Ariticles Radio Simulation

What was Americas first form of government?

What event helped to prove it was too weak and needed to be changed?

What was one weakness of the Articles?

- analyze a political cartoon and write a constructed response/DBQ

Whenever you analyze a documents,

1.Use what is in the image/doc

2.Use your own knowledge, textbook, notes, etc.

Therefore….

Take out these items:

- Textbook 8.1 (make bookmark)

-yesterday’s NOTES

-UNP

Use these as you do the DBQ!!!!

You will get to listen to the radio at the end of class—as you work on your

Unit Notes Packet.

First, we must pick a radio station.

1. Each group will pick one station & volume (loud or soft).

2. NOMINATIONS: Each group will nominate one station. Someone has to “SECOND” the nomination.

3. VOTE: Each group gets one vote. Yay or Nay? 13 YAYs are needed.

experience the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

• Class was divided into 13 groups, each had 1 vote

• All 13 groups had to vote “Yes”

• Students tried to program radio

• We failed to solve the problem of picking a station.

• Some students became angry, upset, or frustrated.

• Confederation Congress had 13 states, each state had 1 vote

• Each state had 1 vote

• Congress dealt with many problems (d_____ $$,

We_____ La_____)

• Congress failed to solve problems, like financial problems (t____ m______, paying s_______ for the war)

• Citizens concerned that Confederation was too weak (S____ R____)

• How did you feel as you tried to reach an agreement on programming the radio?

• Why couldn’t the class come to an agreement?

• What might have happened if the decision was based on majority rule?

• What are the weakness of this type of decision-making system? What might be a benefit?

• Why might a government have this type of system?

You will now analyze a political cartoon (DBQ) that was in newspapers back in the late 1700s.

(Use textbook 206-208, and your notes.)

1. What do you see in the cartoon?

2. Is there a title or caption?