Information and Discussions for Chapter 3.3

Bell Ringer for 3 rd Bell
1.
Put your first and last name & date in the upper right corner.
2.
Name 2 facts you learned about Congress today:
A:
B:
3.
What goal in the Preamble does each of the above best illustrate?
A:
B:

Article II
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What branch is Article 2 about?
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What do executive branches do?
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Who heads the federal executive branch?
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Discuss questions 1-6 on p. 30 of your notebook!

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What branch is Article 3 about?
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What do judicial branches do?
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Why are courts important to society?
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Discuss questions 7-11 on p. 30 of your notebook!

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What is Article 4 about?
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What problems existed between the states under the AOC?
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What is federalism?
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Discuss questions 12-16 on p. 30 of your notebook!

Proposal
2/3 of both
Houses of
Congress propose
Ratification
3/4 of State
Legislatures
Constitution
Amended
2/3 states call for a
National
Convention
3/4 of State
Ratifying
Conventions

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What does supremacy mean?
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When it comes to the 3 levels of government in our system of federalism, which is
Supreme?
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Discuss questions 18-20 on p. 30 of your notebook!
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What does the word ratify mean?
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Why do you think the Founding Fathers only had 9 agree to ratify instead of all 13?

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Discuss the keyword list for the Preamble
through Article 7 on p. 31.
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Create a mnemonic device or illustrations to help you remember the structure.
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Share with the class.
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Pick the winning group!

Keyword List to Study, p. 31
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Preamble
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Article I
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Article II
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Article III
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Article IV
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Article V
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Article VI
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Article VII