What influenced the Framers to organize the government into three branches with separate powers?
Students will determine the advantages and disadvantages of the Articles of Confederation to the states and the national government by completing a “choice journal prompt.” Students will then examine and evaluate the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan. Students will determine which plan is better for organizing the national government and how protecting/promoting the common good is addressed in both plans by completing a guided reading strategy or graphic organizer. Civic dispositions targeted in this lesson are reflected in the student friendly learning targets. • I can be accountable to my learning community, to knowledge and to rigorous thinking, as I participate in group discussions. • I can work with others, demonstrating negotiation and compromise, civility and critical mindedness, to determine the advantages and disadvantages of the Articles of Confederation to states and the national government. • I can demonstrate critical mindedness and civility as I work with a group to analy
