Transcript Constitution Trashketball

GET EXCITED (OR AT LEAST PRETEND)!!
Meet the Teams
Rules
• South Side goes first. Then North Side. Then
Burnside, etc.
• Each team put its desks in a circle.
• Everybody must have their Binder and Study
Guide out.
• Work as a team to find the answers to the
questions.
• All the answers are in your binder.
• Fill out your study guide as we go.
Team Spokesperson
• Each person on your team must take a turn being
the spokesperson for the team.
• The teacher selects first spokesperson for each
group. Then, each time it is your team’s turn it
moves one to the right.
• If you get it right, spokesperson should take the
shot.
• If the spokespersons decides not to shoot, the
replacement shooter may only shoot for a
maximum of two points.
How to Score Points
• If your team gets an answer right, you get a
chance to shoot for points.
• NO BACKBOARD ALLOWED!!
• The trash should be at the front of the room.
• 1 point: closest line of black tape.
• 2 points: halfway back
• 3 points: furthest line of black tape
• 4 points: your back touching the back wall.
How to Lose Points
• -1 Points: Hit the Promethean Board
• -4 Points: Block or disrupt a shot
Question
• Name a “main player” of the Executive
Branch….try for all three…
Answer
• President
• Vice President
• Departments/Cabinet
Question
• Name the “main player” of the Legislative
Branch.
Answer
• Congress
– Senate
– House of Representatives
Question
• Name the “main players” of the Judicial
Branch.
Answer
• Supreme Court
• Court of Appeals
• Federal/District Courts
Question
• What is a federal power?
• Then, name two federal powers…
Answer
Federal power: A power only the national/federal
government has…
• Control trade (interstate/foreign)
• Coin $$
• Maintain military
• Declare war
• Set up federal courts
• Foreign policy
• Copyright laws
Question
• Explain the difference between foreign trade
and interstate trade.
Answer
• Foreign trade: trade with other countries
• Interstate trade: trade between states
Question
• What is a concurrent power?
Answer
• A power shared by the states and the federal
government.
Question
• Name two concurrent powers…
Answer
• Concurrent powers:
– Taxes
– Maintaining law and order
– Borrowing $$
– Taking land for public use
– Building roads, bridges, and canals
– Punishing crime
– Establishing banks
– Establishing courts
Question
• Name two state powers…
Answer
• State powers…
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Maintain militia (National Guard)
Tax state citizens
Public education
Public health (hospitals)
Public safety (police)
Conduct elections
Establish local governments
Establish state courts
Intra-state trade (trade within the state)
Question
• What are “checks and balances?”
• Give two specific examples…
Answer
• Checks: A limit one branch of government can place on
another branch.
• Balance: Powers that two branches share.
• Checks and balances exist to keep the all branches equal
and make sure one branch does not get too powerful.
• Examples:
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President vetoes law passed by Congress
President appoints a Supreme Court judge
Congress approve appointments made by President
Congress overrides President’s veto
Congress impeaches President or Supreme Court Justice
Supreme Court declares laws or executive actions illegal
Question
• What was the purpose of the Articles of
Confederation?
Answer
• Possible answers:
– Create a plan of government where the states had
most of the power.
– Create a plan of government to prevent someone
from taking all of the power.
Question
• Explain whether the Articles of Confederation
made a weak or strong central government.
Who has the power?
• Give one example.
Answer
• The Articles of Confederation made a weak
central government because the states had
most of the power. It made it hard for the
central government to get anything done.
• -Couldn’t tax
• -Couldn’t enforce laws it passed
• -States couldn’t agree
Question
• Why was a new constitution written?
Answer
• Articles of Confederation did not work, so the
Founding Fathers scrapped it. They made a
new plan of government instead.
Question
• What is popular sovereignty?
Answer
• The people chose what government rules
them by voting.
Question
• What is a separation of powers?
Answer
• Separating the powers of government into 3
branches
– Executive Branch
– Legislative Branch
– Judicial Branch
• So that no one has all the power (compete)
• So that things get done more effectively
(cooperate)
Question
• What is the purpose of checks and balances?
Answer
• Make sure that no branch becomes powerful
enough to take over the government.
• Make sure that the branches stay equal to one
another.
Question
• Why did the Founding Fathers write the Bill of
Rights?
Answer
• Make sure that the new constitution did not
create a federal government that was too
strong.
• To get the Anti-Federalists (people who
wanted a weak government) to vote for the
new constitution.
Question
• What are the “5 freedoms” of the 1st
Amendment?
Answer
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Speech
Religion
Press
Assembly (get together and protest)
Petition (tell concerns to elected
representatives)
Question
• What right is protected by the 2nd
Amendment?
Answer
• Right to bear arms (own a weapon).
Question
• 3rd Amendment right?
Answer
• No quartering of troops during peacetime.
• The government can’t turn your house into a
troop motel.
Question
• 4th Amendment right?
Answer
• Protection against unreasonable searches and
seizures.
• The police cannot search/take your property
unless they have:
– A warrant: permission note signed by judge
– Reasonable cause: reason to believe you are
committing a crime.
Question
• 5th Amendment rights?
