Each 8th grade student is required to take and pass the United States and Illinois Constitution Test. It is always an anxiety as its text is difficult and its concepts are challenging.
Have no fear! By the end of the unit, students will be able to better understand the implications of this difficult text. And hopefully, they will learn things that stick with them for years (unlike Barney...) |
OMS 8th Grader Walker Spaulding wrote and performed a Nirvana'd Preamble song. Enjoy!
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Helpful study tools and websites for the Constitution:
The Enlightenment
- Ideas of Government and Politics
- Rousseau
- Montesquieu - Separation of Powers
The Making of the Constitution
- Articles of Confederation
- The Federalist Papers - #51
Preamble
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.
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Article 1 - The Congress (Legislative Branch)
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The Bill of Rights
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Article 2 - The Executive Branch
Article 3 - The Judicial Branch
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