Theme #1: IdealsAmerican Character and Belief System

Do Now Prompt: While you listen to the song, and set-up your notes think about what you would get up, stand up for.

Big Questions

1. What ideals have shaped the American character and belief system?

2. Have the American people achieved these ideals?

The Mayflower Compact 1620

The Passengers who made the compact:

• Pilgrims were members of a religious group who wanted to practice their own form of Christianity.

• “Strangers” were merchants, craftsmen, skilled workers, indentured servants, and several young orphans.

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The Mayflower Compact 1620

Why they made the compact:

• After landing, and choosing to stay, in the wrong region, passengers began to argue over what to do.

• Pilgrim leaders realized that they needed a temporary government authority.

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The Mayflower Compact 1620

How they structured the compact:

• The compact was modeled after the Pilgrims’ church agreements.

• Each church was self-governing, and the adult men were given leadership roles.

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The Mayflower Compact 1620

Self-governing WINS!

• As more colonies and towns formed, the “civil body politic,” or new government, grew.

• Colonies selected deputies to represent them at general assembly meetings, where they discussed issues that affected ALL the colonies.

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The Mayflower Compact 1620

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What ideals from the people of the Mayflower have shaped the American character and beliefs?

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Freedom to choose your religion.

Representative government

Self-government

Democracy based on mutual respect

The Mayflower Zompact

OH NO! ZOMBIES HAVE INFILTRATED THE MAYFLOWER! THE PASSENGERS NEED OUR HELP!

AHHH ZOMBIES!!!

AHHH ZOMBIES!!!

The Mayflower Zompact

PLAN OF ATTACK!

1. Read courageously, the original Mayflower Compact.

2. Underline words you know. Circle the words you don’t know.

3. In teams of 3 - 4, edit the original to include how the colonists will fight the zombies. Get Creative!

4. Submit your final draft Zompact in Padlet.

Help the colonists

agree to fight the

zombies, by writing

the

Mayflower Zompact!

1. What ideals have shaped the American character and belief system?

2. Have the American people achieved these ideals?

Remember ourBig Questions

The Puritans 1630Their Religious Beliefs:

• Adopted the teachings of John Calvin. Calvin taught that ONLY God chose who would and would not receive salvation (to be saved from hell).

• Puritans believed God would give them outward signs of their salvation, such as success in life or maybe you just looked godly.

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The Puritans 1630

Their Political Beliefs:

• The Puritans believed in a separation of church and state, but not a separation of the state from God.

• The Church had no formal position in the government. BUT, they expected the gov. to protect the Church by punishing sinners.

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The Puritans 1630Their Civil Rights & Morals:

• Parents were required to teach their children how to read, so that they could read the Bible.

• “The Massachusetts Body of Liberties” declared equality under the law for all (including foreigners), prohibited wife-beating, slavery, and cruelty to children, servants, and farm animals.

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The Puritans 1630

Which Puritan ideals helped to shape the American character and beliefs?

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Answer

time!Separation of church and state

Equality under the law

Mandatory education

Purrrrritans.Awww, those fuzzy little Purrritans, always thinking of what’s best for the community. Just don’t do anything sinful, or else...

this.

or this.

1. Underline or highlight the words that you know. 2. Circle, leave blank, or highlight in a different color the words that you do not know. 3. Add synonyms or short definitions above the words that you don’t know.4. Reread the text for understanding.5. Finally, use the Bill of Rights from the U.S. Constitution to label the text that relates to the Puritan ideals that you’ve found in “Mass Body of Liberties.”

John “Whiskers” WinthropFind the ideals game! Massachusetts Body of Liberties!!

1. What ideals have shaped the American character and belief system?

2. Have the American people achieved these ideals?

Remember ourBig Questions

George Washington King George III

One of these men rebelled against the other. Based on the paintings of these two men, write a 5 line poem for each

of them.

Poem:Each line can be a phrase, 1 word, or

more than one word.

Use evidence from the pictures.

Line 1Line 2Line 3Line 4Line 5

Line 1Line 2Line 3Line 4Line 5

The Declaration of Independence 1776

Why the American Colonists dumped the King and Parliament of England:

• God: They felt that they had God’s blessing.

• Gold: Taxes, land rights, mercantilism, and manufacturing.

• Glory: To achieve self-gov. and Enlightenment ideals.

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The Declaration of Independence 1776

What it said:God: They felt that they had God’s blessing.

• “All men are created equal... endowed(given to them at birth) by their creator with certain unalienable rights.” 1. Life.2. Liberty.3. Pursuit of happiness.

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The Declaration of Independence 1776

What the King did wrong:Gold: Taxes, land rights, and trade.

• England tried to stop the colonies from trading with other countries.

• Proclamation of 1763, banned settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• England taxed the colonists without giving them representation in Parliament.

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The Declaration of Independence 1776

What it said:Glory: To achieve Enlightenment ideals.

• “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

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The Declaration of Independence 1776

What are the main ideals in the Declaration of Independence that have shaped the American character and beliefs?

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All men are created equal

Answer

time!All men have unalienable rights that cannot be taken away.

The people give gov. its power.

People can change an unfair gov.

Hancock

Franklin

J. Adams

Jefferson

S. AdamsDeclaration of Independence

Race for the Ideals!

(1) Download the Declaration of Independence handouts.(see digital agenda)

(2) Read the directions.

