https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553 A journey through time to discover how the U.S. and Tennessee Constitutions were formed. en-us 2016-10-27 14:37:52 UTC 2025-10-05 00:05:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133653141 Welcome!  Today, we are going to take a journey through time!
In order to complete this activity, answer each question by following the links. Use one sheet of notebook paper to record your answers.  Make sure to number your paper and put your name at the top. When you complete this activity, place it in the turn-in basket.]]> 2016-10-27 15:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133653141 kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133653173 2.23 Compare the branches of Tennessee’s government to the national government.
2.24 With guidance and support, read how government systems were laid out in the Constitution of the United States and the Tennessee Constitution to form three balanced branches with checks and balances. ]]> 2016-10-27 15:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133653173 kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133701070 1. What is the highest form of law in the United States?

2. What does the Constitution create?]]> 2016-10-27 17:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133701070 kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133703815 3. When did the Constitutional Convention take place?

4. The primary aim of the Constitution was to _________ a government that was powerful enough to run the country, but not _______ on people's or states' rights.]]> 2016-10-27 17:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133703815 kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133705046 Watch the BrainPop movie and answer the following questions.
5. Define popular sovereignty. 

6. Name the three branches of government.

]]> 2016-10-27 17:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133705046 kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133709051 12. Define amendments.

13. TRUE or FALSE: It is easy to pass amendments.]]> 2016-10-27 17:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133709051 kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133710054 7. Identify the head Executive Branch of Government.

8. _______________ heads the Legislative Branch.

9. Who heads the Judicial Branch?]]> 2016-10-27 17:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133710054 kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133711192 10. The three branches of government were created so that no one _______________ would become more powerful than the others.

11. Identify one example of the checks and balances system.]]> 2016-10-27 17:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133711192 kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133712468 There was actually a Constitution before our Constitution! It was called the Articles of Confederation.  Read about it and answer these questions.

14. Explain one reason why the Articles of Confederation did not work.

15. Invent: if you had been a Founding Father, what would you have changed about the Articles of Confederation?]]> 2016-10-27 17:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133712468 kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133716118 16. Name the branches of Tennessee's government.

17. What does the Legislative branch do?

18. Who is the head of Tennessee's Executive branch?

19. The Judicial Branch __________ the law.]]> 2016-10-27 17:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133716118 kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133717906 20. Infer: "If you've learned one, then you pretty much have learned about both of them." After seeing this quote, how does this quote relate to the Tennessee and U.S. Constitution. Does this mean they are very similar or very different? Explain.


21. Compare and contrast the head of the executive branch in both the United States Constitution and the Tennessee Constitution.  Is it the same person? Or are the people different?]]> 2016-10-27 17:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133717906 kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133723095 22. If you had been a Founding Father, what is one law you would have included in the Constitution?

23. After learning about both the U.S. and Tennessee Constitution, create your own constitution for our classroom!  Make sure to write at least 4 complete sentences.]]> 2016-10-27 18:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133723095 kara_dodd95 https://padlet.com/kara_dodd95/rxmqnvn1u553/wish/133802593 1. The Constitution
2. The branches of government
3. May 1787
4. Create; impose 
5. What the people want
6. Executive, Legislative, Judicial
7. The President
8. Congress
9. The Supreme Court
10. branch
11. The President can veto a law
12. Additions or changes to the original text
13. False
14. Answers will vary
15. Answers will vary
16. Executive, Legislative, Judicial
17. Congress
18. Governor
19. interprets
20. They are very similar.
21. The head of the Executive Branch for the U.S. is the President.  The head for Tennessee's Executive Branch is the Governor.
22. Answers will vary
23. Answers will vary

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