This is the type of presentation that you would make if you had to research material, organize it, and send it (without verbal commentary from you) to a client/boss. Meaning, it should be filled with information. It is not just a backdrop for an oral presentation.

Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution

***At this point, you will start to run into at least three different possible ratification dates. This is typically an issue. There are a couple ways to tackle this. Remember the Constitutional Convention started in May 1787 and ended in September of that year. Then, states would not sign 'this new constitution' without the assurance of a Bill of Rights. There needed to be 9 out of 13 of the states to say "yes" to start the government running and The Constitution to become the law of the land (thank you Articles of Confederation for reminding us that nothing will get done if we require ALL participants to approve). This occurred in June of 1788 (10 months later). Then, the final state (Rhode Island!) ratified in Dec. 1791.

In short for this project, I am OK with Sept. 1787 (when the document rolled out of the convention). Or you can use June 1788 (when The U.S. Constitution became the law of the land). Or you can chose when it was given the thumbs up by all states (FINALLY... Rhode Island) on Dec. 1791. The key is be CONSISTENT with the date. All the articles and the Bill of Rights should have the same date.

DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS (found in textbook or link below)

STATISTICS SECTION (terms of service, ethics, and leaders)

https://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/ethicsrules Codes of Ethics for the U.S. Senate (terms of service section) because government officials are contracted by law to behavior in a certain manner

https://ethics.house.gov/outside-employment-income/laws-rules-and-standards-conduct Codes of Ethics for the U.S. House of Representatives (terms of service section) because government officials are contracted by law to behavior in a certain manner

https://www.house.gov/leadership House of Representatives leadership [1st is Speak of the House, 2nd is the Majority Leader, 3rd is the Minority Leader (Republican in this case)]

http://www.senate.gov/senators/leadership.htm Senate leadership [1st is the Majority Leader (Republican in this case), 2nd is the Minority Leader (Democratic Chairman in this case), 3rd is Majority Whip, 4th is Minority Whip

CONNECTIONS TO WASHINGTON STATE SECTION

Who Washington state's U.S. congressional representatives and senators are could be a unique detail or WA connection for your presentation

https://app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/ This is a great resource for all Washington state government representatives. When you arrive at the map on the link above, it is important to now understand the difference between LEGISLATIVE and CONGRESSIONAL. Underneath the 'Find My District' button, there is a 'District Type' line with a toggle switch next to it and the word Legislative already highlighted green. Whenever you see legislative or state legislative or legislative representative or legislative district, it is referencing the state government that meets in Olympia. Whenever you see congressional or congressional representative or congressional district, it is referencing the federal government that meets in Washington, D.C.

Click the toggle so that the word CONGRESSIONAL is highlighted in green. Then click on the district that contains the Olympic National Forest. This is our (Gig Harbor's) congressional district. It should say District 6 and have our two U.S. Senators and one U.S. Representative. Of course, to further confuse the issue it does say District 6 Legislators but a quick look at the fact there is a U.S. in front of the names tells you that it is at the federal (Washington, D.C.) level.

Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution

Here is a checklist for Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution:

• Make a Subtitle Slide to introduce this article (Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution- The Executive Branch- The President and ratified on December 15, 1791)

• Refer to the notes we created in class (questions you answered from the book, separation of powers/checks and balances notes, and notes from the PowerPoints about the three branches of government--federalism-- and the Bill of Rights)

• In our textbook, go to page 259-260 and 270-272 to read more about Article 2

• For the duties and requirements sections, the information is already in notes taken

• For the statistics section, there are links below (terms of service deal with ethical and moral behavior)

• The one unique detail section is your chance to bring in anything interesting you uncovered during research (think oldest and youngest, odd facts, longest serving President, how did the famous Burr/Hamilton duel relate to the Presidency?, etc...)

• The connections to Washington state is another area for your personal choice of information (has there ever been a President or Vice President from Washington state, a President or VP with family in WA state, did any Presidents make famous trips while in office to WA state?, etc...)

