1. Constitution Day Word Sort Ideas for use: pre- writing, post- viewing/reading, discussion points, interactive review games Add to or delete words as appropriate for the grade level

2. Constitutional Convention 12 States Philadelphia 55 Delegates Secret Debate 1787

3. PresidentVice President Commander in Chief Chief Executive Executive Department Cabinet

4. Enforces the law Appointment Power Veto Power Power to negotiate Treaties and Alliances Judicial Branch Judicial Review

5. JudgesU.S. Court of Appeals Justices Supreme Court Interprets the law Supreme law of the land

6. Legislative BranchCongress U.S. Senate Bicameral U.S. House of Representatives Representative Government

7. Power to make lawsPower to tax Power to print national currency Power to create an Army and Navy Power to make war Executive Branch

8. PreambleCompromise Federalists Ratification Anti-Federalists Archives

9. Federalist PapersConstitution “I smell a rat!” Separation of Powers Checks and Balances impeachment

10. Limited Government Term limits Life time appointments Amendments Approval power 27

11. Bill of RightsCivil WarAmendments Jury Trial Press Individual Freedoms Religion

12. AssemblySpeech Reserved Powers suffrage Due Process Federalism

13. Popular SovereigntyRepublic George Washington Alexander Hamilton Ben Franklin James Madison

14. Patrick HenryGeorge Mason Edmund Randolph John Jay Gouverneur Morris Framers