3 - The Constitution

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Why do people create, structure, and change governments?
How do societies balance individual versus community rights?
How does social change influence government?
Why are some civic liberties limited?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS

People establish governments to create order, provide security, and accomplish common goals.
The value a society places on individual rights is often reflected in that society’s government.

Students will know…

how weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led to formation of a new plan of federal government, the Constitution.
how the Constitution limits the powers of government.
How the amendment process works
What are the principles of government as established by the Constitution.
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights and what civic liberties are protected within it.

Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2

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