1. Think of sports teams and identify the role each player fills.
Bellringer:
Think of sports teams and identify the role each player fills.
How are the different branches of government like the different positions on a team?

2. Chapter – 8 The Constitution
Lesson – 2
Government and the People
page 212

3. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONGUIDING
How do new ideas change the way people live?

4. Terms to Know
Judicial Review - Allows the Supreme Court to look at the actions of the other two branches and decide if the Constitution allows those actions.

5. Terms to Know
Due Process - Rules and processes the government must follow before it takes a person's life, liberty, or property.

6. Terms to Know
Equal Protection - The right of all people to be treated equally under the law.

7. Terms to Know
Naturalization - The process of becoming a citizen of ano.ther country

8. AVID Pre-Reading Surveying the Text What is the text? (Visuals)
Organizational Signals
Titles, subtitles and sections
Predicting the Main Idea
make predictions about the main idea

9. GUIDING QUESTIONS
1. What are the three branches of government? 2. What are the rights and elements of participation of American citizens?

10. Read: Constitution, Article I Constitution, Article II
Constitution, Article III
Defines:
Headed by:
Made up of: A) B)
Powers:

11. Answer the following Guiding Questions:
Explain how our freedoms help people become more effective and knowledgeable citizens.