The Seven Fundamental
Principles of American
Democracy
8-3.3
Bell Work 12-8-14
1. Parliament passed the coercive or Intolerable Acts to:
a. punish the city of Boston.
b. punish all the colonies.
c. punish the Sons of Liberty.
d. punish the customs officials.
Answer: a
2. At the First Continental Congress the delegates called
for:
a. revolt from Britain.
b. negotiated settlement.
c. boycott of British goods.
d. rejection of British rule.
Answer: c
Agenda
• Notes/Discussion Explain the basic principles of
government as established in the United States
Constitution: Key focus/ Individual Rights
• Barney Clip (Youtube: Preamble)
• Student Group Activity:
• Students will analyze the Preamble
• Students work in groups to identify various situations
and how they are to protect themselves as citizens (Bill
of Rights)
• Closure: Quick Q & A Review using whiteboards
• Independent Practice: Activity- How Well Do You
Know Your Rights
Reminders
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PRIOR LEARNING
The US Constitution
• The Constitution of the United States is the
highest law in the United States.
• The Constitution of the United States of
America established a limited government
based on powers shared between the national
and state governments
Relevance
What are some limits that you have in your homes?
• Can’t eat junk food
• have to go to bed at a certain time etc.
• Curfew
Why do your parents set limits or boundaries?
In order for the United States to have a democracy, the Founding
Fathers created a government with certain principles to protect
individual rights.
They felt it important to limit government so that it would not
abuse individual rights.
FOCUS STATEMENT
8-3.3
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Explain the basic principles of
government as established in the
United States Constitution
I. Individual Rights
Individual Rights- unalienable rights are
guaranteed to all citizens in the Preamble
and the Bill of Rights
• The Preamble explains the goals of the
new government under the Constitution
• Bill of Rights provided a written
guarantee of individual rights.
The Preamble
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.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
• Students are to work in groups and
analyze the Preamble (CTF. p.266)
• Groups are to explain the
importance of the Preamble
• Students are to explain the first three
words “We the People”
Preamble
What does it mean?
The preamble is the introduction to the Constitution.
It outlines the general goals of the framers: to create
a just government, insure peace, provide an adequate
national defense, and promote a healthy, free nation.
With its first three words, “We the People,” the
preamble emphasizes that the nation is to be ruled by
the people - not a king or dictator, not the president,
Supreme Court Justices, members of Congress or state
legislators.
CFU
• What is the purpose of the Preamble to
the Constitution?
Answer: Outlines the goals of the new
government .
• Create a just government
• Insure peace
• Provide adequate national defense
• Promote a healthy, free nation
Bill of Rights
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1st Ten
Amendments to
the Constitution
• Our written
guarantee of
individual rights.
CFU
• What is the Bill of Rights?
Answer: The first 10 Amendments to the
Constitution.
Our written guarantee of individual rights
1st Amendment
• The 1st Amendment guarantees freedom of
religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition.
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This means that we all have the right to:
practice any religion we want to
to speak freely
to assemble (meet)
to address the government (petition)
to publish newspapers, TV, radio, Internet (press)
CFU
• What freedoms are guaranteed us in the
1st Amendment?
• Freedom of Religion
• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom of assembly
• Freedom to Petition
• Freedom of the Press
2nd Amendment
• The 2nd
Amendment
protects the right
to bear arms, which
means the right to
own a gun.
We have the right to
bear arms.
But we do not have the
right to arm bears!
CFU
• What freedom is granted us in the 2nd
Amendment?
Answer: The right to bear arms
3rd Amendment
• The 3rd Amendment says “No soldier shall, in
time of peace be quartered in any house,
without the consent of the owner, nor in time of
war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.”
• This means that we cannot be forced to house
or quarter soldiers.
Can you elaborate on a reason why this amendment was
added to the Bill of Rights, based on your knowledge of
causes of the American Revolution?
4th Amendment
• The 4th Amendment protects the people from
unreasonable searches and seizures.
• This means that the police must have a
warrant to enter our homes. It also means
the government cannot take our property,
papers, or us, without a valid warrant based
on probable cause (good reason).
CFU
• How does the 4th Amendment protect our individual
rights?
Answer: Police must have a warrant to enter our homes.
The government cannot take our property,
papers, or us without a valid warrant.
5th Amendment
• The 5th Amendment protects people from
being held for committing a crime unless they
are properly indicted, (accused)
• You may not be tried twice for the same
crime (double jeopardy)
• You don’t have to testify against yourself in
court. (Self-incrimination)
6th Amendment
• The 6th Amendment
guarantees a speedy trial
(you can’t be kept in jail for
over a year without a trial)
• an impartial jury (doesn’t
already think you are guilty)
• that the accused can
confront witnesses against
them
• the accused must be allowed
to have a lawyer
7th Amendment
• The 7th Amendment guarantees the right
to a speedy civil trial.
• A civil trial differs from a criminal trial. A
civil trial is when someone sues someone
else. A criminal trial is when the state tries
to convict someone of a crime.
8th Amendment
• The 8th Amendment
guarantees that
punishments will be
fair and not cruel,
and that
extraordinarily large
fines will not be set.
9th Amendment
• All rights not stated in the Constitution and
not forbidden by the Constitution belong to
the people.
• This means that the states can do what they
want if the Constitution does not forbid it.
10th Amendment
The 10th Amendment
states that any power not granted to the
federal government belongs to the states
or to the people.
• The Tenth Amendment was included in the Bill of
Rights to further define the balance of power
between the federal government and the states.
 These powers include the power to declare war,
to collect taxes, to regulate interstate business
activities and others that are listed in the articles.
How Well Do You Know Your Rights
• Teacher will provide students with real life
situations
• Students will work in groups to identify
which amendment protects you as a citizen
in the situation
• Teacher will model the first example for you
• Discuss Responses
CTF 277-278
Closure
• Unalienable rights are guaranteed to all
citizens in the Preamble and the Bill of Rights
Individual Rights
• This explains the goals of the new government
under the Constitution
Preamble
• Provided a written guarantee of individual
rights.
Bill of Rights
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
• Based on their interpretation of the Bill of Rights, the United
States Supreme Court has ruled that police must tell people
arrested of their legal rights.
• They must tell them “You have the right to remain silent and
anything that you say can and will be used against you in a
court of law. You have the right to an attorney and, if you
cannot afford one, one will be provided to you.”
• Why do you think that the Supreme Court felt that criminal
suspects needed to know this legal information (also be sure to
identify the specific amendments that these statements are
summarized from)?
Materials Needed
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SC Standards
Text book
Informational Text
Document Camera/Promethean Board
PowerPoint
Teacher Created Notes
Teacher Created Graphic Organizers