Ch.3+-+The+Constitution

__Section 1: Basic Principles__

 * **Understand the basic outline of the Constitution.**
 * **Understand the six basic principles of the Constitution: popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism**

**__Section 2: Formal Amendment__**

 * **Identify the four different ways by which the Constitution may be formally changed.**
 * **Explain how the formal amendment process illustrates the principles of federalism and popular sovereignty.**
 * **Understand that several amendments have been proposed, but not ratified.**
 * **Outline the 27 amendments that have been added to the Constitution.**

__**Section 3: Change by Other Means**__

 * **Identify how basic legislation has added to our understanding of the Constitution over time.**
 * **Describe the ways in which the executive and judicial branches have interpreted the Constitution.**
 * **Analyze the role of party practices and custom in interpreting the Constitution.**

__**Chapter 3 Assignments**__

 * __Tuesday, August 30__**
 * Complete the worksheet - Reading Comprehension - **[|0133_mag09_Ch03s1_RC.pdf],**
 * Complete worksheet - Extended Worksheet - **[|0133_mag09_Ch03s1_RC.pdf]**


 * __Wednesday, August 31__**
 * Discuss the principles of the Constitution: popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism.
 * Read pages 76-77 in the book and complete handout on //Marbury v. Madison.//
 * Research the court case that you were assigned for discussion tomorrow. Court cases include: //Clinton v. Jones,// 1997; //Furman v. Georgia,// 1972; //Dred Scott v. Sandford,// 1857; //Brown v. Board of Education,// 1954; or //Bush v. Gore,// 2000.


 * __Thursday, September 1__**
 * Read ch. 3, sec. 2 - Formal Amendment, pages 78-83.


 * __Friday, September 2__**
 * Read ch. 3, sec. 3 - Change by Other Means, pages 85-88.
 * Complete the worksheets on Ch. 3, sections 2 and 3.