WANTED—A “JUST RIGHT” GOVERNMENT

• exposé - matière potentielle : guide
• cours - matière potentielle : plan table of contents
• cours - matière potentielle : with overhead transparencies
• exposé

LESSON OVERVIEW WANTED—A “JUST RIGHT” GOVERNMENT GOAL Students will learn how the U.S. Constitution came to exist. Students discover what tensions and differences of opinion existed among early American states and citizens. Students find out about the Articles of Confederation and why that first “constitution” didn't work, and how compromise led to the Constitution. TIME One class period NUTSHELL Use either our ready-to-go Power Point presentation or overhead transparency masters to teach how the Constitution came to exist.

• power point
• activities on the overhead transparencies
• unalienable rights
• notetaking worksheet
• states
• laws
• lesson
• government
• presentation