Growth of Representative Government in

AmericaSocial Studies PRIDE Lesson

Tuesday 09.16.14

Growth of Representative Government in America

Learning Target:

• I CAN understand why representative government and the idea of inalienable rights are a centerpiece of American lives today by creating a multi-flow map.

1. On a sheet of paper write your name at the top.2. Write your social studies teacher name3. Copy down the Learning Target at the top of the paper

Growth of Representative Government in America

• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

• Excerpt from Declaration of Independence July 4th, 1776

• What is the meaning of this excerpt?• What are inalienable rights? Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness• Where do these ideas come from?

• Write these questions down on your paper and leave space to answer later.

Growth of Representative Government in America

Growth of Representative Government in America

English Bill of Rights?

House of Burgesses?

Fundamental Orders of CT?

Magna Carta? What is significant about each one of these? Discuss as a class and fill in.

Mayflower Compact?

Growth of Representative Government in America

Growth of Representative Government in America

listed rights guaranteed to EnglishmenEnglish Bill of Rights

First Legislative Assembly in coloniesHouse of Burgesses

First written Constitution in colonies Fundamental Orders of CT?

English Document in 1215 that limited power of King

Magna Carta

Possible Answers

Mayflower Compact?laws made by the people promotoing self government

Growth of Representative Government in America

Growth of Representative Government in America

listed rights guaranteed to EnglishmenEnglish Bill of Rights

First Legislative Assembly in coloniesHouse of Burgesses

First written Constitution in colonies Fundamental Orders of CT?

English Document in 1215 that limited power of King

Magna Carta

What is in our lives today that could possibly have been inspired by these documents?

Mayflower Compact?laws made by the people promotoing self government

Growth of Representative Government in America

Growth of Representative Government in America

listed rights guaranteed to EnglishmenEnglish Bill of Rights

First Legislative Assembly in coloniesHouse of Burgesses

First written Constitution in colonies Fundamental Orders of CT?

English Document in 1215 that limited power of King

Magna Carta

Possible Answers

Mayflower Compact?laws made by the people promotoing self government

Declaration of Independence

U.S. Constitution

Bill of Rights

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Growth of Representative Government in America

• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

• Excerpt from Declaration of Independence July 4th, 1776

• What is the meaning of this excerpt?• What are inalienable rights? Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness• Where do these ideas come from?

• Answer these questions based on the information entered into the multi-flow map.

Growth of Representative Government in America

Learning Target:

• I CAN understand why representative government and the idea of inalienable rights are a centerpiece of American lives today by creating a multi-flow map.

At the bottom of the paper answer the learning target by completing the stem: Representative government and the idea of inalienable rights are a centerpiece of American lives today because ...