The US Constitution

1. The US Constitution (Add your name)

2. Now What?? • Describe what happened after the Revolutionary War in no less than 3 bullets • . • . • .

3. What is the history of the Constitution? • Directions: Listen to the presentation and fill in the blanks with the most correct answers. The first document to attempt a creation of a ____________ government was ___________________. When it failed, ___ (#) delegates from each _______ met in _______________ to write a new constitution. Some of the notable people included _________________________________________. The President of the Constitutional ____________ was ________________. The “Father of the Constitution” was _____________________. The purpose of the Constitution is to ___________________________________. An interesting fact of the history of the Constitution is _______________________________________________________________.

4. Preamble ABCs • Directions: • Read the Preamble to the US Constitution. • For each box in the table, choose one significantword from the Preamble that begins with that letter and add it to the box with the corresponding letter • For letters that do not have a corresponding word in the Preamble, get creative. You could choose a word with that letter in the middle or choose a word that described the Constitution

5. Preamble ABCs– Day 2

6. Rewrite the Preamblein your own words

7. Constitutional Scavenger Hunt

8. Great Compromise • After today’s lesson, write an historical paragraph below in another color “How did the Great Compromise convince a majority of states to sign the Constitution?”

9. 3/5ths Compromise • Describe the 3/5th Compromise from 3 different points-of-view • A slaveholder from the South: • A Northerner: • A Slave

10. Articles of the ConstitutionUse this link. Play the game. Complete the table. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/branches_government.htm

11. Federalists vs. Anti-federalistsInsert text boxes into each quadrant to complete

12. Election • List the steps to becoming President

13. Election – Create a Propaganda Poster

14. Bill of RightsAdd a picture that represents each Amendment for the Bill of Rights. Each picture should have its own animation so that hitting the space bar once pulls up Amendment 1, hitting the space bar pulls up Amendment 2, etc.

15. What is the history of the Constitution? Enrichment Activity / Ben Franklin • Directions: click on the link below. • http://docsteach.org/activities/8212/detail • Click on “Start Activity.” You will be matching primary source documents and their descriptions as they describe the role Benjamin Franklin played in writing the founding documents of our country • When you are done with the activity the picture of Ben Franklin on the $100 bill will show indicating you have completed the activity. “Snip” this picture and paste it to the next slide • Then answer the question at the bottom of the slide

16. What is the history of the Constitution?Enrichment Activity / Ben Franklin • In my opinion, Benjamin Franklin’s most important contribution to America was ______________________ because _______________________________________.

17. Preamble to the ConstitutionEnrichment Activity-Preamble • Click on the following link • http://docsteach.org/activities/68/detail • Click on “Start Activity” • When done, answer the questions below: • What is the difference between the original draft and the final version? • What does this tell us about the Founding Fathers’ thinking? • What is the significance of this change?

18. Checks & BalancesEnrichment Activity • Click on the link below • http://docsteach.org/activities/7275/detail • Click on “Start Activity” • When done, fill in the blanks below • CHECKS & BALANCES MEANS: ___________________

19. Enrichment Activities • http://www.pbs.org/tpt/constitution-usa-peter-sagal/constitution-games/branches-power/