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Summary of the Week: Students will examine important documents of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Standards: N/A Teacher Background Knowledge: N/A Notes for Teacher: The sequence of articles in this week is designed to build and support the learning of concepts for students. Essential Question: What is the U.S. Constitution and why is it important? Learning Objective: Students will be able to explain how the U.S. Constitution establishes the purpose and fulfills the need for government. “I Can” Statement: I can explain how the U.S. Constitution establishes the purpose and fulfills the need for government. Student Edition Vocabulary and Phrases: amendments: additions or changes to a document Bill of Rights: the first 10 amendments (or additions) to the Constitution Declaration of Independence: explains the purpose of government and broke ties with Great Britain The Constitution of the United States: provides the structure of the government and describes how people are to be governed ratify: approve Language for Social Studies Learning: Language for Social Studies Learning includes any unbolded terms and phrases in the student edition and the teacher edition that enable student understanding. We suggest using a graphic organizer, such as a Frayer box, to assist in student understanding of the weekly vocabulary. the Amendments: changes made after the Constitution was written
the Articles: explain how the government should be run the Preamble: explains the purpose of the Constitution Important Documents | Week 9
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