We will look at many of the Founding Fathers who met in Philadelphia to draw up this revolutionary new concept called "a Constitution". (5.3)  The main compromises made will be examined on Monday(co-operative learning activity). The new system called "Federalism" along with the system of checks and balances added to the mix will be looked at during part of Tuesday.

Part of Tuesday and all of Wednesday, the fight between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists will result in the ratification of the longest existing constitution in the world. (5.4)

Homework this week will be the fill-in-the blank outlines for each section.  The first part for 5.3 went home on Friday( some students were able to finish it after they finished their test) and is due on Monday.  There will also be a study guide sent home for the test over these two sections which will be given on Thursday or Friday.

There were many good grades over the 5.1/5.2 test.  It would be nice to have even better grades for the next one.:-)