Ticket
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Complete the Quick Check on the
Preamble.
Keep your Preamble Scramble in
your notebook (page 4)
Then begin the following warm-up
on page 6 in your notebook:
Rewrite the Preamble in your own
words
No CHECKPOINTS or TIC
TAC TOE will be accepted
after Thursday
Part 2:
The 7 Articles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYETfIwu7D4
1.
Essential Questions
Identify how the Constitution
establishes the structure of US
government in the 7 Articles.
 Work
with your 3:00 partner and
complete the 10 questions on the
Constitutional Convention.
 Read
pages 55-59 in the Civics Today
textbook.
 1. Get
a Civics Textbook
 2. Have
out your worksheet on the
Constitutional Convention and 7 Articles
Outline the Virginia Plan
3 Branches ( __________________,
legislative
 ___
executive _________________)
judicial
_____________,
2 houses
 Legislature would have ____
States represented by
population
____________________________
large states would have ___________
more
 _____
small
votes than _____________
states
1.
 2.
Outline the New Jersey Plan
3
 ___ branches
one
 Legislature would have _______
house
one
 Each state would get _____
vote
Agreement that combined ideas from both
plans 3 branches of govt
 Legislature will have 2 houses
 Senate with equal representation (2)
 House of Representative with representation based on
population
4. Why did the South want to count the
slaves as part of the population?
 It would add to their populating and give
them more seats in the House
5. Explain the 3/5ths Compromise.
 For every 5 slaves- it would count as 3
people toward the population
6. The delegates disagreed over Howe to
elect the president. What was the solution
called?
 Electoral College
 Ratification
is to gain approval or
acceptance (9 of the 13 states)
A
list of rights the people would have=
Bill of Rights
 8. Supporters
of the Constitution are
called
• Federalists
 9. People
who opposed the Constitution
are called Anti –Federalists
 10. What
was needed in order to get the
new constitution ratified?
 Bill of Rights
 Work
with your 6:00 partner and
complete the 15 questions on the Articles
in the Constitution.
 Read
pages 83-85 in the Civics Today
textbook.
1. Article I creates the Legislative Branch.
2. Congress is made up of two houses, the
Senate and the House of
Representatives.
3. The main job of Congress is to make
laws.
4. Article I describes how the members of
each house will be chosen.
5. Article II provides for an executive
whose job is to enforce laws.
6. The Executive Branch is headed by
a president and vice president.
7. Article III creates the Judicial Branch.
8. The Judicial Branch interprets laws.
9. Article III calls for one Supreme Court
and lower courts_.
10. The states are the focus of Article IV.
11. Article IV explains the process of
creating new states and promises that the
federal government will protect and
defend the states_.
12. Article V establishes
a way to amend the
Constitution.
13. Article VI declares that the
Constitution is the “Supreme Law
of the Land.
14. If there is a conflict between
federal law and state law, the
federal law wins.
 15. Article VII
explains how the
Constitution will be
ratified.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJXhXGE2CR0&safety_mode=true&persi
st_safety_mode=1&safe=active
1)
On the notes side of your notebook
page, create a Bubble Map that includes
each of the 7 Articles with a picture
2)
Write a conclusion on your notes.
3)
Do you need to finish the Preamble
Scramble or the Vocab Crossword?
Article
I
Article
VII
Article
II
Article
VI
Article
III
Article
V
Article
IV
If your score is 80% or higher
You have a choice to write out test
corrections
If your score less than 80%
You have to take the retake
OR you can write out test corrections to
earn more points
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