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Mr. Goto

Senior Government

Topic: THE CONSTITUTION

Unit Lesson #1 – Six Basic Principles of the Constitution (Wed. 2/11/04)

State Standard:

2SS-P2. Analyze the historical sources and ideals of the structure of the United States government.

Objectives and Expectations for Learning:

Students will understand and define the six basic principles of the U.S. Constitution: Popular Sovereignty, Limited Government, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Judicial Review, and Federalism.

Anticipatory Set:

Students will answer the question on the board asking them to think as if they were to create their own Constitution.

What are three principles or ideas that you would base your laws and structure on if you were to write your own Constitution?

Direct Instruction:

Instruction will begin by reviewing information from the previous chapter about the early foundations and influences of our Government. After reviewing that information as well as the purposes of our Government, the students will introduce themselves to the Six Basic Principles of the Constitution through a worksheet requiring them to define each principle as well as link it with a phrases that describe its purpose in our government.

Guided Practice:

As the students work, the teacher will walk around the room checking answers and answering questions.

As students write down answers on the board, the teacher can modify or add to their answers to provide the class with more information.

Closure:

For the final activity of the day, the students will pair up with another student and create four test questions that they could possibly see in the Unit Test over the day's covered material.

Reminder: Current Events Due Thursday, 2/12, TOMORROW

Summative Assessment:

Students will hand in worksheets and questions for credit.

ACTIVITY: BOARD QUESTION: What are three principles or ideas that you would base your laws and structure on if you were to write your own Constitution?

I. Current Events Due Tomorrow

Will Go Over Chapter 2Tests by the end of this week

II. Early Government - Review

What did we want in a Government?

Characteristics (Limited, Ordered, Representative)

What do each of these mean?

What are some documents that influenced early Govt.?

Influences (Magna Carta, Petition of Rigth, Hammurabi)

What were some reasons we even created a Govt.?

Purposes (The Preamble)

III. The Constitution

Six Basic Principles

HAND OUT WORKSHEET, WORK IN GROUPS

CREATE SPACE ON THE BOARD TO DEFINE EACH ONE

Popular Sovereignty

-People are the only source of govt.

-Govt. must be conducted with the consent of the governed

Limited Government (Rule of Law)

-Govt. not all powerful, rights given by the people

-Limited in what it can do and individuals have guaranteed rights

Rule of Law- Govt. officials are subject to, never above, the law

Can the President do whatever he wants?

What restricts his powers?

Separation of Powers

-Division of powers between three branches

What are the three branches of government? Roles? Officials?

Leg., Exec., Jud.

Checks and Balances

-Powers of the Govt. branches overlap so that they view each other's actions

CHART

Judicial Review

-Court power testing constitutionality of proceedings from the executive and legislative branches

Federalism

-Govt. powers divided between the central govt. and several regional governments

In Govt. Today

IV. Review

ACTIVITY: With a partner write three test questions based on Today's information. After writing them, now answer them without using your notes.

Collect one page per group.

Name___________

Period ____

SIX BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION (pg. 55)

Define each of the following ideas from Chapter 3, Section 1 in your own words.

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY:

LIMITIED GOVERNMENT:

SEPARATION OF POWERS:

CHECKS AND BALANCES:

JUDICIAL REVIEW:

FEDERALISM:

Seeing the SIX PRINCIPLES in our Government Today

Each of the following phrases describes one of the Six Principles of the Constitution. Next to each statement, state which Principle it relates to by using the letters listed below.

A. Popular Sovereignty

B. Limited Government

C. Separation of Powers

D. Checks and Balances

E. Judicial Review

F. Federalism

____ 1. The people are the source of all government authority.

____ 2. President is responsible for the executing, enforcing, and administering the law.

____ 3. Congress must have a two-thirds vote in each house to override a veto.

____ 4. This practice was established in Marbury vs. Madison, 1803.

____ 5. "Congress shall make no law" denying individual freedoms of the 1st Amendment

____ 6. Educational requirements vary state to state.

____ 7. Only Congress has the power to declare war.

____ 8. Presidential appointees are subject to approval by the Senate.

____ 9. "We the people of the United States…"

____ 10. The Rule of Law

____ 11. In Pennsylvania, people pay both a State and Federal Income Tax.

____ 12. Government may exercise only those powers delegated to it.

____ 13. Federal courts may declare illegal any government action violating the Constitution.

____ 14. Government can govern only with the consent of the governed.

____ 15. "All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in Congress…"

____ 16. All treaties made by the President must be ratified by the Senate.

____ 17. The Supreme Court has voided more than 900 state laws as unconstitutional.

____ 18. Powers not specifically given to the federal government by the Constitution are retained by the States.

ANSWER KEY TO WORKSHEET

1 Popular Sovereignty

2 Separation of Powers

3 Checks and Balances

4 Judicial Review

Marbury vs. Madison: said Congress can find laws Unconstitutional

5 Limited Government

6 Federalism

7 Separation of Powers

8 Checks and Balances

9 Popular Sovereignty

10 Limited Government

11 Federalism

12 Limited Government

13 Judicial Review

14 Popular Sovereignty

15 Separation of Powers

16 Checks and Balances

17 Judicial Review

18 Federalism

A. Popular Sovereignty

B. Limited Government

C. Separation of Powers

D. Checks and Balances

E. Judicial Review

F. Federalism

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Judicial Branch:

Congress acts unconstitutional

Executive action unconstitutional

Executive Branch:

Veto legislation of Congress

Executive appoints Judicial Supreme Court Justices

Legislative Branch:

Congress creates programs to carry out laws

2-3 overrides veto

Senate approves judge appointment

Impeachment

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