The U.S. Constitution Vocabulary for 3rd Grade

The health and happiness of a person or group.

• Constitution

• Welfare

• Delegates

• Preamble

The PLAN for how the government works in the United States.

• Preamble

• Article

• Amendment

• U.S. Constitution

FREEDOM to set your own rules and make your own choices.

• Convention

• Delegate

• Domestic

• Independence

The beginning of the Constitution. It explains WHY AMERICANS NEED a government and Constitution.

• Convention

• Independence

• Preamble

• Welfare

PEOPLE that have been chosen to make decisions for a larger group.

• Delegates

• Welfare

• Posterity

• Domestic

Part of the Constitution that EXPLAINS the branches of the U.S. Government.

• Preamble

• Amendments

• Articles

• Convention

How many articles are in the U.S. Constitution?

• 27

• 100

• 7

• 3

Rights that were added AFTER the original Constitution.

• Preamble

• Convention

• Amendments

• Welfare

A MEETING of people who share the same purpose or ideas.

• Delegates

• Welfare

• Domestic

• Convention

Part of or about the country in which you live.

• Domestic

• Citizen

• Government

• Welfare