5th Grade - Historic Patriots

This Week:

HATCHED! - Creating a Constitution [1777-1789]


"...We, the People, instead of We, the States? States are the characteristics, and the soul of the confederation.
If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one of great consolidated National Government of the people of all the States."

Patrick Henry
Virginia Debates, 1788

Our nation, while fighting the British, had a government system under the Articles of Confederation. But it had many weaknesses that needed to be addressed - this week we continue our analysis leading up to the Constitutional Convention...and the beginning of our New Nation!

Keep learning your U.S. Presidents...

Keep reviewing the first 33 PRESIDENTS! - make sure you know their names (first and last)!

Here's the sheet if you need it again.


Declaration of Independence PREAMBLE

SO, CAN YOU STILL DO THE ONE BREATH CHALLENGE?!?

Click here for a copy of the Declaration of Independence.

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# 15 - The Revolution - is due this Monday.

• READING #15
• QUESTIONS - try and read the reading FIRST!!!

THIS WEEK - our READING will be a bit different. We have a SPECIAL TREAT - we will be going to The Hermitage in Tennessee (the home of President Andrew Jackson) through out IEN PROJECTION SYSTEM on Wednesday.

I will give you questions I want you to ponder and answer from that presentation. Since we won't have a work day this week due to this event, these questions will be your reading assignment for next Monday.

I'll fill you in on Monday...we will go back to our regular reading next week...

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CURRENTS due this week.

To be announced.

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THIS IS IT!
Thursday we will be taking the PRELIMINARY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY BEE COMPETITION for 5th Grade. We will prepare to go up against the 6th Graders (NEXT THURSDAY - January 22nd).

Even if we are not completely ready, it will be GREAT to get you ready for the contest...so you too may be NGB AGENTS!!!

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