The Constitution of the United States interpreted by a group of 5th grade students

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The Constitution of the United States interpreted
by a group of 5th grade students
Rileigh, Krista, Jonathan, Trenton, Louis, Emily
G, Emma S., Allie, Sydney, Emily E., Kyra,
Justin, Dylan, Landyn, Emma T., Chase, Michaela,
Abby, Kyle
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Preamble

• The preamble is the introduction to the
  Constitution. It is not a law it grants no power
  or restricts anyone. It only provides context for
  the original version.

Jonathon Ward
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Preamble

• The preamble says

We the people of the United States, in Order to
form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the
common defense, 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.
Allie Reisman
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• Have power of impeachment of president
• Have to be 25 years old
• Have to have been a citizen for 7 years a citizen
  
• Have to be a representative of a state you live
  in
• Based off of population

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Section 3 - The Senate

• Each state can elect two Senators.
• Every Senator has to be thirty or older and has
  to have lived in the U.S as a citizen for at
  least nine years.

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Powers of Congress

• Raise and support armies
• Provide and motion a navy
• Make rules

By Emma Taylor
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Powers of Congress

• Coin money
• Borrow money
• Regulate commerce

By Kyle Bumbala
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Powers of Congress

• borrow money
• regulate commerce
• establish an Uniform Rule of Naturalization
• coin money
• provide punishment for Counterfeiting
• establish Post Offices and Post Roads

• Promote progress of science and arts
• constitute
• define and punish
• declare war
• raise and support Armies
• provide and maintain a navy
• make rules

• By Sydney

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Article IIPresident

• Have to be 35 to be in election.
• Natural citizen of the United States.
• 14 years as a U.S. resident.
• Is in charge of army, navy.
• With consent of senates can pass treaties with
  other countries.

George Washington
Trenton Brogan
Barack Obama
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Article II- Executive BranchPresident

• The President can veto bills.
• Thrown out of office in conviction of treason,
  bribery, or other high crimes.
• Has to take the Oath of Office.
• I do solemnly swear that I will
• Execute the Office of President
• of the United States, and will to
• the best of my Ability, preserve,
• Protect and defend the
• Constitution of the United
• States Oath of Office

Barack Obama
By Krista Bauer
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Judicial BranchSection 1
Emily Eberhardt

• The judicial power of the United States shall be
  kept in a single supreme court.

The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court
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Judicial BranchSection 2

• The judicial court shall or can hear a number of
  cases after it goes through the lower courts.

Court hammer
Being checked for harmful things.
A court room
Michaela Myers
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Article 4

• Each state can have their own laws but must
  follow the basic United States laws first.

Abby Sallee
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Article 4
Emily Greiwe

• If you commit a felony in one state, then fled to
  another state, youre have jurisdiction in the
  state in which you committed the crime.

Article 4 of the Constitution
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Article 4- The States

• New states must be admitted by Congress and then
  the new states citizens must vote.

Dylan Cain
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• Freedom of religion
• Freedom of press
• Freedom of speech
• Right to protest
• Accepted in 1791

Emma S.
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Amendment

• In defense of a citizen of the United States you
  have the right to have a legal weapon and that
  right cannot be changed. This amendment was put
  into action on December 15th, 1791.

Kyle Bumbala
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Amendment 3 Quartering of Soldiers

• Date 12/15/1791

No soldier is allowed into a house without
permission of the owner. No law is allowed to be
set into place, that states that any soldier is
allowed into the house of a citizen of the United
States.
By Rileigh Dickson
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Amendment 4

• Ratified in 1791.
• People should be secure in their persons, houses,
  papers, and effects.
• People can only be searched or seized when there
  is a probable cause supported by oath or
  affirmation describing the place to be searched
  and the persons or things to be seized.

Abby Sallee
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Amendment

• This amendment was ratified on December 15, 1791.
• You must be tried for a serious crime with a
  Grand Jury deciding.
• You cant be killed, put in jail, or fined unless
  you are convicted of a crime by a jury.
• Government cant take your home or land unless
  they pay for the land.
• Every person is given due process.

Constitution
Being swore into court.
Michaela Myers
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Amendment 6
Constitution

• Everyone shall enjoy the right to a speedy and
  public trial.
• Ratified in 1791

trial
Chase Hogg
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Amendment 8 Cruel and Unusual Punishment

• Date Accepted December 15, 1791

This amendment means that some things were not
required. That includes excessive bail and
excessive fines. Other things like cruel and
unusual punishments are also not required.
Torture in the colonial days.
Torture
By Emma Taylor
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Amendment Slavery Abolished

• Ratified December 6,1865
• No more slaves were allowed

A slave begging for freedom
Slaves in the field
Emily Eberhardt
A run a way slaves
Slave Ship
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Amendment 14 Citizenship Rights

• All people born or neutralized in the United
  States are citizens of the United States.
• No person can be Senator, Representative in
  Congress, President, and Vice-President if they
  have engaged in insurrection or rebellion.

Landyn
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Amendment 15
Jonathon Ward

• The in fifteen amendment was ratified February
  third 1870. It was a law that let all colored
  people and also let slaves to be able to vote.

15 amendment
Blacks voting
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Amendment 18

• Ratified January 16th 1919
• Prohibited all liquor in the U.S.A

Dylan Cain
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Amendment 19
A woman marching for her rights
By Emily Greiwe

• This amendment gave the women the right to vote
• It was passed on August 18,1920.

Lucretia Coffin Mott helped with womens rights.
Women marching for their right to vote
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Amendment 20 - Presidential, Congressional
TermsDate Ratified 1-23-1933

• If the President should die, then the Vice
  President is now President.
• After the Presidents last year being president,
  his duty ends on Jan 20, at noon
• After the Senators last year of being a senator,
  his duty ends on Jan 3, at noon

President Obama
Evan Bayh
Kyra Hull
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Amendment 21

• Ratified 1933
• Abolished the 18th amendment

Dylan Cain
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Amendment 22

• No person shall be elected as president more than
  two times
• Presidential term limits were ratified 2/27/1951
• When amendment made it didnt effect the
  president
• Franklin Roosevelt last president to have four
  years

Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd president
1933-1945
Justin Linkmeyer
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Amendment 23
Allie Reisman

• Amendment 23 was ratified on March 20, 1961. It
  said that people in the District of Columbia
  could now vote.

Map of the District of Columbia
Someone voting
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Amendment 24

• Ratified in 1964
• Citizens have the right to vote for many things
• People dont have to pay to vote
• It will always be free to vote

By Trenton Brogan
Choosing her vote.
In line to vote.
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Amendment Twenty-Five, Presidential Disability

• The Vice President takes the place of the
  President if removed or if he dies.
• When the Vice Presidents place is vacant, the
  President nominates someone and then both Houses
  of Congress vote.
• If the President declares himself unable to serve
  in office, his duties are taken over by the Vice
  President.
• Ratified February 10th, 1967

Barack Obama taking the Oath of Office.
President Obama and Vice President Biden
By Krista Bauer
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Amendment
Voting age set to 18 Years.

• You must be eighteen years or older to legally
  vote. Also, this amendment was made into a law on
  July 1st, 1971.

Sydney Meyer