Social Studies Unit One Lesson 2 The Constitution

Civics Standards Covered in This Lesson Students will learn about the constitutional separation of powers.

What you will learn from this lesson. The constitution states that the government has three jobs. That is why our government has three branches: The Legislative Branch The Executive Branch The Judicial Branch

The Constitution This is our book of rules that tells our government how it is supposed to do its work.

The Legislative Branch This branch makes the rules or laws for the United States government. This branch is called Congress.

Congress Congress has two groups: –The U. S. Senate –The U. S. House of Representatives These two groups work together to make our laws.

The Executive Branch This branch make sure that the government performs its jobs according to the laws that Congress makes. The leader of this branch is the president. The president also commands the army, navy, and air force, and meets with leaders of other countries.

The Judicial Branch This branch contains the courts. The courts decide how to: –Punish people who do not obey the laws. –Settle arguments that people cannot settle themselves.

Legislative creates laws –House –senate Executive approves laws –President –advisors Judicial enforces laws Students brainstorm what they think would be an important law

What we learned from this lesson. The constitution divided our government into three branches to handle three different jobs. The Legislative Branch The Executive Branch The Judicial Branch

The Legislative Branch This branch makes the rules or laws for the United States government. This branch is called Congress.

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