Parts of the Constitution

Parts of the Constitution

Notes from the Citizenship Handbook

Open Ended

There are three parts, or sections of the US Constitution. Can you name any of them?

Parts of the Constitution

There are three parts of the US Constitution. They are:

1. The Preamble

2. The Articles

3. The Amendments

The PREAMBLE

Has no legal value

It is actually just ONE sentence

It was the Founding Fathers' way of informing future generations of the goals of the new government under the Constitution

Describes the basic principles to be listed in the document

"We the People" are most well-known words of the Constitution

The ARTICLES

There are 7 of them

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​They are original legislation from the CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

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The articles set up the BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

Article 1 - Legislative

Article 2 - Executive

Article 3 - Judicial

This part of the documents sets up the organization & powers of the new government

The AMENDMENTS

Provided the Framers a way to let the Constitution adapt to modern times

1st 10 Amendments = Bill of Rights

There are 27 Amendments as of today