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 you
& why?
• 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?
Bill of Rights
1.
Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, petition, and press
2.
3.
4.
5.
Right to bear arms
No quartering (housing) of soldiers in private houses
No unreasonable searches and seizures
Due process of law
6.
Right to a fair, speedy, and public trial
7.
8.
9.
10.
Right to a trial by jury for civil cases
No cruel and unusual punishment
Rights of the people are not limited to the Constitution
All powers not given to the National government are reserved to the state
How do the
Bill of
Rights
affect daily
life?
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 or
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
representatives
• 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 side
of notes
• 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
• 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 Worksheet
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Congress (Senate &
House of
Representatives)
President
Supreme Court
Judges
Can impeach the
President.
Write and pass
laws.
Approves
Presidential
appointments.
Controls money.
Declares War.
Can veto acts of
Congress.
Commander of the
US military
Appoints federal
judges.
Grants reprieves and
pardons for federal
crimes
Reviews laws.
Can declare a
law
unconstitution
al.
Can declare
executive acts
unconstitution
al.
CW-Create a foldable with the 3 branches of government:
Article I: Legislative-Congress (Senate and HoR)
Article II: Executive- President, VP and Cabinet
Article III: Judicial – Supreme Court and Municipal
Courts (also judges)
SGPT-tell one major detail of each branch of gov.
AP: research 2 elected officials
in each branch that currently
hold a position and include it
in the foldable
• I Will illustrate the 3
branches of
government
• 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
• Predict how well
you are going to do
on your assessment
on your TEST DATA
TRACKING CHART
• Rank and Justify the 3
branches of government
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 year