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Government Unit 2

Overview

 

The Constitution

Weeks 4-6

Focus Questions

A. How and why was compromise necessary in the drafting of our constitution? 

 

B. What are the six purposes of government as outlined in the preamble to the   constitution? How do these impact our lives today?

 

C. What are the six basic principles of the U.S. Constitutional government?  Why are they important?

 

D. How is the Constitution organized?

 

E.  What is the significance of the Bill of Rights?

 

Vocabulary

A                                                                    B.

Virginia Plan                                                    Form a more perfect union

New Jersey Plan                                              Establish justice

Connecticut Compromise                                 insure domestic tranquility

Three Fifths Compromise                                 Provide for the common def.

Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise         Promote the general welfare

Federalists                                                        Secure the blessings of liberty

Anti-Federalists

The Federalist

 

C.                                                                        D.

Popular Sovereignty                                            establishment clause

Limited government                                             free exercise clause

Separation of powers                                          exclusionary rule

Federalism                                                          habeas corpus

Judicial Review                                                   due process

Checks and Balances                                          eminent domain

formal amendments                                             probable cause

expressed powers                                              reasonable suspicion

implied powers                                                   procedural due process

necessary and proper clause                               substantive due process

necessary and expedient clause                           Marbury v. Madison

supremacy clause                                                McCulough v. Maryland

 

 

 

 

Activities

Warm up p. 40 Bellringer

Warm up “School House Rock” We the People… list purposes of gov.

Warm up P.50 Drawing conclusions (Constitutional Convention)

Warm up P. 64 court case on constitutionality of death penalty (Judicial Branch)

Warm up P. 87 (Federalism) South Dakota V. Dole

Federalist Papers activities 1 and 2

Constitution search

Mini- lessons on Bill of Rights court cases

 

Web Activities

http://www.quia.com/rr/42902.html        

http://www.quia.com/cb/23929.html       Constitution Jeopardy

http://www.quia.com/jg/350955.html  27 amendments flash cards

http://www.quia.com/tq/265778.html   chapters 1-4 review quiz

 

http://www.quia.com/fc/335125.html   Bill of Rights flash cards

 

Readings

PP. 40-49

PP. 54-59

PP. 65-67

 

Essay

Choose from the outline questions