Little Senators

Today in class we discussed the lawmaking activity we are going to do tomorrow.  Students will pretend to be senators and discuss bills on the Senate floor!

Lawmaking Games

Today in class we played two games.  The links for both are below:

Represent Me

LawCraft

The Preamble and Article 1

Today in class we briefly touched on the preamble to the Constitution and Article 1.  You can see what we discussed below:

Students were given the study guide for the Constitution test today.  Additionally students were given a handout to read with questions to answer in preparation for a reading quiz tomorrow.

We also watched a couple of classics today!

Branches of Power and Federalism

Today in class we played Branches of Power on the iCivics website.  You can click here to go directly to the game.  When students are finished, they need to submit their certificate (take a screenshot) to Google Classroom and complete this Google Form.  To wrap up today's activities students need to read this handout about federalism.

We will tackle the preamble when we come back.  Happy Thanksgiving!

The 7 Principles of the Constitution

Today in class we talked about the 7 principles of the Constitution.  You can see what we discussed below:

The Constitutional Convention

Today in class we discussed how compromise played a role in the writing of the Constitution.  Today's discussion covers question 1 on the Constitution test, which is:

How was compromise important in the writing of the Constitution?

You can see what we discussed below:

Additionally, here is the reading assignment students should begin tonight.

The Anatomy of the Constitution

Today in class we read about the anatomy of the Constitution.  With our Constitution unit starting yesterday.  We began by reading about the framework of the Constitution.  You can click here to see what we read.