Name: ____________________________________________________________
Preamble to the United States Constitution
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.1
1. Caret
in the substitution vocabulary for the underlined words.
form
union
insure
domestic tranquility
provide
common defense
promote
general welfare
secure
blessings
liberty
posterity
ordain
establish
constitution
create, set up
a group working together, uni- = one
protect
homeland security, being safe in our country
set up and pay for
protection for every state in our country
encourage, inspire, motivate
overall living in our country
keep safe
good things coming from, benefits
Freedom, liber- = free
children and our children’s children and so on
proclaim, say it out loud to everyone
begin, set up, create
agreement, contract, pact
2. On a separate piece of paper, rewrite the Preamble of the Constitution in
words you understand.
1
For more resources see National Society Daughter of the American Revolution
http://www.dar.org/forms/omni/PR-0009.PDF and
http://www.dar.org/omni/store/store32/
TeachUntilTheyKnow.com Suzan Bates © Copyrighted 2013 Clip Art by babystardesign.com and GiftSeasonStore on Etsy Const. Week Vocab
CCSS 3rd-5th grades RI1, RI10, Rf4a, L3a, L4, L5b, L6 & 6th-8th grades RI2, RI4, RI5, RI3, RI4 RI10, L2ca-c, L3, L4, L5b-c, L6, W&WHST1d,
W&WHST2d-e,W&WHST4, W&WHST5, W&WHST10, H1, H2, H4, H10
KEY
Preamble to the United States Constitution
We the people of the United States, in order to set up
a more perfect group working together, establish justice,
protect homeland safety, pay for everyone’s protection,
promote the good life, and keep safe the goodness of
freedom to ourselves and our children, do say out loud and
begin this pact for the United States of America.1
1. Caret
in the substitution vocabulary for the underlined words.
form
union
insure
domestic tranquility
provide
common defense
promote
general welfare
secure
blessings
liberty
posterity
ordain
establish
constitution
create, set up
a group working together, uni- = one
protect
homeland security, being safe in our country
set up and pay for
protection for every state in our country
encourage, inspire, motivate
overall living in our country
keep safe
good things coming from, benefits
Freedom, liber- = free
children and our children’s children and so on
proclaim, say it out loud to everyone
begin, set up, create
agreement, contract, pact
2. On a separate piece of paper, rewrite the Preamble of the Constitution in
words you understand.
1
For more resources see National Society Daughter of the American Revolution
http://www.dar.org/forms/omni/PR-0009.PDF and
http://www.dar.org/omni/store/store32/
TeachUntilTheyKnow.com Suzan Bates © Copyrighted 2013 Clip Art by babystardesign.com and GiftSeasonStore on Etsy Const. Week Vocab
CCSS 3rd-5th grades RI1, RI10, Rf4a, L3a, L4, L5b, L6 & 6th-8th grades RI2, RI4, RI5, RI3, RI4 RI10, L2ca-c, L3, L4, L5b-c, L6, W&WHST1d,
W&WHST2d-e,W&WHST4, W&WHST5, W&WHST10, H1, H2, H4, H10