Agenda

Oct 26 -30, 2015

Monday: Oct 26, 2015WOD:

• Bill of Rights-individual rights that are guaranteed (1st 10 amendments)

• Amendment-a change

• Due Process of Law-requires all states to respect the legal rights to all people

Monday: Oct 26, 2015

WARM UP:•Which individual right is MOST important to you?

Monday: Oct 26, 2015

• We Will summarize the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights

• I Will demonstrate the Bill of Rights hand signs

ACTIVITY

•Discuss Bill of Rights in depth-use pages 204-205•BOK pg. 38•Teach hand signs

SGPT:

Why do you think the Founding Fathers included amendment 2?

Bill of RightsThe first ten amendments to the US Constitution

Amendment One

• King George tried to keep the colonist from speaking out against him or England

• Some religious groups were treated unfairly

• Colonial newspapers were important in organizing the colonist against England

• Colonists were not allowed to gather to protest English taxes

• The king ignored colonists petitions for change

Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition (RAPPS)

Amendment two

• To protect citizens against an unfair or unjust governmentRight to

bear arms

Amendment three

• Colonists were forced to house English soldiers in time of peace

Quartering soldiers

Amendment four

• The King and his officials could search colonists homes and take their belongings without proper reason

Search and seizure

Amendment five

• King George was putting people in jail without evidence.

Cannot be put on trial without proper evidence

Right to remain silent

Cannot be tried for the exact same crime twice if found innocent (Double Jeopardy)

Amendment six

• Colonists would often wait in jail for years before they went to trial. What if they were innocent!

Right to a speedy trial by jury of your peers

Amendment seven

Civil trial

Amendment eight

• The King could torture his citizens

Cruel and unusual punishment

No excessive fines

Amendment nine

Some rights of the people are not specifically listed

Amendment ten

Powers not delegated to the U.S. are reserved for the States.

Critical Write

How do the Bill of Rights affect daily

life?

AMENDMENT HAND SIGNS

AMENDMENT HAND SIGNS

Monday: Oct 26, 2015

I Will demonstrate

the Bill of Rights hand

signs

Tuesday: Oct 27, 2015WOD:

• Principle-main ideas/basic truth or law

Warm Up:• Acrostic Poem Constitution

Tuesday: Oct 27, 2015• We Will identify how

the U.S. Constitution reflects the 7 principles of government• I Will rank the 7 principles from most to least important and explain why for 1 and 7

ACTIVITY

•BOK page 36-top•Constitutional Analysis worksheet

The Constitution is the book and

The Principles are the chapters….

THERE ARE 7 PRINCIPLES

7 Principles of Government

FEDERALISM:

a system of government where

power is shared among the central (or federal) government

and the states

Federalism• Federalism is a system of

government in which the states and national government share powers.

The Framers used federalism to structure the Constitution.

• The Constitution assigns certain powers to the national government. These are delegated powers.

• Powers kept by the states are reserved powers.

• Powers shared or exercised by national and state governments are known as concurrent powers.

Limited government:

the principle that requires all U.S.

citizens, including government leaders,

to obey the law

Limited Government• In the American

government everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike, must obey the law. Individuals or groups cannot twist or bypass the law to serve their own interests.

• Article 1, Section 9, of the Constitution lists the powers denied to the Congress. Article 1, Section 10, forbids the states to take certain actions.

• The 10th Amendment reserves for the states and people all powers not given to the national government nor denied to the state governments .

Individual rights:

a personal liberty and privilege

guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the Bill of

Rights

Individual Rights• The first ten

amendments to the Constitution shield people from an overly powerful government. These amendments are called the Bill of Rights.

The Bill of Rights guarantees certain individual rights, or personal liberties and privileges.

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY:

a government in which the people rule; a system in

which the residents vote to decide an issue; REFLECTS THE WILL OF THE

PEOPLE.

Popular Sovereignty• The power to rule

comes from the people.