(3) The envelopes on your tables have excerpts from the DOI written in modern language.

While you watch this video of the founding

fathers rocking the King of England, think of

something that you would fight to protect.

Share your thoughts with the class, for bravery

scholar $ points.

The U.S. Constitution

• Imagine that all the adults in the world disappeared, and it was up to you to create a new government. What would your government look like?

• What ideals would you base it on?

• How would your ideals shape your government? (democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, oligarchy, plutocracy...)

Ideals Enumerated Into Law: U.S. Constitution

• After colonists rebelled against the British government during the American Revolution, and won their independence, one big question remained.

• Question: Now what?

• Answer: Unification through law and order. We need a Constitution.

The Constitution of the United States 1789

Why did the founding fathers created a government blueprint:

• Founding fathers wanted to protect their properties.- such as, their slaves.

• The first constitution, called the “Articles of Confederation,” was too weak to truly unite the states.

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The Constitution of the United States 1789

How it is structured:

• The Preamble:

1. Opening statement that describes why they created the new Constitution.

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The Constitution of the United States 1789

How it is structured:

• Separates power into 3 branches. Listed in 3 different articles.

1. Legislative

2. Executive

3. JudicialArticle 1 Article 2 Article 3

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The Constitution of the United States 1789

How it is structured:

• The Legislative Branch is made up of 2 houses, 1 lower and 1 upper.

1. Lower = House of Representatives consists of 1 representative for about every 160,000 people in a state. Total house representatives can not exceed 435.

2. Upper = Senate consists of exactly 2 senators per state. 50 in all today.

The Constitution of the United States 1789

How it is structured:

• The Executive Branch includes the President and their cabinet of advisors

1. President

2. Cabinet of Advisors

The Constitution of the United States 1789

How it is structured:

• The Judicial Branch includes 9 Supreme Court justices and lower federal courts spread throughout the states.

1. 9 Supreme Court Justices/Judges

2. 13 Appellate Courts (CLICK)

3. 94 District Courts

The Constitution of the United States 1789

How it is structured:

• Separates power into 3 branches. Listed in 3 different articles.

1. Writes laws

2. Executes laws

3. Interprets lawsArticle 1 Article 2 Article 3

Time to draw! In your

notes, draw pictures of

each branch of gov.

The Constitution of the United States 1789

How it is structured:

• Amendments:

1. Formal changes to the U.S. Constitution

2. The Bill of Rights consists of the first 10 Amendments.

3. Today, there are 27 amendments in all.

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The Constitution of the United States 1789

What ideals in the Constitution of the U.S. have shaped the American character and belief system?

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Ideals

organized!Limited government

Peaceful transition of power

Majority rule, minority rights.

Democratic republic

End of Constitution Notes

Go to the digital agenda and beginthe edmodo formative assessment on the Constitution. You must earn a 6/6 correct to move to the next slide and activity.

Mission Station #2iNotes Final Lecture

pages.iNotes = independent notes

Another Perspective on American idealsWhat do people from other countries,

think of America’s ideals today?Answer in your notebook, in at least 5

complete sentences.

Alexis de Tocqueville 1830A foreign perspective on the American Character

Why he visited the U.S., from France:

• He studied history to understand political development.

• He believed that France in 1830 was moving toward social equality for all.

• He hoped to find a model for France’s gov. in the United States.

Alexis de Tocqueville 1830What he found:

• Americans were VERY religious.

• Americans loved their independence.

• American treatment of Native Americans was disgusting.

• Slavery made America hypocritical.

• America’s ability to keep a democracy was amazing.

“I do not know a country where the love of money holds a larger place in the heart of man.”

from, “Democracy in America”

Alexis de Tocqueville 1830

Did Tocqueville think that Americans were achieving their ideals?

• Mayflower Compact ideals?

• Puritan ideals?

• Ideals from the Declaration of Independence?

Abraham Lincoln

Which early American ideals do you think Abraham Lincoln believed were

the most important?Answer in your notebook, in at least 5

complete sentences.

The Gettysburg Address Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.Abraham LincolnNovember 19, 1863

Read the speech, find where Lincoln references American ideals, and write those quotes in your notes.

Abraham LincolnThe Gettysburg Address 1863

Why Lincoln gave this speech:

• He was dedicating a cemetery on the grounds of the Gettysburg battlefield.

• Gettysburg battle was a turning point of the Civil War.

Login to History Alive to read about AND take 4 notes about the battle at Gettysburg, in section 5 of The Civil War chapter.

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Abraham LincolnThe Gettysburg Address 1863

Which American ideals did Lincoln reference in the Gettysburg Address?

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All are equal.All men are created equal

All men have unalienable rights that cannot be taken away.

The people give gov. its power.

People can change an unfair gov.

End Mission Station #2 Notes1. Go to the next 2 pages of this lecture. You will find the essay questions that I will ask you on your final exam for this unit/theme.

2. Use the Google Doc that I’ve uploaded to plan your response. You will be allowed to use it during the test. File name: “Theme1SummativeEssayPlan

3. The exam will be this Thursday/Friday.

King

Your summative exam hints are on the next page.

What American ideals does MLK talk about in his “I Have a Dream” speech?

Did he think that America had achieved its ideals by the 1960s?

Essay questions for

Theme #1: American

Ideals Summative

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