Lesson 5: Government Power and Individual Rights
Duration of Days: 2
Lesson Objective
Understanding of how the Constitution appropriately enhanced government Power while also protecting individual rights and how the supporters of the Constitution attempted to convey these sentiments to those who were oppositional to the government it was establishing.
What were the positions of the Federalist and Anti-Federalists as it relates to the power of the national government?
How does the Constitution create a limited government?
What are the advantages of a large central government, as described in Federalist 10?
What are the disadvantages of a large central government, as explained in Brutus 1?
Confederation Congress
Articles of Confederation
Ratification
CG.Inq.4.b. Construct explanations using sound reasoning, correct sequence, relevant
examples, and pertinent details to contextualize evidence and arguments (e.g.,
chronology, causation, procedure).
Reading for information and analysis of primary sources
Students will read, annotate, and analyze Federalist 10 and Brutus 1 to gain an understanding of the varying perspectives on the government being created by the Constitution.
DOK 2
NA
Class review/discussion of documents and outcomes.
Short quiz on document