Day 1 – Structure and Principles of the Constitution

  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. Constitution Week – Day 1

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

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

  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 2

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

  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 Foldable Step 4 - Labeling

  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. Structure of the Constitution

 Amendment Process