Bell Ringer for September 17thPick up one piece of paper and one pencil.

Write your first and last name, today’s date, and the period you have civics in the upper-right hand corner of the paper. Title the paper “The Preamble to the United States Constitution”.

Number your paper from one to nine, but skip two spaces between each line. Please do not write on the back of the paper.

Happy Constitution Day!

Constitution Day

- by the end of this lesson:you should be able to define mission

statementyou should be able to identify the mission

statement of the United States Constitution

On your paper, you will need to write the nine lines of the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution.

You should have numbered your paper from 1 to 9, skipping two spaces between each number. You will need that space later!

I will read and reread the Preamble. It will also be on the board.

You must write the Preamble on your paper.

When you are done writing, read the Preamble out loud until everyone is reciting it.

Preamble Writing

Preamble Writing

1. We the People of the United States,2. in Order to form a more perfect Union,3. establish Justice, insure domestic

Tranquility,4. provide for the common defense,5. promote the general Welfare,6. and secure the Blessings of Liberty7. to ourselves and our Posterity,8. do ordain and establish9. this Constitution for the United States of

America.

Preamble Reading

Preamble Analysis

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,

not the king, because this is a democracy

better than before

establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,

create a fair legal system

keep things peaceful at home

Preamble Analysis

establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,

create a fair legal system

keep things peaceful at home

provide for the common defense,

promote the general Welfare,

join together to defend against attacks

help keep the people safe and healthy

Preamble Analysis

and secure the Blessings of Liberty

to ourselves and our Posterity,

make sure that freedom and liberty is around today

for our descendants

provide for the common defense,

promote the general Welfare,

join together to defend against attacks

help keep the people safe and healthy

Preamble Analysis

do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

The people have created and agreed to follow this new plan of government, the Constitution.

and secure the Blessings of Liberty

to ourselves and our Posterity,

make sure that freedom and liberty is around today

for our descendants

02 917 Writing PromptOn the back of your Preamble page, write the title “02 917 WRITING PROMPT”. Put your name on the back of the paper, as well, please.

Write a well-crafted informative response.Well-crafted means that your sentences fit together instead of

jumping around.Informative means facts should come from the documents; your

opinions are not required.Response means you answer the prompt; don’t just write what you

feel like writing.

On the back of your Preamble page, write the title “02 917 WRITING PROMPT”. Put your name on the back of the paper, as well, please.

Write a well-crafted informative response.Well-crafted means that your sentences fit together instead of

jumping around.Informative means facts should come from the documents; your

opinions are not required.Response means you answer the prompt; don’t just write what you

feel like writing.

Prompt: The Preamble to the United States Constitution states that our country will “establish justice”, “provide for the common defense”, and “promote the general welfare”. Explain what each of these promises means and give one example of how our country meets these promises today.

02 917 Writing Prompt

Time’s Up!

Pass your Writing Prompt paper all the way back and all the way right.