Constitution Day | iCivics Leson - Joshua Lane | Library

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Use the reading to help you answer the questions.

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A BILL BECOMES A LAW Check out the ways the branches interact! Based on what you have learned about the jobs of each of the branches, label the gears Executive (E), Judicial (J), or Legislative (L).

Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

Executive (E)

Legislative (L)

Judicial (J)

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SEPARATING POWERS & THE CHECKS AND BALANCE SYSTEM Place each action in the correct arrow to show what checks the three branches have on one another.

Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

The President appoints Supreme Court justices and other federal judges.

The president can veto bills, call special sessions of Congress, recommend laws, and ask citizens to pressure Congress to act.

The Courts can declare laws made in Congress unconstitutional.

Congress creates the lower courts. It can remove judges through impeachments and must approve appointments to the federal courts.

Congress can override a presidential veto with 2/3 vote. It can also remove a president through the impeachment process. It also approves executive appointments.

Judges are appointed for life, free from influence by the president or the people. The Courts can declare executive actions unconstitutional.

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A. Vocabulary. Match the definitions with the vocabulary term from the lesson.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Bill of Rights		The two houses that make up the legislative branch
Preamble		Citizens elect officials to represent them in the government
Checks and Balances		Dividing the government into parts and giving each specific jobs
Congress		When the three branches review each other to make sure they follow the Constitution
Separation of Powers		The introduction to the U.S. Constitution
Representative Democracy		The first ten amendments of the Constitution

B. What’s My Job? Connect each quote about working in government to the correct branch.

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Legislative Branch

Executive Branch

Judicial Branch

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C. Separate those Powers! Read each power and select the correct branch of government.

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We write the bills that become laws.

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D. Checking and Balancing. These are the steps involved with appointing a Justice to the Supreme Court. Label the branches that apply. (This process is repeated for all presidential appointments!)

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The President selects someone that they think should become the next member of the
Supreme Court.

Judicial Branch

Executive Branch

Legislative Branch

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Whose Job Is It? Executive, Legislative, or Judicial

Enforces the laws
Punishes pirates!
Appoints Supreme Court Justices, federal judges, ambassadors and cabinet members
Makes treaties with other countries
Collect federal taxes
Divided into the House and Senate
Makes a State of the Union address each year
Can declare laws unconstitutional
State representatives are elected by popular vote
Approves presidential appointments
Declares war
Selected by the Electoral College
Decides what a law means
Includes the president, vice president, and the cabinet
Coins money

Legislative
Executive
Judicial

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Part 1: Match each definition with the correct amendment.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
If a power isn't given to the federal government, it goes to the states or the people.		1
Bails, fines and punishments must not be excessive.		2
Citizens can keep and bear arms.		3
You don't have to house soldiers in your home during peacetime.		4
Did you find a right not listed in the Constitution? It still belongs to the people!		5
No unreasonable search & seizures.		6
The government cannot deprive you of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.		7
The right to have a jury hear your case in most civil trials.		8
You have freedoms of religion, speech and press; and the right to assemble peacefully & petition the government.		9
The right to have a jury hear your case in a criminal trial.		10

Part 2: Read the amendments in your packet and write in your own words.

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13th Amendment

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14th Amendment

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A. Categorize. Below is a list of rights found in the Constitutional amendments. Complete the graphic organizer by placing the number of each right beneath its corresponding category.

9.
19.
2.
5b.
6b.
1a.
5c.
15.
5a.
6a.
8.
1b.
4.
13.

Individual Freedoms
Limits on Government
Rights of the Accused
Voting Rights
Natural Rights (life, freedom, etc.)

B. Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist. Decide whether each statement describes Federalists, Anti-Federalists, or both.

