Resource: Social Studies Workbook p 306-313

Have extra time?: Create a comic strip showing a character using a right in everyday life.
Learning Target: Understand how the Constitution protects citizens’ rights.

Resource: Preamble to US Constitution poster above

Have extra time?: Create a superhero name for the Constitution and design a logo that represents its powers!
Learning Target: Understand the purpose of the Constitution.

1. Which branch includes the president?

2. What two chambers make up the legislative branch? How many members are in each?

3. Give an example of a way that one branch can limit the power of another.

Resource: Social Studies Workbook p 289-296 and article above
Have extra time?: Create a “Government Super Team” poster showing how each branch works together to protect citizens.
Learning Target: Recognize the structure of the Constitution.

1. How many of the existing amendments to the Constitution were proposed at a national convention?

2. For Congress to propose an amendment, what fraction of the members of the Senate and House of

Representatives must vote to propose it?

3. According to the diagram, what are legislatures?

4. For an amendment to get ratified by state legislatures today, legislatures in at least how many states

would need to approve it?

5. Do you think amending the Constitution is too easy, too difficult, or just right? Explain.

Resource: article above and Social Studies workbook

Have extra time?: Invent a new amendment you think should be added to the Constitution and explain why.
Learning Target: Understand how the Constitution can be changed.

Have extra time? Draw a cartoon showing how the Constitution helps someone in real life.
Learning Target: Connect the Constitution to real life.

2. the senate and the representatives and the senate has 100 members, and the representatives have 435.

3. The president can decide if the law stays or not.

Adalyn Kellner

2 Seante has 100 and house of representatives has 435.

3 One branch could make a law, if the other branch does not agree and has more power they could get rid of the law.

2 Senate with 100 members and the house of representatives with 435 members.

3 the branch limits the power of anther because the Supreme Court decides whether a law meets the standards set

by the Constitution.

2. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

3. THE LEGISLATIVE CAN LIMIY THE POWER OF THE OTHER TWO BRAANCHES BECAUSE THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH HAS MORE POWER.

   THISS WAS BY SOFIA

2.The senate must propose two -thirds and the house of representatives must propose two-thirds.

3. Legislatures are a lawmaking group

4. Legislatures had to at least get 30 out of 50 to get approval.

5. I think that amending the constitution is hard.

Adalyn Kellner

2. The senate must propose two-thirds, and the house of representatives must propose two-thirds.

3. Legislatures are a lawmaking group.

4.Legislatures had too at least get 30 out of 50 to get approval.

5. I think that amending the constitution is hard.

Adalyn Kellner

2.Senate with 100 members, House of representatives with 435 members.

3.Article lll places judicial power in the supreme court and lower federal courts, tasking with making laws, division prevents power within any branch or executive branch. -Zachary S

2. the senate represents 100 members of in the senate there was 435 members

3. congress can pass the law but the government has to approve of it

2.38 out of 50

3.they are like votes but at the same time aren't votes

4.thirty-eight sates

5.right because to people it shouldn't be that easy to get in that easily

2 Senate has two-thirds and House of representatives has two thirds.

3 Legislatures are law making groups.

4 38-50 states for an amendment to get ratified.

5 Just right because it balances everything that we need important.

2. the senate must propose two-thirds, and the house of representatives must propose two-thirds.

3. legislatures are a lawmaking group

4. legislatures had too at least get 30 out of 50 to get approval

5. I think that amending the constitution is hard.

   ale talbott

2.(38 of 50)

3.The lawmaking group

4.Three-fourths

5.It's too difficult because there's a lot of steps and it is hard to understand what to do.

-Zachary S