Day 1 – Structure and Principles of the Constitution Constitution Week Day 1 – Structure and Principles of the Constitution

Constitution Week – Day 1 Pick 5 pieces of the color paper off the back shelf. Make a 10 Page (including cover) Foldable This will be where all of your notes will be kept for the week. At the end of the week this will count as a grade.

Foldable Step 1 Each students gets 5 sheets of paper Stagger each sheet of paper about ¼ of an inch See example on next slide

See how the pages are staggered – each line is a new page laying over the next.

Foldable Step 2 Fold the pages over on each other so that you end up with 10 staggered pages in your foldable. See example on next slide

Foldable Step 3 Step 3 Finished Product Teacher will staple your foldable when you are ready

Foldable Step 4 - Labeling Cover – “Constitution Week” Tab 1 – America’s Mottos Tab 2 – Miranda v. Arizona / Miranda Rights Tab 3 – Federalism/Checks and Balances/Separation of Powers Tab 4 – Preamble / Article 1 – Legislative Branch Tab 5 – Article 2 – Executive Branch / Article 3 – Judicial Branch Tab 6 – Article 5 – Amendment Process / Article 6 – National Supremacy Tab 7 – Founding Fathers Tab 8 – American Values / Dec. of Independence Tab 9 – Bill of Rights

NOW TO BEGIN

Structure of the Constitution Take out your Constitution Week foldable you created yesterday. Under TAB 1, write the U.S. Motto (if you know it) NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES ALLOWED!!! Take out a U.S. coin. Take out any U.S. dollar bill (a $1 or $5, or $10, etc.) Do you see the U.S. Motto It’s “IN GOD WE TRUST”

Structure of the Constitution TAB 2 Miranda Rights were created in 1966 as a result of the United States Supreme Court case of Miranda v. Arizona. Miranda rights do not go into effect until after an arrest is made.

Warm-Up - try to answer without smartphones first Who is the President of the United States of America? ____________________ Who is the Vice President? _______________________________ What are the three branches of our government? ________________________, __________________________ and ___________________________ What five rights are protected in the first amendment to the Constitution? ______________________, ______________________, ______________________, ______________________ and ___________________ How many states are there in the United States? _________________ What are the two branches of our Congress? ____________________________ and ___________________________ Which city is our nation’s capital? _________________________________ How old do U.S. citizens have to be before they can vote? _____________ Which two presidents have been impeached (although neither one was found guilty or removed from office)? ______________________________ and __________________________

Structure of the Constitution TAB 3 at the top – Contains several methods for limiting the growth of government power Divide the page into 3 even sections Federalism – The power of government is separated between the national and state levels – each having powers that the other does not. Checks and Balances – Each branch of government has some power to act on or limit the others (like a veto or impeachment). Separation of Powers – Each branch has unique powers that the other does not (Legislative branch can coin money).

Structure of the Constitution Tab 4 – Divide page into 2 even sections Preamble – Lays out the purposes for the Constitution and establishes the people as the source of government power – Popular Sovereignty (We The People…) Article 1 – Creates a bicameral legislature (2 chambers) – the House of Representatives and Senate. House has 435 members and is based on population Senate has 2 members per state (100 total currently) The most powerful of the branches

Structure of the Constitution Tab 5 – Divide page Into 2 even sections Article 2 – Establishes the president as an individual person who serves a 4 year term and creates the Electoral College to select the president. President is given the authority to enforce the laws and lists other powers. Article 3 – Creates the Supreme Court and lower courts of the judicial branch. Judges are appointed by the president with approval of the Senate for life terms. Final say on what the meaning of the Constitution and national laws is.

Structure of the Constitution Tab 6 – Divide page into 2; making one side larger than the other Article 5 – Amendment Process (See next slide) Article 6 – Supremacy Clause – Constitution, Amendments, all national laws, and treaties are supreme over state laws.

Amendment Process

Founding Fathers John Adams (2nd President…was a grammar school teacher…first to live in White House) Thomas Jefferson (wrote the Declaration of Independence…3rd President…fluent in 5 languages) Benjamin Franklin (oldest signer of Declaration of Independence…Ambassador to France during Revolution) Alexander Hamilton (1st Treasury Secretary…died in a dual) John Jay (1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) James Madison (wrote the 1st Constitution…4th President) George Washington (1st President…never went to college)

American Values / Dec. of Independence Declaration of Independence (DoI) signed by 56 men none were born in America Ratified on July 2 Signed on July 4 America had been at war for almost a year already Listed 13 reasons that the colonies wanted to be free A committee of 5 men wrote the DoI Thomas Jefferson John Adams Roger Sherman Robert Livingston Benjamin Franklin

American Values / Dec. of Independence Life Liberty Pursuit of Happiness