer the following questions in the quickcheck below.

Extensions:

Please click here for the 6th Grade Extension sheet and complete one activity.