Do Now

• Record in Agenda: Govt Terms Quiz next class! Study!• Have your 14 flash cards out at your workspace.

• Title the next page in your notebook: Types of Government Reflection.

• Respond to the following prompts in paragraph form (4-6 sentences for each prompt):

1. In what type of government would you most like to be a citizen? Explain using at least TWO reasons.

2. In what type of government would you most like to be a leader? Explain using at least TWO reasons.

Government Pre-Test

• Give it your best effort. This does NOT count for a grade– just helps me to know where we stand as we begin our study of American Government.

• Try to put an answer to every question– even if it is a TOTAL guess!

Pre-Test Answers– check your work!1. Congress (Legislative

Branch)2. Congress (Legislative

Branch)3. President4. 6 years5. 2 years6. 4 years7. 35 years old8. 9 justices9. Lifetime10. Supreme Court

11. House of Representatives12. Senate13. President14. 27 Amendments15. 535 (435 in House, 100 in

Senate)16. U.S. Constitution17. President18. 25 years old19. ¾ (three fourths)20. Three (Legislative,

Executive, Judicial)

What is a vanity license plate?

Do Now Friday, Aug 24th

• Record in your agenda:No HW for SS class

Turn to your next page in your notebook.

Heads of tables: please get glue sticks.

Glue in Purposes of Govt according to Preamble sheet.

We will take your Government Terms quiz AFTER we take a short set of notes on the Preamble.

Mike Wilkins, Preamble (1987). Painted metal on vinyl and wood. On display in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.

We the People of the United States

• Popular Sovereignty- the people rule (ultimately, the power is held by the The People)

…In order to form a more perfect union…

• Building a strong country where all of the states can work together as one nation: the United States.

Purpose #1: Establish Justice

• Rule of law: Fairness for all people; no one is above the law.

• Examples:– Supreme Court– Local courts– Juries– Laws

Purpose #2: Insure domestic tranquility

• Peace and order in the states and throughout the country

• Examples: – Police– Fire departments– FBI– CIA– National Guard

Purpose #3: provide for the common defense

• The national government has a responsibility to protect Americans from foreign threats.

• Examples:– Military– Army– Navy– Marines– Air Force– Coast guard

Purpose #4: promote the general welfare

• Taxes must be collected and used for the common good.

• Examples:– Education– Roads– Health care

(Medicare/Medicaid)– Scientific research– Social Security– Food stamps– Labor laws

Purpose #5: secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity

• Guarantee freedom and rights of the people now and in the future

• Examples:– Bill of Rights– Elections/ voting

…do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

School House Rock!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIKhRERqPS4

Preamble Assignment

• Write Preamble Visualization at the top of the next clean page in your notebook.

• Number your page 1-5, skipping 5 lines in between each number.

• Write the Preamble’s purposes of government by the numbers. (use the actual words of the Preamble)

• For each purpose, draw a visualization of that goal with at least 5 details.

James Madison wrote, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.”

Write the quote above and respond on the next clean page in your notebook in the following ways:

1. What do you think was Madison’s view of human nature (What human are like)?

2. Why do you think Madison thought governments were necessary?

3. Do you agree or disagree with him? Explain why.

James Madison“Father of the Constitution”

The United States Constitution: Supreme Law of the United States

Organization of the Constitution:Preamble: States the goals of our governmentArticle I. Legislative BranchArticle II. Executive BranchArticle III. Judicial BranchArticle IV. StatesArticle V. Amendment ProcessArticle VI. Supremacy ClauseArticle VII. Ratification