Please go to the “1/20 Attendance Question” in Classroom and answer the question, “Were plantation owners happy with the ⅗ Compromise? Why or why not?” When you’re finished please write “done” in the chat and open the slideshow for today.

Freewrite

Write whatever you’d like in your freewrite/journal doc in Classroom for 10 minutes. The only rule is that you must be writing the entire time.

Rimba: The sound of the waves…

Prompt: Where were you born? What are your feelings about your birthplace?

1/20/2021

-Freewrite

-Newsela

-⅗ Compromise Project

-Exit Ticket

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Please log onto Newsela, read the article “The South’s Slave Economy”, take the quiz and fill out your Newsela Progress Sheet. Have your ⅗ Compromise Note-Catcher open and take notes while you read.

Continue researching and taking notes. Use the provided resources (slides 17-23) and your own resources. Continually reference the project description and requirements. You should be close to done with your research and note-catcher by tomorrow.

Due Date: In class Friday, January 22nd.

The ⅗ Compromise Project

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The U.S. Constitution

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How can compromise lead to consensus and creation?

Essential Question

1. The Articles of Confederation and Constitution Assessment (Multiple Choice)
2. The Big Six Ideas of the Constitution and Founding Fathers Project
3. The ⅗ Compromise Project

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The U.S. Constitution

Graded Assessments

Due Date: In class Friday, January 22nd.

The ⅗ Compromise Project

What:

Students will research and take notes on the ⅗ Compromise and then write about the ⅗ Compromise from four different perspectives.

1. An abolitionist Founding Father from the North.
2. A plantation owner in the South.
3. A slave working on a plantation in the South.
4. Your perspective (write this last).

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You’ll then create an image that expresses your perspective of the ⅗ Compromise.

The ⅗ Compromise Project

Why:

The ⅗ Compromise has been controversial since its creation. People still debate it. It’s important to see this big part of the founding of our country from different perspectives.

The ⅗ Compromise Project

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How:

You will be working individually. You’ll be taking notes on an assigned note-catcher and then writing these perspectives in an assigned doc. Your notes will be part of your grade.

The ⅗ Compromise Project

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Requirements

1. Use the provided sources and your own research to take notes on the assigned note-catcher (you may attach your own notes to the assignment in Classroom).
2. Explain what the ⅗ Compromise is.
3. Write a paragraph (at least five sentences) for each perspective.
4. Create an image (digital or drawn) that represents your perspective on the ⅗ Compromise and put it in your assigned ⅗ Compromise doc.

Requirements

5. For each perspective paragraph include:

1. An introduction: describe who you are (write in the 1st person)- ex. “Hello. I am from Georgia and I own a large cotton plantation.”
2. Their opinion on the ⅗ Compromise being included in the Constitution.
3. Reasons why they have this opinion on the ⅗ Compromise.

Resources

Slavery and the Constitution

Conceived of Compromise

Race and the American Constitution

Cash Crops Made Slavery a Big Part of America’s Early Economy

The Union Wasn’t Worth the Three-Fifths Compromise on Slavery

Slavery Was Not a Secondary Part of Our History

Statement Over “Three Fifths” Creates Full Controversy

Three-Fifths Compromise Was an Understandable Deal on Slavery

(1860) FREDERICK DOUGLASS, “THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES: IS IT PRO-SLAVERY OR ANTI-SLAVERY?”

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Please go to this Google Form and answer the question.

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Homework

• Continue to work on your Big Six Ideas of the Constitution Project. It’s due before school on Friday, January 15th.