1. The Constitution

2. Purpose of a Constitution
Show what people in that country believe
Explain how the government will work and what powers the government will have
Provide the law

3. Highest Law
The laws in the constitution beat all other laws

4. Preamble Part of the constitution
Tells what the goals for the country are

5. Framework Tells how the government will work
Will have a president? Or a King?
Will have courts?
Will have congress?
All this information in the framework

6. Can Constitutions be changed or added to?
Yes
Constitutions are incomplete
Constitutions cannot tell everything about the government
Laws can be added
Changes can be made

7. Do all governments have a constitution?
YES!
BUT….
Not all constitutions are written down

8. A constitution makes the government and gives the plan for the government