What is the U.S. Constitution?

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What is the U.S. Constitution?
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What is the purpose of the U.S. Constitution?

• Write your answer on a piece of notebook paper.

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The Preamble

• The Preamble is the introduction to the
  constitution.
• Book We the Kids

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Within the Constitution lies the Bill of Rights.

• What is the Bill of Rights?
• Write your answer on the back of the crinkled
  notebook paper you have. Write Bill of Rights at
  the top of the page.

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The Bill of Rights is the First Ten Amendments of
the Constitution

• First Amendment
• Second Amendment
• Third Amendment
• Fourth Amendment
• Fifth Amendment
• Sixth Amendment

• Seventh Amendment
• Eighth Amendment
• Ninth Amendment
• Tenth Amendment

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Lets Create our own Bill of Rights

• If you could pick ten amendments that applied to
  the fourth grade what would they be?
• With a partner make a list of amendments for the
  Fourth Grade Bill of Rights.

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What would life be like without a Constitution
and Bill of Rights?

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Life with the Constitution Life without the Constitution