Showing posts with label Constitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Constitution. Show all posts

Monday, October 01, 2007

Time Capsule: The Constitution

Time Capsule Update
Svitak, Adora

For our class assigment we are going to be learning about the Constitution. As a preliminary assigment, we're going to be summarizing everything we know about constitutions and our Constitution.

I know some of the history behind the Constitution's beginnings from our previous lessons. One impressive guest at the Constitutional Convention was Benjamin Franklin (much weather-beaten at this time). His diplomatic counterpart, John Adams, was away at the time.

Amendments to the Constitution have been made over time, to allow things such as voting rights for women and African-Americans.

The Constitution continues to be an influential ruling force in the way we act today. "Unconstitutional" is a common news term, meaning that something does not follow the Constitution, and is used especially frequently in political debates.

Admittedly, I know little about the Constitution. This gives us all the more reason to launch ahead with our Constitution project.