Article 1 pp. 248-255

Today we went over the Preamble of the Constitution.

We discussed the different powers of the Constitution and their respective checks and balances on the other houses.

The powerpoint is below

Article 1 ppt

Also,

I showed a short video about how a bill becomes a law... you can watch that below.

Your homework for today is p.255 #1 & 2

Also, a project was assigned.

The link is below

U.S. Constitution Project

As a reminder, this section of the text is the MOST tested on section of the entire book. PLEASE pay close attention.

** to get a little extra points.... draw a chart for the legislative branch, and list the different powers given to this branch as stated in the Constitution. ALSO, write the powers this branch has over the other two branches. This is due 10/9/12