Constitution Week

Day 1 – Structure and Principles of the Constitution

Make a 10 Page (including cover) Foldable This will be where all of your notes will be kept

for the week. At the end of the week this will count as a

grade.

Constitution Week – Day 1

Each students gets 5 sheets of paper Stagger each sheet of paper about ¼ of an

inch See example on next slide

Foldable Step 1

See how the pages are staggered – each line is a new page laying over the next.

Fold the pages over on each other so that you

end up with 10 staggered pages in your foldable.

See example on next slide

Foldable Step 2

Foldable Step 3

Step 3 Finished Product Teacher will staple

your foldable when you are ready

Cover – “Constitution Week” Tab 1 – America’s Mottos Tab 2 – Miranda v. Arizona / Miranda Rights Tab 3 – Federalism/Checks and Balances/Separation of

Powers Tab 4 – Preamble / Article 1 – Legislative Branch Tab 5 – Article 2 – Executive Branch / Article 3 – Judicial

Branch Tab 6 – Article 5 – Amendment Process / Article 6 –

National Supremacy Tab 7 – Founding Fathers Tab 8 – American Values / Dec. of Independence Tab 9 – Bill of Rights

Foldable Step 4 - Labeling

NOW TO BEGIN

TAB 3 at the top – Contains several methods for

limiting the growth of government power Divide the page into 3 even sections

Federalism – The power of government is separated between the national and state levels – each having powers that the other does not.

Checks and Balances – Each branch of government has some power to act on or limit the others (like a veto or impeachment).

Separation of Powers – Each branch has unique powers that the other does not (Legislative branch can coin money).

Structure of the Constitution

Tab 4 – Divide page into 2 even sections

Preamble – Lays out the purposes for the Constitution and establishes the people as the source of government power – Popular Sovereignty (We The People…)

Article 1 – Creates a bicameral legislature (2 chambers) – the House of Representatives and Senate. House has 435 members and is based on

population Senate has 2 members per state (100 total

currently) The most powerful of the branches

Structure of the Constitution

Tab 5 – Divide page Into 2 even sections

Article 2 – Establishes the president as an individual person who serves a 4 year term and creates the Electoral College to select the president. President is given the authority to enforce the laws and lists other powers.

Article 3 – Creates the Supreme Court and lower courts of the judicial branch. Judges are appointed by the president with approval of the Senate for life terms. Final say on what the meaning of the Constitution and national laws is.

Structure of the Constitution

Tab 6 – Divide page into 2; making one side

larger than the other Article 5 – Amendment Process (See next

slide) Article 6 – Supremacy Clause – Constitution,

Amendments, all national laws, and treaties are supreme over state laws.

Structure of the Constitution

Amendment Process