Analyze the Articles of Confederation (1781-1789) and explain why they failed — no power to tax, no executive, no national court, unanimous-consent amendment, 9-of-13 supermajority for major laws, Shays's Rebellion 1786-87
Exercise Difficulty 3 ~7 min hist.g5.s.ex_04

Shays Primary Source

MG-7 Interactive Physical / non-image

Federal Founding-Era Archive Card (continued from G5-Fall) — 4-page foldable card per primary source. PAGE 1 SOURCING: Who made this? When? Where? Why? PAGE 2 CONTEXTUALIZATION: What was happening in the world when this was made? PAGE 3 CORROBORATION: Does another source say the same thing? Does another source disagree? PAGE 4 CLOSE READING: What does this actually say? + NMAI 5th MOVE box: Whose voices are present in this source? Whose voices are absent? What land are we standing on as we read this? G5-Spring extension: source-type checkbox now includes 15 types (added CONSTITUTION-CLAUSE + AMENDMENT + EDITORIAL to G5-Fall's 12). Each child collects ~30 completed MG-7 cards by Lesson 22 in their Founding-Documents Binder (continued from G5-Fall).

Prompt

Apply MG-7 page 1 SOURCING + page 2 CONTEXTUALIZATION to a Boston Gazette 1786 excerpt about Shays's Rebellion.

M-5-S-CIV-EX-04 Interactive Physical / non-image

Boston Gazette 1786 excerpt about Shays + MG-7 4-page template ready for SOURCING + CONTEXTUALIZATION completion.

How it's presented
mode MG7 partial
Answer criteria
type MG7 partial
required pages
SOURCINGCONTEXTUALIZATION
Hints
  1. Who wrote? When? Where?
  2. What was happening in Western MA in 1786?
Misconceptions to watch
  • Skipping the source-date
  • Missing the war-debt context
Used in lessons