1. The Preamble (to the Constitution)

2. What to do:
Solve the preamble license plate puzzle (write the answer on the back of your vocab sheet)
We’ll correct puzzle and vocab in a bit…

3. Preamble

4. The Preamble: COPY ONTO YOUR PAPER EXACTLY (add to and/or fix your first version!): 
We the people of the United States
In order to form a more perfect union
Establish justice
Insure domestic tranquility
Provide for the common defense
Promote the general welfare
And secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

5. Preamble Dictionary: write these answers, including the unscrambled answers, onto your Preamble Vocab sheet:
Union: A number of persons, states or nations joined together for a common purpose
Justice: Fairness
Domestic: Of the home or family
Tranquility: Calm, peaceful
Common Defense: A military shared by a group of people
Welfare: Health, happiness, prosperity
Liberty: Freedom
Posterity: Future generations
Ordain: To decree, enact or proclaim

6. Now that you’ve solved the puzzle, rewrite the preamble in YOUR own words (on the back of your puzzle); your Preamble Dictionary will help. Coordinate your answers to the following #s: 
1. We the people of the United States = We, the citizens of America
2. In order to form a more perfect union =
3. Establish justice =
4. Insure domestic tranquility =
5. Provide for the common defense =
6. Promote the general welfare =
7. And secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity =
8. Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America =

7. Answers to Preamble Breakdown:
We, the citizens of America
Want the United States to have better system of government than it had under the AOC
We want the government to treat all Americans fairly
We want life to be peaceful in all states/homes
We want the United States to be able to defend itself against enemies
We want to enjoy good living conditions
We want Americans to be free and to pass that freedom on to Americans who will live in the future
Do enact this document for the people of the USA

8. Now that you know the meaning of the Preamble….
Let’s learn the song!