Focus Standards

                     SS4H2: Analyze the challenges faced by the framers of the Constitution.

                     a. Identify the major leaders of the Constitutional Convention (James Madison, George Washington, and                      Benjamin Franklin).

b. Evaluate the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention: the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, the rights of states to govern themselves (federal system), the Great Compromise, and slavery (Three-Fifths Compromise).

 

                   ELAGSE4RL3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific                          details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).