The Constitution Part 2

Today we will identify and explain the importance of the key element of The Constitution.

Open Ended

What do you already know about the Constitution?

Poll

The Three Branches of the Government are the Legislative, Executive and Judicial.

• True

• False

Poll

The Bill of Rights was added in 1791.

• True

• False

Poll

The Constution gave all the powers to the President

• True

• False

Poll

The Constitution is a set of rules for America.

• True

• False

Create this chart in your Social Studies Notebook

What is the Constitution?

Write down two things you want to remember about The Constitution in the first column.

Read the Article

Write down important details.

Names

Dates

Numbers

Places

Interesting Facts

Multiple Choice

The Three Branches of the Government are the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branch.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Bill of Rights was added in 1791.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Constitution gave all the power to the president.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Who heads the Executive Branch of the Government?

• Judges

• The President

• Congress

• Citizens

Multiple Choice

Which branch of the government writes the laws?

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Citizens

Preamble

Write down two things you want to remember about the preamble in the second column.

The Admendments

Write down two things you want to remember about the preamble in the second column.

Read the article

Write down important details.

Names

Dates

Numbers

Places

Interesting Facts

Open Ended

What is the purpose of the preamble?

Multiple Choice

Which word completes this sentence? The Preamble is the __________part of The Constitution.

• first

• last

• middle

Multiple Choice

What are the first words of The Constitution?

• I pledge allegiance

• We hold these truths

• We the People

• We want Tacos

Multiple Choice

Which word correctly completes this sentence? The Founding Fathers wanted a country where they could have____________________.

• liberty

• more pizza

• freedom

• kings

The admendments

Write down two things you want to remember about the amendment in the third column.

Read the Article

Write down important details.

Names

Dates

Numbers

Places

Interesting Facts

Multiple Choice

What is an amendment?

• A law added to the Constution

• A law created by James Madison

• A law created by King George III

• Topping on Pizza

Multiple Choice

Who wrote many of the amendments to The Constitution?

• Crispus Attucks

• Samuel Adams

• James Madison

• Donald Trump

Multiple Choice

In what year were the 10 amendments ratified by the states?

• 2020

• 1560

• 1779

• 1979

Multiple Choice

The first ten amendments are also know as the__________.

• United States Laws

• Stamp Act

• Bill of Right

• Book of Spells

Today we identified and explained the importance of the key element of The Constitution.

Open Ended

Write two things your learned about The Constitution.