WEEK OF MAY 22nd-26th

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Bring a few different plastic water bottles!
Sign and return Family Life Form
Study for Constitution Test

5th Grade-Ch. 10 Social Studies Test-Last one of the year!
What is it called when one branch of government can limit the power of the other two branches?
What does this mean? “We the people….establish this Constitution for the U.S. ?
Meanings: a democracy, an ideal, liberty, federal, commerce, delegates
About which question did the delegates at the Const. Conv. argue?
What problem was highlighted by the Shay's Rebellion?
What is federalism and who founded the party?
What does the 6th Amendment give us the right to?
Why were the 10 Amendments added to the Constitution?
Why are there 3 branches of the federal government?

Short Answer
What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
What agreement did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
Why did the writers of the Constitution define the powers of the national government?
What does it mean that the U.S. is a republic?
Understand the 3 branches of Government and what they each do
What is the Bill of Rights? Choose two amendments that are most important to you and explain what they are and
why they are important to you.
What role did George Washington play in forming and serving in the first national government of the U.S.?