Week of January 19-23, 2015

8th Grade U.S.History

US Constitution and the Bill of Rights

**Why is the US Constitution considered a "living" document?

Seven Principles of the US Constitution
*Popular Sovereignty
*Republicanism
*Limited Government
*Federalism
*Separation of Powers
*Checks and Balances
*Individual Rights

Bill of Rights
-first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution
-its purpose is to guarantee protection of civil liberties

*1st amendment-RAPPS
*2nd amendment-Right to bear arms
*3rd amendment-NO quartering of soldiers
*4th amendment-NO unlawful search and seizure/ protection of privacy
*5th amendment-Due process of LAW/"I plead the fifth"
*6th amendment-Trial by Jury "criminal" cases
*7th amendment-Trial by Jury "non-criminal"cases (civil)
*8th amendment-No cruel or unusual punishment
*9th amendment-People's Rights NOT mentioned
*10th amendment-State's Rights

Added after Civil War for former slaves
*13th amendment-Abolished slavery
*14th amendment-grants citizenship 
*15th amendment-Voting rights for African American men

REVIEW LAST WEEK

ROOTS OF THE US CONSTITUTION

7th Grade Texas History 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr-Biography, Rosa Parks-Biography

Freedom Riders Documentary- who were they? what was their goal?

Civil Rights Act 1965

Selma, Montgomery 

Plessy vs. Ferguson

Brown vs. Board of Education

*John Lewis 

*Rubi Bridges

*James Farmer

Words to know:

segregation

desegregation

integration

racism

prejudice 

Jim Crow laws

lynching

poll tax 

literacy test

Tuesday HOMEWORK:

-two index cards 

*on one give a description of the case Plessy vs. Ferguson and on the other side a drawing describing the case

*on the second index card give a description of Brown vs. Board of Education and on the other side a drawing of the case