American Government: Day 25

We are going to start on the Constitution project that will serve as your assessment for Chapter 3. This assignment will be due a week from today (March 21st) and will be graded as follows:

-Length:

At least 4 pages

-Structure:

Typed, double spaced 12 point font with 1 inch margins (I will check)

-Punctuation and spelling:

It needs to be proofread and have no grammatical errors. Punctuation and spelling count so take some time to do a rough draft and revise your work.

-Things to include:

1.) Preamble (At least half a page), 2.) your Bill of Rights (At least a page to a page and a half), and 3.) a conclusion where you justify each right that is included, and which rights your chose to leave out from the original Bill of Rights (at least a page to two pages). Your justification should be well thought out and should support why you chose to include it in your Bill of rights and how you think it will affect/change things today.

For today:

What I would like you to do first is to go through section 4 of Chapter 3 and make a list of the rights you like the most. Then make a list of rights that aren't included (such as the right to privacy or the right to an education)

Then I would like you to make a list of the goals and values you want your bill of rights to have. They need to be general enough to encompass your whole Bill of Rights. Think about how the founders phrased their preamble. Such as "provide for the General Welfare"

Then, once you have done those steps, start on the first draft of your Preamble.