1. Being a Kid RULES!!
I want you to come up with two powers and downfall of being a kid.
I want you to compare your experience now to what it will be like when you get my age or older. You will be surprised by how many checks and balances you have at your age

2. Plan of action for today
Dissect the Checks and balances of our government
Look at the Bill of Rights
Check out an extra credit opportunity

3. Check the Checks
On page 76 I want you to turn your notebook horizontally
You will set up the chart the way I set it up on the next slide
We will breakdown the checks and balances of the three branches of government
I want you to draw what you think of each branch on the sides and middle when you finish getting down the chart

4. Checks and Balances Executive Branch President/Governor Can declare
Actions
Unconst-
tutional
Can
Veto Bills
Override a veto
and Impeach
Appoints
Judges
Legislative Branch
Congress/Georgia General Assembly
Judicial Branch
Supreme Court
Can declare laws
unconstitutional
Can confirm or
Reject judges

5. U.S. Bill of Rights The first ten amendments to the US constitution
A list of rights and freedoms found in both the Georgia and US constitution
Really was initiated by the Intolerable acts
Lists the rights of every free American

6. Bill of Rights list Freedom of Religion, Press and Speech
Bear Arms (have guns)
No quartering act
No unreasonable searches
Fair and legal Trial
Speedy Trial
Right to a trial by jury
No cruel and unusual punishment
Have rights not listed in constitution
Power that is not in the constitution belongs to the states and people

7. GA B.O.R. differences Paragraph 1: Life, liberty, and Property
Paragraph 3: Worship God like they want
Paragraph 11: Can’t use banishment or whipping as a crime
Paragraph 28: Fishing and hunting will be preserved in Georgia

8. Extra Credit Rights
I want you to write a historical fiction narrative about a potential signer of the three major documents
Show how your thoughts evolved after you signed the declaration of independence, then Articles of Confederation and lastly the Constitution