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Articles of Confederation Teacher Resources
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Explore early American documents that qualify as primary sources. Tenth and eleventh graders use the provided worksheets to analyze the texts of the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Northwest Ordinance.
In this online interactive history worksheet, learners respond to ten short answer and essay questions about the Articles of Confederation. They may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
Learners examine why society needs a government to exist. They explore the foundations of American democracy and government: The Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.
Students investigate the historical Articles of Confederation and how they were used in the process of forming the present government of the United States. They use a variety of resources in order to perform research and then use writing prompts to create a paper for presentation purposes.
Students hunt for and interpret historical documents. In this American government lesson, students compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation with the U. S. Constitution. Students also investigate the documents that influenced the American plans for government.
Students engage in a lesson to compare and contrast the use of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. They use class notes and outside resources to create a writing project or make a graphic organizer to point to advantages and disadvantages of each.
Students discuss the powers and responsibilities of the President as defined by the Articles of Confederation.
What better way to review the development of American government, than with a game? Play a Millionaire-style game to review topics like, the Bill of Rights, the branches of government, the Articles of Confederation, and federalism. Fifteen fun questions and answers await!
High schoolers create working definition of common citizen, and investigate and discuss important sections of Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other Amendments. Students demonstrate understanding of events that changed representation in the United States.
Learners examine how the Articles of Confederation evolved into the U.S. Constitution. In this government instructional activity, students analyze primary sources available from the Library of Congress. Learners analyze primary images and documents to determine what needed to be done to fix the Articles of Confederation.