A. Feared a strong central government.

B. Thought the Constitution was enough to protect citizens’ rights.

C. Agreed to the Bill of Rights as a compromise.

D. Worried a list of rights might be seen as the ONLY rights people had.

E. Thought the Constitution needed a list of protected rights.

F. Opposed the Constitution as-is.

G. Believed people had rights that should be protected.

H. Wanted the Constitution to be approved as-is.

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A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H

Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Both

C. Missing Amendments Think about the amendments listed below, then describe one thing that might happen if the amendment was missing from the Constitution. The first one has been done for you.

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6th Amendment

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4th Amendment

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8th Amendment

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Constitution Day | iCivics Leson

Constitution Day | iCivics Leson

A. Vocabulary. Match the definitions with the vocabulary term from the lesson.

We write the bills that become laws.

The President selects someone that they think should become the next member of the
Supreme Court.

Whose Job Is It? Executive, Legislative, or Judicial

Part 1: Match each definition with the correct amendment.

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

A. Categorize. Below is a list of rights found in the Constitutional amendments. Complete the graphic organizer by placing the number of each right beneath its corresponding category.

6th Amendment

4th Amendment

8th Amendment

A. Vocabulary. Match the definitions with the vocabulary term from the lesson.

We write the bills that become laws.

We make sure the laws are carried out and enforced.

We hear cases about the laws and decide what the laws mean.

The President selects someone that they think should become the next member of the
Supreme Court.

The appointment must be approved by a majority vote in the Senate before they can take
their seat on the court.

Once approved, the new justice takes their place on the Supreme Court and begins work.

Whose Job Is It? Executive, Legislative, or Judicial

Part 1: Match each definition with the correct amendment.

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

19th Amendment

26th Amendment

A. Categorize. Below is a list of rights found in the Constitutional amendments. Complete the graphic organizer by placing the number of each right beneath its corresponding category.

6th Amendment

4th Amendment

8th Amendment

1st Amendment

We make sure the laws are carried out and enforced.

We hear cases about the laws and decide what the laws mean.

The appointment must be approved by a majority vote in the Senate before they can take
their seat on the court.

Once approved, the new justice takes their place on the Supreme Court and begins work.

15th Amendment

19th Amendment

26th Amendment

1st Amendment

Constitution Day | iCivics Leson

Constitution Day | iCivics Leson

A. Vocabulary. Match the definitions with the vocabulary term from the lesson.

We write the bills that become laws.

The President selects someone that they think should become the next member of the Supreme Court.

Whose Job Is It? Executive, Legislative, or Judicial

Part 1: Match each definition with the correct amendment.

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

A. Categorize. Below is a list of rights found in the Constitutional amendments. Complete the graphic organizer by placing the number of each right beneath its corresponding category.

6th Amendment

4th Amendment

8th Amendment

A. Vocabulary. Match the definitions with the vocabulary term from the lesson.

We write the bills that become laws.

We make sure the laws are carried out and enforced.

We hear cases about the laws and decide what the laws mean.

The President selects someone that they think should become the next member of the Supreme Court.

The appointment must be approved by a majority vote in the Senate before they can take their seat on the court.

Once approved, the new justice takes their place on the Supreme Court and begins work.

Whose Job Is It? Executive, Legislative, or Judicial

Part 1: Match each definition with the correct amendment.

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

19th Amendment

26th Amendment

A. Categorize. Below is a list of rights found in the Constitutional amendments. Complete the graphic organizer by placing the number of each right beneath its corresponding category.

6th Amendment

4th Amendment

8th Amendment

1st Amendment

We make sure the laws are carried out and enforced.

We hear cases about the laws and decide what the laws mean.

The appointment must be approved by a majority vote in the Senate before they can take their seat on the court.

Once approved, the new justice takes their place on the Supreme Court and begins work.

15th Amendment

19th Amendment

26th Amendment

1st Amendment

The President selects someone that they think should become the next member of the
Supreme Court.

The President selects someone that they think should become the next member of the
Supreme Court.

The appointment must be approved by a majority vote in the Senate before they can take
their seat on the court.

The appointment must be approved by a majority vote in the Senate before they can take
their seat on the court.