Constitution Principle – Carousel Activity
Constitution Principle – Carousel Activity
Checks and Balances
Directions: Complete the following research tasks below with the members of your group.
Relevant Quote: “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition” James Madison, Federalist #51
Define what the quote means in your own words: ______________________________________
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Using your copy of the United States Constitution, find examples of your Constitution principle:
Article I: ________________________________________________________________
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Article II: _______________________________________________________________
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Article III: ______________________________________________________________
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Article IV: ______________________________________________________________
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Article V: ______________________________________________________________
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Article VI: ______________________________________________________________
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Directions for Constitution Carousel: Your group must now decide how best to teach your Constitution principle to the class in the carousel activity. You are responsible for teaching the class what the principle means in your own terms, giving multiple examples found in the Constitution and relating it to current events. Your group must create a poster that should be creative and contain at least one visual aid (a political cartoon, news story, comic strip, picture, etc.) that depicts the Constitution principle. Remember that all members of the group must be prepared to teach about the principle during the carousel activity.
Student Handout
Constitution Principles – Carousel Activity
Separation of Powers
Directions: Complete the following research tasks below with the members of your group.
Relevant Quote: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” James Madison, Federalist #47
Define what the quote means in your own words: ______________________________________
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Using your copy of the United States Constitution, find examples of your Constitution principle:
Article I: ________________________________________________________________
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Article II: _______________________________________________________________
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Article III: ______________________________________________________________
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Article IV: ______________________________________________________________
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Article V: ______________________________________________________________
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Article VI: ______________________________________________________________
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Directions for Constitution Carousel: Your group must now decide how best to teach your Constitution principle to the class in the carousel activity. You are responsible for teaching the class what the principle means in your own terms, giving multiple examples found in the Constitution, and relating it to current events. Your group must create a poster that should be creative and contain at least one visual aid (a political cartoon, news story, comic strip, picture, etc.) that depicts the Constitution principle. Remember that all members of the group must be prepared to teach about the principle during the carousel activity.
Student Handout
Constitution Principles – Carousel Activity
Federalism
Directions: Complete the following research tasks below with the members of your group.
Relevant Quote: “…a kind of assemblage of societies, that constitute a new one, capable of increasing by means of new associations, till they arrive to such a degree of power as to be able to provide for the security of the united body” Alexander Hamilton, Federalist #9.
Define what the quote means in your own words: ______________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Using your copy of the United States Constitution, find examples of your Constitution principle:
Article I: ________________________________________________________________
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Article II: _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Article III: ______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Article IV: ______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Article V: ______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Article VI: ______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Directions for Constitution Carousel: Your group must now decide how best to teach your Constitution principle to the class in the carousel activity. You are responsible for teaching the class what the principle means in your own terms, giving multiple examples found in the Constitution, and relating it to current events. Your group must create a poster that should be creative and contain at least one visual aid (a political cartoon, news story, comic strip, picture, etc.) that depicts the Constitution principle. Remember that all members of the group must be prepared to teach about the principle during the carousel activity.
Student Handout
Constitution Principle – Carousel Activity
Limited Government
Directions: Complete the following research tasks below with the members of your group.
Relevant Quote: “The fabric of the American Empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure original fountain of all legitimate authority” Alexander Hamilton, Federalist #22.
Define what the quote means in your own words: ______________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Using your copy of the United States Constitution, find examples of your Constitution principle:
Article I: ________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Article II: _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Article III: ______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Article IV: ______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Article V: ______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Article VI: ______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Directions for Constitution Carousel: Your group must now decide how best to teach your Constitution principle to the class in the carousel activity. You are responsible for teaching the class what the principle means in your own terms, giving multiple examples found in the Constitution, and relating it to current events. Your group must create a poster that should be creative and contain at least one visual aid (a political cartoon, news story, comic strip, picture, etc.) that depicts the Constitution principle. Remember that all members of the group must be prepared to teach about the principle during the carousel activity.
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