Determine the political message of the student created political cartoon? Remember when evaluating you should follow these steps: 1. What actions are present in the cartoon? 2. What symbols and objects are present? 3. What people are present? 4. What expressions are displayed by the people in the cartoon? 5. What words or dialogue are present in the cartoon? 6. What is the meaning of the cartoon?

EQ: In what ways did the large and small states disagree about at the Convention? The student will be able to compare and contrast the plans for government

Bell-work 12/10/13

Objective:

Students will be able to compare and contrast the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan as evidenced by a completed Cornell Notes as well as a double-bubble map

Where does today’s objective fit into our unit learning goal?

Goal, E How do you reach mastery of our goal? TOC: page. 56: Constitutional Convention

Why does this goal matter?

The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation (shown in Shays’ rebellion) prompted the states to call for a meeting to revise the Articles. The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia led to an entirely new framework of government.

1. Goals of the Convention 1787 Philadelphia 1787 George Washington was

president of the Convention

Called to amend (change) the Articles of Confederation

55 delegates from 12 of the states

Rhode Island did not send a delegate

Two different plans to change the Articles surfaced

2. Virginia Plan (Large State Plan) Proposed by James Madison

and Edmund Randolph of Virginia

Plan called for a new, strong central government and to toss out the Articles all together

Plan instead proposed three branches of government: the executive branch would carry out laws, the judicial branch would consist of a system of courts to interpret the law

2. Virginia Plan The legislative branch would

be broken up into two houses, a lower house and an upper house

The delegates argued about the best way to choose members of each house

The # of representatives each state had would be determined by the state’s population

Large states like Virginia, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts supported this plan

why? How did it benefit them?

Representation based on population

3. New Jersey Plan (Small state Plan)

William Patterson proposed a different plan to the delegates in June 15, 1787

This plan called for amending or changing the articles

This plan also called for three branches of government, but with one big difference

Equal representati

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3. New Jersey Plan

It called for a single house of Congress, with equal representation for each state

Why? How did this benefit small states?

Yes, their voice in government would be equal even with smaller populations

Delegates argued day after day over the issues and between the plans, some even feared the Convention would fail because of all the disagreements

You decide! Critical Thinking!

In your groups, see if you can devise a plan for government that would appease both the large and the small states. What would make each state happy?

Hint…it may help to think about how the legislative branch if constructed today!

You have five minutes!

Answers:

The legislative branch would be bicameral (two houses), one house with equal representation and one with representation based on the state’s population.

Now, each state would feel that they would have an equal say in government

This is called the Great Compromise, and we will investigate it further tomorrow.

Summary and Progress Chart

Compare and contrast both plans for a new national government by constructing a double bubble map at the bottom of your notes

Complete your progress chart for objective E

Can you effectively compare the parts of each plan? They you have reached mastery!

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