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Alternate Unit 4
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Describe federalism and why the United States chose it as a form of government.
Book: For Which We Stand: How Our Government Works and Why It Matters by Jeff Foster pp. 14 – 18 — (stop after first two paragraphs)
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Standards
RI.4.2RI.4.3
Explain what plan the Constitution made for the government of the United States.
Describe a few of the rights protected by the Bill of Rights.
Write a paragraph explaining what the Constitution of the United States is and why it is important.
W.4.2W.4.2.aW.4.2.bW.4.2.cW.4.2.e
Explain what the sections "What Does the Government Look Like?," "The Three Branches," and "Checks and Balances" are mostly about.
RI.4.2RI.4.7
Describe why the executive branch is important and why the President's Cabinet is important.
RI.4.3RI.4.8
Describe the difference between the Senate and House of Representatives and why they are both important.
RI.4.2RI.4.3RI.4.8
Explain how bills become laws and why there are so many steps.
RI.4.3
Explain what the Supreme Court is and why it's important using reasons and evidence from the text.
RI.4.2RI.4.8
Analyze and debate unit Essential Questions using details and understandings from the text.
SL.4.1W.4.2W.4.2.aW.4.2.bW.4.2.cW.4.2.e
4 days
Write an informational report about an act or amendment that is important in U.S. history.
L.4.1.fL.4.2W.4.2W.4.2.aW.4.2.bW.4.2.cW.4.5W.4.6W.4.7W.4.8
Explain what candidates do to try and win an election.
RI.4.3RI.4.7RI.4.8
Debate if everyone has always had the right to vote.
Describe the evidence the author gives to support the point that "to be a woman in 1840 was to be less than a man."
Explain how an author uses reasons to show that a "once-promising strategy had reached a dead end."
Explain why the opposition to women's suffrage was so difficult to overturn.
Explain why the New York Times called the parade "one of the most impressively beautiful spectacles ever staged in this country"?
Explain who Harry Burn was and why he was important in the Women's Suffrage Movement.
Create a mini-poster highlighting the key contributions of a radical.
Explain why Dennis "Dioniso" Chavez was important.
Explain the role that Thurgood Marshall played in Brown v. Board of Education and what we can learn about him from his involvement in the case.
Explain how Thurgood Marshall wove equality into the fabric of American justice.
Explain who and what inspired Shirley Chisholm to get involved in politics and fight for change.
Explain who and what inspired Sonia Sotomayor to get involved in justice and fight for change.
Analyze how Barack Obama showed that "holding fast to hope despite obstacles is the first step to making any dream come true."
Debate and analyze unit Essential Questions.
SL.4.1
Gauge student understanding of unit content and skills with one of Fishtank's unit assessments.
5 days
Research a local or national election and decide who you would vote for and why.
SL.4.1W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.2W.4.2.aW.4.2.bW.4.2.cW.4.2.eW.4.7W.4.8
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