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A More Perfect Union · Activity 5 — Words of a New Nation. One word, four meanings, one true fit — or print it and use a pencil, both count.

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Social Studies · Activity 5

Words of a New Nation

A country argues in its vocabulary. Ratify, veto, secede, emancipate — own these words and the documents of this unit open like doors.

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Show me one first

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compromise
Read all four meanings, even the ones that look wrong — the wrong ones here are this unit's other words.
Two are about agreements. Read those two slowly, and ask which one requires GIVING SOMETHING UP.
An agreement in which each side gives up part of what it wants.

Now number 1 is yours. The hint button is there the whole time, and using it is part of the lesson.

Write what each word means in your own words. Then pick two and use each in a sentence about this unit.

  1. 1constitution n. — write what it means
  2. 2ratify v. — write what it means
  3. 3amendment n. — write what it means
  4. 4federalism n. — write what it means
  5. 5checks and balances n. — write what it means
  6. 6tariff n. — write what it means
  7. 7frontier n. — write what it means
  8. 8canal n. — write what it means
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One probe row, built from what happened on this screen. Nothing is sent anywhere — copy it into the Goal Builder yourself, or print this page. Independent means answered with no hints; supported means answered after a hint. Both are real evidence and neither is a grade.

Date
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Skill
Match a unit vocabulary word to its meaning
Measure
Trials (x of y)
Independent
0 of 8
Supported
0 of 8
Hints used
0
Confidence
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Words 1–5 are words of government; 6–8 are words of money, land, and war — the same split in every set, so the printed band grid stays true when you switch a student to Set 2 mid-week. Every distractor meaning belongs to a real neighbor word, so a miss still teaches. Set 2 and Set 3 are the same eight jobs on different words.

Three doors on this page: Show me one first is a worked example and counts toward nothing; the eight items are the walk; and a finished set opens One more, if you want it — a stretch with two tries and the thinking shown warmly either way. Whether each door was used rides along when a probe row is copied or sent — as information, never as a score.

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