1. SOCIAL STUDIES GRADE FIVE – THE CONSTITUTION
Articles of Confederation
Three branches of government
The
Constitution
Content Vocabulary:
constitution
government
Articles of Confederation
delegates
natural rights
ratification
Preamble
legislative branch
Congress
executive branch
President
judicial branch
Supreme Court
judicial review
checks and balances
justice
liberty
federal
Bill of Rights
citizen
governor
Connecticut General Assembly
bill
law
veto
amendment
Local, state, and federal governments
Philadelphia Convention
Developing the
Government
Constitutional
Convention
Bill of Rights
Preamble
Checks and balances
Amending the Constitution
Ratification
Natural rights of people
Essential Understandings/Learning Goals:
The newly created United States needed a government and the Articles of Confederation did not work because they gave too little power to the federal government.
The United States Constitution divided the government into three branches: the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch.
Each branch of government balances the power of the other branches.
The powers of government are divided between local, state, and federal levels of government.
The Bill of Rights was developed to protect the rights of individual citizens.
People in Connecticut are represented in the state government by our governor and representatives and in the federal government by the President, our Representatives, and Senators.