1. The United States
Constitution
Part 2:
The 7 Articles

2. Complete the Preview Questions on Your own.
Preview Activity
Complete the Preview Questions on Your own.

3. Follow along and fill in your
Testable
Information
Follow along and fill in your
Interactive notebook.

4. After the Preamble, there are __ Articles that create and explain the government of the United States 7

5. ______________________
This is the main reason the Constitution was written – to create
______________________
a strong national
government

6. Article 1 = _____________ - __________ the laws
legislative branch
makes
executive branch
carries out
judicial branch
interprets

7. 1 L M 2 E C 3 J I

8. Article 4 = relationships among the _______
Article 5 = how the Constitution can be
_________/ changed
states
amended

9. Article 6 = __________supremacy
Article 7 = How the Constitution will be
_______/approved
national
ratified

10. Once the Constitution was ______________(approved), amendments were added. Today, the Constitution of the United States of America , including the Bill of Rights
ratified

11. The U.S. Constitution:
Today, the Constitution of the United states of America has a total of ___ amendments. 27

12. The U.S. Constitution:
The first ten amendments are called the___________.
Bill of Rights

13. The U.S. Constitution:
Although some amendments give rights to the _______, they also limit the powers of ___________.
citizens
government

14. Fun videos to play if time allows
Constitution Style – Rap
We the People - Constitution Song
School House Rock Preamble – Hip Hop Remix

15. Answer the Processing Activity Questions on Your Own.