Oct 26 -30, 2015
WOD:
• 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
WARM UP:
• Which
individual right
is MOST
important to
• We Will summarize the
rights guaranteed in the
Bill of Rights
• I Will demonstrate the
Bill of Rights hand signs
• Discuss Bill of Rights in
depth-use pages 204-205
• BOK pg. 38
• Teach hand signs
Why do you think the
Founding Fathers
included amendment
2?
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution
•
Freedom of
speech,
religion,
press,
assembly,
petition
(RAPPS)
•
•
•
•
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
Right to
bear arms
• To protect citizens
against an unfair or
unjust government
• Colonists were forced to
house English soldiers in
time of peace
Quartering
soldiers
Search and
seizure
• The King and his officials
could search colonists
homes and take their
belongings without
proper reason
• 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)
Right to a
speedy trial
by jury of
your peers
• Colonists would often
wait in jail for years
before they went to trial.
What if they were
innocent!
Civil trial
• The King could torture
his citizens
Cruel and
unusual
punishment
No excessive
fines
Some rights
of the people
are not
specifically
listed
Powers not
delegated to the
U.S. are reserved
for the States.
How do
the Bill
of Rights
affect
daily
I Will
demonstrate the
Bill of Rights
hand signs
WOD:
• Principle-main
ideas/basic truth or law
Warm Up:
• Acrostic Poem
Constitution
• 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
• BOK page 36-top
• Constitutional
Analysis worksheet
a system of
government where
power is shared
among the central
(or federal)
government and
the states
• 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.
the principle that
requires all U.S.
citizens, including
government leaders,
to obey the law
• 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 .
a personal liberty
and privilege
guaranteed to U.S.
citizens by the Bill of
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.
a government in
which the people
rule; a system in
which the residents
vote to decide an
issue; REFLECTS THE
WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
• 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 the
United States of America.“
REMEMBER WHEN YOU SEE THE
TERM POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
YOU SHOULD BE THINKING……..
a belief that
government should
be based on the
consent of the
people; people
exercise their
power by voting
for political
• 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.
the ability of
each branch of
government to
exercise checks,
or controls, over
the other
branches
• 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.
the division
of basic
government
roles into
branches
• 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
Which principle is the
most important?
Illustrate
each
principle
to the
• I Will rank the 7
principles from most
to least important
and explain why for
1 and 7
WOD:
• 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
What is James Madison talking
about in this excerpt?
--Highlight key terms or phrases
that can give you a hint
DIVIDE
CHECK EACH
OTHER
SEPARATI
ON OF
POWER
• We Will analyze how the
U.S. Constitution reflects the
7 principles of government
• I Will illustrate the 3
branches of government
• BOK page 37-top
Separation of
Powers
• Government
Structure
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
• WHO IS
IN
CHARGE?
• What
powers
do they
have?
• CONGRESS (Senate and House of
Representatives
1. Can impeach the President
2. Write and pass laws
3. Approve presidential
appointments
4. Controls money
5. Declares war
• WHO IS
IN
CHARGE?
• What
powers
do they
have?
• President
1.
2.
3.
4.
Can veto acts of Congress
ENFORCE laws
Appoint federal judges
Grants reprieves and pardons
for federal crimes
• WHO IS
IN
CHARGE?
• What
powers
do they
have?
• Supreme Court Judges
1. Reviews laws
2. Can declare laws
unconstitutional
3. Can declare executive acts
unconstitutional
Tell your partner one major
detail of each branch
--who is in charge?
--what can they do?
Create a foldable with the 3 branches of
government
IN each branch include:
• What article it can be found in
• Who is in charge at each level
• List 1 power this branch has
I Will illustrate the 3
branches of government
Predict how well you
are going to do on
your assessment on
your TEST DATA
TRACKING CHART
• 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
• 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
• 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
Writing Prompt:
• Write about
EVERYTHING you
have learned so far
in US History this