Transcript The US Constitution - Wasatch School District
The US Constitution
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Now What??
Describe what happened after the Revolutionary War in no less than 3 bullets .
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What is the history of the Constitution?
Directions: Listen to the presentation and fill in the blanks with the most correct answers.
The first document to attempt a creation of a ____________ government was ___________________. When it failed, ___ (#) delegates from each _______ met in _______________ to write a new constitution. Some of the notable people included _________________________________________. The President of the Constitutional ____________ was ________________. The “Father of the Constitution” was _____________________. The purpose of the Constitution is to ___________________________________. An interesting fact of the history of the Constitution is .
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Preamble ABCs
Directions: Read the Preamble to the US Constitution. For each box in the table, choose one significant word from the Preamble that begins with that letter and add it to the box with the corresponding letter For letters that do not have a corresponding word in the Preamble, get creative. You could choose a word with that letter in the middle or choose a word that described the Constitution
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Preamble ABCs – Day 2
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Rewrite the Preamble in your own words
Constitutional Scavenger Hunt
Great Compromise
After today’s lesson, write an historical paragraph below in another color “
How did the Great Compromise convince a majority of states to sign the Constitution?
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3/5ths Compromise
Describe the 3/5 th Compromise from 3 different points-of-view A slaveholder from the South: A Northerner: A Slave
Articles of the Constitution Use this link. Play the game. Complete the table. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/branches_government.htm
Branch Branch
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Branch
DO: DO: WHO: WHO: WHO: CHECKS & BALANCES CHECKS & BALANCES CHECKS & BALANCES
Federalists vs. Anti-federalists
Insert text boxes into each quadrant to complete
Election
List the steps to becoming President
Election – Create a Propaganda Poster
Bill of Rights
Add a picture that represents each Amendment for the Bill of Rights. Each picture should have its own animation so that hitting the space bar once pulls up Amendment 1, hitting the space bar pulls up Amendment 2, etc.
What is the history of the Constitution?
Enrichment Activity / Ben Franklin Directions: click on the link below.
http://docsteach.org/activities/8212/detail
Click on “Start Activity.” You will be matching primary source documents and their descriptions as they describe the role Benjamin Franklin played in writing the founding documents of our country
When you are done with the activity the picture of Ben Franklin on the $100 bill will show indicating you have completed the activity. “Snip” this picture and paste it to the next slide
Then answer the question at the bottom of the slide
What is the history of the Constitution?
Enrichment Activity / Ben Franklin In my opinion, Benjamin Franklin’s most important contribution to America was ______________________ because _______________________________________.
Preamble to the Constitution
Enrichment Activity-Preamble Click on the following link http://docsteach.org/activities/68/detail Click on “Start Activity” When done, answer the questions below: What is the difference between the original draft and the final version?
What does this tell us about the Founding Fathers’ thinking?
What is the significance of this change ?
Checks & Balances
Enrichment Activity Click on the link below http://docsteach.org/activities/7275/detail Click on “Start Activity” When done, fill in the blanks below
CHECKS & BALANCES MEANS: ___________________
The Legislative Branch provides checks and balances by: The Executive Branch provides checks and balances by: The Judicial Branch provides checks and balances by:
Enrichment Activities
http://www.pbs.org/tpt/constitution-usa-peter sagal/constitution-games/branches-power/