• The slide set up in this section usually looks like the structure below; however, you don't have to stick to this exclusively:

Subtitle Slide (Article 2)- one slide

Duties/Requirements/Statistics- one/or more slide(s)

One Unique Detail/Connections to WA state- one/or more slide(s)

https://publicpolicy.stanford.edu/news/what-are-ethical-obligations-us-presidents

This website meets all five criteria requirements for evaluating sources:

1. Authority- Stanford University (.edu), there is an actual name and number at the bottom, Robert W. Gordon (expert)

2. Accuracy- No grammar errors, easily readable, links to other resources provided

3. Credibility- Gordon's credentials are provided, legal citations (easy to fact-check information)

4. Timeliness- 2017 (a little old in the digital world but the answers given at not time sensitive)

5. Purpose- create a discussion about ethical (ethos) behaviors a president is expected to follow

Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution

Here is a checklist for Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution:

• Make a Subtitle Slide to introduce this article (Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution- The Judicial Branch- The Supreme Court and Federal Court System and date ratified)

• Refer to the notes we created in class (questions you answered from the book, separation of powers/checks and balances notes, and notes from the PowerPoints about the three branches of government--federalism-- and the Bill of Rights)

• In our textbook, go to page 260-261 and 272-273 to read more about Article 3

• For the duties and requirements sections, the information is already in notes taken

• For the statistics section, there are links below (terms of service deal with ethical and moral behavior)

• The one unique detail section is your chance to bring in anything interesting you uncovered during research (think oldest and youngest, odd facts, longest serving Justice?, etc...)

• The connections to Washington state is another area for your personal choice of information (has there ever been a Supreme Court Justice from Washington state, a Justice with family in WA state, were there any famous court cases that originated in WA state that went all the way to the Supreme Court?, etc...)

• The slide set up in this section usually looks like the structure below; however, you don't have to stick to this exclusively:

Subtitle Slide (Article 3)- one slide

Duties/Requirements/Statistics- one/or more slide(s)

One Unique Detail/Connections to WA state- one/or more slide(s)

The Bill of Rights

It is advisable to start populating the Bill of Rights with information first because it will be easier to understand than the Articles. Please remember that the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights are NOT the Articles of Confederation. Checklist:

• Create (at least) 26-30 Google slides

• If you are producing a poster, make five different documents with the titles of Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Bill of Rights, Four Additional Amendments, and Citing Sources

• Make a project title (Constitution Project is just fine)

• Slides (electronic project)-- countdown 10 slides from the title slide and on that slide create a subtitle slide (Bill of Rights, first 10 amendments to the Constitution, all ratified on December 15, 1791)

• Poster-- you might want to have one side of your presentation board be for the amendments and the other for the articles

• After the subtitle slide, write 'Amendment 1' on the next, 'Amendment 2' on the next, and so on

• Per the rubric, your description is the actual wording from the primary source document (Bill of Rights, p. 275 Call to Freedom)... remember to put it in quotations and we will cite this source later

Call to Freedom (textbook)

User Name: HRMS5/6 Password: Falcons

• The summary is your (paraphrased) interpretation of each amendment

• The picture must relate to the amendment (refer to the Pictures and Vocabulary section below)

• The link between the amendment and today will be the most difficult piece of this portion (several examples are attached and ideas where you can go with this)

Four Additional Amendments

Pictures and Vocabulary

The pictures you choose for each article and amendment need to enhance your project by providing a visual reference. Questions checklist:

• Does my picture compete with the words? (fight to share space?)

• Is it easy to understand and see the picture?

• Does the picture actually link to the information?

• Preamble and your paraphrase of it

Make sure your vocabulary is following standard grammatical guidelines and that you include the phrases:

• With great power comes great responsibility

• Common Good (placed at the appropriate location in your presentation)

• Individual Rights (placed at the appropriate location in your presentation)

Citing Sources

Citing Sources: research for content and pictures

• Pictures in a presentation need to be cited photo by photo OR at the end in a sources page (ex: all images from Google)

• Content can be cited in several different ways.

  • 1. Provide a link to your source on that slide (usually at the bottom in a different color)

    2. Create a Bibliography page with your sources with an annotation under each source of what information you obtained from it

• At some point in your presentation, you need to include the textbook as a source, this webpage as a source, and the top three other websites you spent the most time on gathering information for the project

• Below is the correct citation formula.

1. Textbook: Last Name, First Name (of the authors or editors). Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Publication Date.

*Example-- Stuckey, Sterling and Linda Kerrigan Salvucci. Call to Freedom. Orlando: Harcourt Education Company, 2005.

2. Webpage: For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by an indication of the specific page or article being referenced. Usually, the title of the page or article appears in a header at the top of the page. Follow this with the information covered above for entire Web sites. If the publisher is the same as the website name, only list it once.

*Example-- Takehara, Jessica. SS8/Trimester 3. 8th Grade Journey. Harbor Ridge Middle School. June 2019. https://sites.google.com/edtools.psd401.net/8th-grade-journey/home/ss8/trimester-3 . May 2020.

3. Website: Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number, Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available), URL, DOI or permalink. Date of access (if applicable).

*If you go the bottom of some websites, it will say cite this source and do it automatically for you