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This presentation is the result of a organized
groupwork and highlights the six main principles in the United States Constitution. As a precursor to this activity,
we read the text as a class and the students were to locate and take notes on the six main principles of the Constitution
in a graphic organizer. Once completed, they filled in the graphic organizer with pictures that represented each principle.
Rubber bands represented the elastic clause and the flexilblity of the Consitution while a scale represents the principle
of checks and balances between the three branches. By requiring the students to complete their own graphic organizer
first, each student was accountable and came to the group with the ability to be a productive contributing member.
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This is an example of the type of pre-reading vocabulary
we complete in our METS US Culture Past and Present class. First we go over the words in class, discussing
what we might know about a word agreeing on some definition before I write it down on the overheard. Once the definition
is decided upon and the students copy it down, they develop visual representations for the words, thus helping students to
make stronger connections to the content when seeing the words in context.
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The individual student's graphic organizer and formative assessment of
the understanding of the principles of the Constitution.
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These two worksheets were created to guide the students in completing a
cause and effect ECR. The "FAT Pig" worksheet helps the students to analyze the writing prompt so they have a clear
understanding of what they need to write. The cause / effect graphic organizer encourages the students to analyze specific
elements of stories we have read. The graphic organizers were completed by the students, and used by the students to help
them write their thesis statements and organize the supporting information in their cause / effect ECR body paragraphs.
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