Answer
• Rights for a Trial
– Right to remain silent
– Can’t be charged twice for same crime
– Right to a jury trial
– Government can take your property if they pay
you a fair price for it
Question
• 6th Amendment Rights?
Answer
• Rights for a Trial
– Right to a speedy, public trial
– Can’t be charged with the same crime twice
– Right to know the charges against you
– Right to a lawyer
– Right to face those accusing you of a crime
Question
• 7th Amendment right?
Answer
If you are going to sue someone for money, you can
gave jury decide your case instead of a judge.
Question
• 8th Amendment?
Answer
No cruel and unusual punishment (no torture).
You cannot be fined huge amounts for breaking the
law.
Question
• 9th Amendment?
Answer
There are rights we haven’t thought up yet, so they
might not be in the Constitution.
Example: Right to privacy. It is not in the
Constitution, but the Supreme Court decided that
we have the right nonethelss.
Question
• 10th Amendment?
Answer
If the power is not specifically given to the Federal
government in the Constitution, then it is
automatically a state right.
Examples: Public education, marriage laws,
elections, etc.
For the following questions…
• Identify:
– which right is being violated
– What amendment it comes from
– Who should win the case if it is brought to court
Question
• Nathan and Tiara are chilling at home one day
playing X-Box when there is a knock at the
door. A guy in an army outfit is standing
outside and tells them he must let him stay at
their house for the next two weeks. They tell
the guy to shake but he refuses and instead
tells them he will call the police if they do not
let him in.
Answer
• 3rd Amendment
• No Quartering of Troops in Houses during
peacetime
• Nathan/Tiara
Question
• Farmer Taylor and Farmer Dorial have been working
hard lately to get the fields read for the summer
harvest. One day, a member of the city council shows
up and tells Taylor and Dorial that they are going to
have to take their land so that the local city can build a
Wal-Mart. The two become angry, this land is where
they have invested most of their money! They then
find out that the city is going to pay them half of the
amount of their land is worth. Although they are
planning a sit-in to protest the city, they were informed
that bulldozers would be on the way to their property
early next week.
Answer
• 5th Amendment
• Government can take land for a fair price
• Farmers will win, because it is not a fair price
Question
An anonymous letter is delivered to the Police
Station that says Mr. Ginter, Mr. Stewart, and Mr.
Gilmore are the masterminds and perpetraitors
behind the recent bank robberies in the area. After
being arrested, the three demand to see the
evidence and to know who has accused them of
such an absurd crime. The police say that they
cannot meet the witness or see the witness or see
the witness but that they will hold them on the
charges of ban robbery anyways. Even at their trial,
the District Attorney refuses to let them see who
their accuser is.
Answer
• 6th Amendment
• Right to face the people accusing you of a
crime
• Mr. Ginter, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Gilmore
Question
• On the weekends, Airrashea, Rayneisha, and
Bridney like to go hunting in Forrest Park for
squirrels. They all have a permit to hunt
squirrels and to own a gun. After a local
politician was assassinated, the city of St.
Louis declares that no one may carry a gun
anymore. They confiscate the ladies’ shot guns
and refuse to give them back. Greatly upset,
the trio decide to sue the city so they can
continue their favorite passtime.
Answer
• 2nd Amendment
• Right to bear arms
• Girls win
Question
• Dapharoah, Chris, Andre, and Jakiese have their CD
release party on a Friday night (the Album is entitled
“Plead the 5th, Bruh-Bruh”). The party was amazing and
anyone who’s anyone showed up. A neighbor became
upset that the music was so loud and called the police.
When they showed up, they just asked the boys to turn
the music down a little. The next day, the police
showed up again because the same nosy neighbor had
seen smoke from their smoke machine that they were
using for their performance and thought something
illegal was taking place in the house. The police did not
have a warrant but demanded that they let them come
in.
Answer
• 4th Amendment
• Right against Unreasonable search and seizure
• Police win, because they have reasonable
suspicion, or a reason to believe a crime is
being committed.
Question
• Brittisha decides enough is enough and that
the USA must get rid of the National Anthem
and adopt Usher’s “Oh My Gosh” hit single as
the new anthem. She gets a permit to protest
in front of the White House. However, as she
starts singing the song with Dymand and
DeJAneria, the police come up and arrest
them for protesting.
Answer
• 1st Amendment
• Right to assemble (and protest)
• Girls win
Question
• St. Louis passed a recent ordinance that states you
cannot be an anarchist. Sara is walking home from
school one day and a police officer stops her and tells
her that she cannot wear the “Anarchist 4 Lyfe” shirt
she has on. He handcuffs her and takes her down to
the station where he places her in a cell. They charge
her with a violation of the ordinance. As her
punishment, they tie her up and force her to watch the
new Justin Bieber movie “Never Say Never” on repeat
for two weeks. By the end of her sentence, all Sarah
can mumble is “Baby, baby, baby…oh…” (Hint: there
are two rights being violated in this example).
Answer
• 1st Amendment
• Freedom of Speech
• Sarah
• 5th/6th Amendment
• Right to a jury trial
• Sarah
Question
• What is Federalism?
Answer
States and the Federal government share powers as
equally as possible.