The Mini Page — 2005 Activities
Our Constitution´s Purpose
Issue 41
Oct. 8-14This week´s standards: Students understand the purpose of government. (Social Studies: Power, Authority and Governance) Students identify key ideals of the United States´ democratic republican form of government. (Social Studies: Civic Ideals and Practice)
Activities:1. Make a collage of newspaper headlines that show activities from different levels of government: local, state and federal. 2. Find a newspaper story that shows how local government takes care of people in your community. Write a sentence telling how the government is helping. Your local government could be a city council, a township or borough board, a mayor or a school board. 3. Create your own articles of agreement for getting along with family members or friends. Write sentences that tell how you will make decisions about (a) what games to play or how to play them, (b) what television programs to watch, (c) how to share a computer or video game, and (d) how to share family chores. 4. Find newspaper stories that show how (a) laws are fair to citizens, (b) the United States has armed forces to defend the country, (c) the U.S. government helps citizens, and (d) Americans are free. 5. Use resource books and the Internet to research the Articles of Confederation. Then write a paragraph explaining how the Constitution addressed problems in the Articles. Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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