Quiz Time!
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Presidents, Dates, and U.S. Physical Map
28) Name for a plan of government
29) Government for the entire nation (3 options)
30) Rights that cannot be taken away (2 options)
Bonus: the 3 rights that cannot be taken away
Warm-Up (5)
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What is the job of our government? Do they do a
good job?
Speed Skills Challenge
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Magic Number: 17
Time: 4 minutes
Celebrate the birth
of his Excellency,
Supreme Leader
Haughton on March
9th
Class Mottos
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Who are we? Diamonds!
Class Mottos
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“Swing your machete!”
THE PREAMBLE OF THE
CONSTITUTION pg. 15
Unit 5: Principles of the U.S. Constitution
Today’s Objective
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Team Haughton’s 2020 Diamonds will be able to:
 8.15:
Analyze the 6 purposes of the government as
explained by the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution
The Preamble
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The introduction to the Constitution
Lists the six purposes (jobs) of the government
Provides the vision/goal of the government
We the People of the United States,
in Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice,
ensure domestic Tranquility (peace),
provide for the common defense,
promote general Welfare (help
everyone)
and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our
Posterity (future),
do ordain and establish (create) this Constitution for the
United States of America.
Class Discussion
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What are the six purposes of the government?
How does our government fulfill (act on) each one?
Independent Practice (10)
Answer the following questions completely.
1)
What are the six purposes of government?
2)
What are some specific ways that the government fulfills
each of its six purposes?
3)
Which of the six purposes is the most important? Why?
4)
Which of the six purposes does our government do the
best/worst?
5)
What advice would you give President Obama, the U.S.
Congress, and the Supreme Court in order to be more
effective in fulfilling the six purposes of government?
Lifework (2)
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Complete the Preamble assignment