today's activity

Write to Learn: Constitution

Adora's Activity: The Constitution of....

In Adora's Words: Did you ever feel like laying down the law? Well, now is your chance! Today we're going to create constitutions for our imaginary countries. First, let's review some constitutional basics.

Vocabulary:
constitution-a system of governance that establishes the rules and principals by which a nation, state, corporation, or society is governed.

In other words, the constitution is a sort of map for organizing a government. It states the purpose of a government, explains how the government will be organized, allots certain powers to each branch of the government, and defines the rights and liberties of the citizens.

Activity: Today we will be creating the main body of our country's constitution. We will write our constitution's preamble, or introduction, and write the articles, or the part of the constitution that explains how the government will be organized, and how power will be allotted. Because we are basing our organizational structure on the U.S. Constitution, first take a look at the summary of the articles of the U.S. Constitution.