6th Grade CONSTITUTION DAY CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE WRITING
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (2012)
 Preamble
 Part 1: Basic Rights
 Articles 1-19
 Part 2: The Federation and the Landers—role of the
federal government
 Articles 20-37
 Part 3: The Bundestag (1st house of Parliament)
 Articles 38-49
 Part 4: The Bundesrat (2nd House of Parliament)
 Articles 50-53
 Part 5: The Federal President
 Articles 54-61
 Part 6: The Federal Government
 Articles 62-69
 Part 7: Federal Legislation and Legislative
Procedures
 Articles 70-82
 Part 8: The Execution of Federal Laws
 Articles 83-91
 Part 9: The Judiciary
 Articles 92-104
 Part 10: Finance
 Articles 104a-115
 Part 10a: State of Defence
 Articles 115a-115l
 Part 11: Transitional and Concluding Provisions
 Articles 116-146
The Constitution of the Russian Federation (1993)
Preamble
First Section. Main Provisions
Chapter 1. The Fundamentals of the Constitutional System (Art. 1-16)
Chapter 2. Rights and Freedoms of Man and Citizen (Art. 17-64)
Chapter 3. The Federal Structure (Art. 65-79)
Chapter 4. The President of the Russian Federation (Art. 80-93)
Chapter 5. The Federal Assembly (Art. 94-109)
Chapter 6. The Government of the Russian Federation (Art. 110-117)
Chapter 7. Judicial Power (Art. 118-129)
Chapter 8. Local Self-government (Art. 130-133)
Chapter 9. Constitutional Amendments and Review of the Constitution (Art. 134-137)
Second Section. Concluding and Transitional Provisions
United States Constitution (1992)
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Preamble
Article One: Legislative Branch
Article Two: Executive Branch
Article Three: Court System
Article Four: Relationship between Federal Government and Each State
Article Five: Process for Amending the Constitution
Article Six: Establishes the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land
Article Seven: Process for Ratifying the Original Constitution (1789)
Amendments:
 Safeguards of Liberty (1, 2, 3)
 Safeguards of Justice (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
 Unenumerated Rights and Reserved Powers (9, 10)
 Governmental Authority (11, 16, 18, 21)
 Safeguards of Civil Rights (13, 14, 15, 19, 23, 24, 26)
 Government Processes and Procedures (12, 17, 22, 25, 27)
Use the documents provided here—the Constitutions of Russia, Germany, and the United
States—to write a paragraph answering this question: How is a constitution used to create a
country’s government?
Your paragraph must have a main idea sentence (restating the question), an answer to the
question, at least 2 citations from the documents, and an explanation of how these citations
prove your answer is correct. The rubric below will be used to score your writing.
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Thoroughly
Demonstrated
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Clearly
Demonstrated
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Basically
Demonstrated
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Minimally
Demonstrated
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Not
Demonstrated
RUBRIC
Thoroughly responds to every detail of the question. Communicates clearly
each explanation Explanations are supported with highly connected details
from the text.
Clearly responds to most of the details of the question. Provides
explanations but not clearly and specifically. Ideas are loosely connected.
Responds to some of the details of the question. Provides a list of words
rather than clear explanations. Fabricated response that is not based on
passage support. Very narrow focus of the question/problem.
Responds to only a few of the details of the question. Provides minimal
explanations with unsupported or minimal details. Draws inaccurate
conclusions.
Provides only irrelevant information to the question. Indicates a
misunderstanding of the question prompt.
SS6CG4 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
SS6CG5 The student will explain the structure of modern European governments.
a. Compare the parliamentary system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (United Kingdom), the
federal system of the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany), and the federation of the Russian Federation (Russia),
distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.