• “Consent of the Governed”

• The Constitution established popular sovereignty in the preamble,“We the People. . .

establish this Constitution for theUnited States of

America.“

REMEMBER WHEN YOU SEE THE TERM POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY YOU SHOULD BE THINKING……..

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!!!!!

The Will of the People!

Republicanism:a belief that

government should be based on the consent of the people; people

exercise their power by voting for political

representatives

Republicanism• Republicanism is based

the belief that people exercise their power by voting for their political representatives.

• Article 4, Section 4, of the Constitution also calls for every state to have a "republican form of government."

• A republic is a form of government in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.

• In a republic, people elect others to represent them in the government.

Checks and balances:

the ability of each branch of

government to exercise checks, or controls, over

the other branches

Checks and Balances

• Based on the philosophy of Baron de Montesquieu, an 18th-century French thinker, "Power should be a check to power.“

• Each branch of government can exercise checks, or controls, over the other branches. Though the branches of government are separate, they rely on one another to perform the work of government.

• This ensures that the branches work together fairly.

SEPARATION OF POWERS:

the division of basic

government roles into branches

Separation of Powers

• Established in order to avoid having too much power might fall into the hands of a single group

• This principle creates the division of basic government roles into 3 branches. No one branch is given all the power.

• Articles 1,2, and 3 of the Constitution detail how powers are split among the three branches

Think of the 3 BRANCHES OF government AS APART OF a tree…

L : LA

W

J: Judges

The BOSS

SGPT:

Which principle is the most

important?

Critical Write

Illustrate each principle to the side of notes

Tuesday: Oct 27, 2015

• I Will rank the 7 principles from most to least important and explain why for 1 and 7

Wednesday: Oct 28, 2015WOD:

• Checks & Balances- system that does not allow any one branch of gov. have too much power

• Separation of Power- the division of the 3 branches of gov.

WARM UP ON THE NEXT SLIDE

Warm UpAnalyze James Madison quote

What is James Madison talking about in this excerpt?--Highlight key terms or phrases that can give you a hint

DIVIDE

CHECK EACH OTHER

SEPARATION

OF POWE

R

Wednesday: Oct 28, 2015

• We Will analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects the 7 principles of government• I Will illustrate the 3

branches of government

ACTIVITY

•BOK page 37-top Separation of Powers•Government Structure Worksheet

Separation of Powers

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

LEGISLATIVE• WHO

IS IN CHARGE?

• What powers do they have?

• CONGRESS (Senate and House of Representatives

1. Can impeach the President2. Write and pass laws3. Approve presidential appointments4. Controls money5. Declares war

EXECUTIVE• WHO

IS IN CHARGE?

• What powers do they have?

• President

1. Can veto acts of Congress2. ENFORCE laws3. Appoint federal judges4. Grants reprieves and pardons for federal crimes

JUDICIAL• WHO

IS IN CHARGE?

• What powers do they have?

• Supreme Court Judges

1. Reviews laws2. Can declare laws unconstitutional3. Can declare executive acts

unconstitutional

SGPTTell your partner one major detail of each branch--who is in charge?--what can they do?

CRITICAL WRITINGCreate a foldable with the 3 branches of governmentIN each branch include:• What article it can be found in• Who is in charge at each level• List 1 power this branch has

Wednesday: Oct 28, 2015

I Will illustrate the 3 branches of government

Warm Up--THURSDAY

Predict how well you are going to do on your assessment on your TEST DATA TRACKING CHART

Thursday: Oct 29, 2015

• We Will use our GINORMOUS brains to ace Unit 4 Constitution Era test• I Will write a fact about

the Constitution on the Parking Lot door

Respond to 1 Writing Q

• Rank and Justify the 3 branches of government in order of most important to least important

OR • Elaborate on the 4 major weaknesses of the A.O.C

Friday: Oct 30, 2015**SHORT

SCHEDULE**• We Will review everything we have learned so far in U.S. History• I Will share with my

partner 3 major facts I have learned

ACTIVITY

Writing Prompt:•Write about EVERYTHING you have learned so far in US History this year