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Learning the Amendments

Explore the principles and structure of the Constitution through engaging videos that cover the Bill of Rights, the three branches of government, and the 6 major principles. Learn about popular sovereignty, federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and limited government.

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Learning the Amendments

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  1. Learning the Amendments

  2. Bill of Rights Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx5d3haRG7M&feature=related • Andy Griffith 4:03 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHp7sMqPL0g&feature=related • School House Rock 3:01 min

  3. Amendments Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlt6R1KD4E0 • Bill of Rights Rap • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXopINJmxkE&feature=related • Bill of Rights explained (10 min)

  4. Unit 3Chapter 3, Section 1 Structure and Principles Mr. Young Government

  5. Essential Question • How have the length of the Constitution and the 6 major principles helped it to survive for more than 220 years?

  6. I CAN: • Explain the 7 articles of the Constitution • Describe and Analyze the 6 major principles of the Constitution

  7. Structure and Principles • The Constitution established a republic, power held by voting citizens through their elected representatives • The success of this system depends on an informed, participating citizenry • Helps to both grant and limit government power

  8. Citizen Participation • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KdMAip3twM • 1:02 min • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pfr_1C0aZs • 1:03 min (better)

  9. Structure • US Constitution is simple and brief (7,000 words) • Does not spell out every word but leaves it for future generations to interpret • Divided into three parts • Preamble • Articles (7) • Amendments (27)

  10. Structure of the Constitution • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPY0AMHRlxI&feature=related • (3:21 min) • http://www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government;jsessionid=DDA9D04EBF085244B76A80B48B180407 • HippoCampus Video: Structure of the Constitution

  11. Preamble • Introduction and states reason for writing • Wanted government to provide stability and order, protect citizens’ liberties, and serve the people

  12. Preamble Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NVVjIriFeE&feature=fvwrel • Principles of the Constitution Series (9 min)

  13. Articles Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3aaeWma0FQ&feature=relmfu • 1:06 min

  14. Article 1 • Establishes legislative branch • Also procedures for making laws, lists types of laws Congress may pass, and specify powers that Congress does not have

  15. Article 2 • Creates executive branch, carry out laws passed by Congress • Power vested in the President • Detail powers and duties of President, describe qualifications of office and procedures for electing, and provide for vice-president

  16. Article 3 • Supreme court as head of judicial branch • Outlines supreme court jurisdiction, or authority to rule on cases

  17. Three Branches of Government • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPNeviHf464 • Facts of Congress (1 min) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5M50xBz1cU&feature=related • School House Rock video

  18. Article 4 • Explains relationship of the states to one another and to national government • Each state must give citizens of other states same treatment • National government will protect states against invasion or domestic violence

  19. Article 5, 6, and 7 • Article 5-Spells out ways Constitution can be amended or changed • Article 6- Contains supremacy clause, establishing that the Constitution, laws passed by Congress, and treaties of US “shall be the supreme Law of the Land” • Article 7- Addresses ratification of Constitution (9 of 13 states)

  20. Supremacy Clause Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzN9tKTcB_8&feature=relmfu • 2:50 min

  21. Amendments • Means change to Constitution • There are 27 amendments that have helped the Constitution change over time

  22. Major Principles • These 6 principles help to influence the character of American Government • Popular Sovereignty • Federalism • Separation of Powers • Checks and Balances • Judicial Review • Limited government

  23. 6 major Principles Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgh1jDv9b5w • http://www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government;jsessionid=DDA9D04EBF085244B76A80B48B180407 • HippoCampus Videos: Constitutional Principles

  24. Popular Sovereignty Rule by the People Authority for government flows from the people and consent of the governed

  25. Federalism • Power divided between states and national government • Represented a middle ground-forge a union but limit central government • National government has the power to act for country as a whole, states have power over many local matters

  26. Federalism Videos • http://www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government;jsessionid=DDA9D04EBF085244B76A80B48B180407 • HippoCampus Video: Defining Federalism

  27. Separation of Powers • Each branch has its own responsibilities to help one branch from taking over

  28. James Madison Separation of Powers • “But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others….Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place….If men were angels no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external or internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed: and in the next place, oblige to control itself.”

  29. Separation of Powers • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5TdkYrcZCg • 3:02 min (separation of powers visual)

  30. Checks and Balances • Each branch of government exercises some control over the others • A check is a control one branch has over another’s functions creating a balance of power • Veto- rejecting legislature

  31. 3 Branches Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCB8EOY5d48&feature=related • 3 Branches Rap (3:30 min) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=aO1zrnR6q7g&feature=endscreen • Facts of Congress: Checks and balances

  32. Judicial Review • Power of courts to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national govtinvalid • Acts against the Constitution must be illegal • MarburyvsMadison established the judicial review precedent • Supreme court decision may only be changed by Amendment or supreme court changes its views

  33. Marybury v. Madison • http://www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government;jsessionid=DDA9D04EBF085244B76A80B48B180407 • HippoCampusMarybury v Madison

  34. Judicial Review • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH67Q17y-NY • 2:50 min • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TVkeRUvX_U&feature=related • 3:33 min (very good MvM video)

  35. Limited Government • Constitution limits the actions of government by specifically listing powers it does and does not have

  36. Limited Government Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPrZsrSmrAc • 9 min

  37. Essential Question • How have the length of the Constitution and the 6 major principles helped it to survive for more than 220 years?

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