Social Studies Week 3

October 12

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Social Studies this quarter will focus primarily on American history and civics. This week: the structure of American government, the US Constitution, and the argument over the electoral college.

Read and do the questions. You can also find it on page 146 of your text. Check the answers below.

Structure of government.pdf

Click to check answers

1=3

2=4

3=3

4=2

5=2

6=4

Essential document: the Preamble to the US Constitution

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Click here for a brief overview of the meanings of the parts of the preamble.

If you're interested in further discussion of the preamble, listen to this video with an expert on the Constitution.

Think you have it memorized? Try the game on this link:

The Constitution

Click to read a brief history of the development of the Constitution. Includes a short video.

Just take a few minutes to scan over the text of the Constitution. You DO NOT need to read it closely, but pay attention to how it's organized.

Here's a more manageable explanation of the contents of the Constitution (from iCivics):

Anatomy of Constitution_Reading.pdf

Do the exercise (also found on page 49 in your text).

bill of rights questions.pdf

Click for answers

5=1

6=4

7=1

8=3

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