Warm Up What is the Constitution? What is the Declaration of Independence?

The Constitution US Government Mullin

Topics Articles Formal Amendment Informal Procedures Bill of Rights

articles Regarding the Constitution, the articles are the seven numbered sections into which it is divided.

Article I Legislative branch CONGRESSS 2 Houses House of Representatives Senate CREATE LAWS

Article II Executive branch THE PRESIDENT SIGNS BILLS INTO LAWS Cabinent

Article III Judicial branch-Supreme Court Interpreting the law---is the law constitutional or not?

Article IV Relations among the States-outlines that there is national law and state law. State laws can be UNIQUE. But all states must follow NATIONAL law.

Article V Amending the Constitution-how to add or take away laws.

Article VI National debts, supremacy of national law, and oaths of office

Article VII Ratifying the Constitution

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= yYEfLm5dLMQ

Activity Complete the Student Rights Graphic Organizer Complete the Constitution comic strip. You will need to RESEARCH the answers. Due EOC.

Warm Up What does “separation of powers” mean? What does “checks and balances” mean?

Six Basic Principles of the Constitution Popular sovereignty Limited government Separation of powers Checks and balances Judicial review Federalism

Veto Meaning -- to reject The Congress (legislative branch) can make laws, but the President may veto any act of Congress. Congress, in turn, can override a presidential veto by a two-thirds vote in each house.

Judicial Review Power of the courts to determine whether the actions of government are in accordance with the Constitution. Specifically, it is the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action.

Unconstitutional To declare and action illegal, null, and void, of no force and effect – a governmental action found to violate some provision in the Constitution.

Amendment Change the written words of the Constitution. (Article V)

Constitution Simulation Complete Part 1

Warm Up What is an Amendment? What is the Executive Branch? What is the Legislative Branch? What is the Judicial Branch?

Formal Amendment Method to change or add to the written language of the Constitution. The changes or additions become part of the Constitution.

First Method An amendment proposed by two- thirds vote in each house of Congress and then ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures. (Twenty-six of the 27 amendments were adopted in this manner.)

Second Method An amendment proposed by Congress and then ratified by specially-called conventions in three-fourths of the States. Only the 21st Amendment was adopted in the way (1933).

Third Method An amendment proposed by a national convention, called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the State legislatures (34 of the 50 today).

Bill of Rights First ten amendments to the Constitution. (1791) These amendments set out guarantees of freedom of belief and expression, of freedom and security of the person, and of fair and equal treatment before the law. Bill of Rights

Complete Outline Research and fill in the blanks for the “Road to Change: From the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution”. Due as HW.

Warm Up Define political ideology. Provide an example and define it.

Warm Up What does it mean to be liberal? What does it mean to be conservative?

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 06A1PSCS9XY

Activity Complete surveys and ideological statements For the surveys, you need to complete two. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/vote 2012/quiz/ http://www.people- press.org/quiz/political-typology/ Complete political ideology graphic organizer-define terms. DUE EOC.