AP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

STUDENT INTERPRETATION ELECTRONIC ASSIGNMENT

RATIONALE: It is vitally important that you have a full understanding of the Constitution of the United States. The topics presented in the remainder of the course will bring about questions of constitutionality. The student will need to have a working knowledge of the Constitution of the United States and all amendments and be able to link topics of discussion to the Constitution.

DIRECTIONS:

1.Log on to the internet and enter the following web address:

http://ratify.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/details_explanation.php?link=135&const=12_amd_05

This will direct you to the National Constitution Center’s Interactive Constitution.

2. At the top of the page, you will find the divisions of the Constitution starting with the Preamble. For each division, read the text of the Constitution.

3. Below the text of the Constitution, you will find an explanation of the Preamble, the Articles, and the Amendments as presented in The Words We Live By by Linda Monk. Read the explanation for further understanding of the text.

4. Make a list of all Supreme Court Decisions and a brief explanation that corresponds to the Article or Amendment under study.

4. In bulleted form, write your own explanation of each section using the text and the interpretation by Monk.

5. When you have finished, print a hard copy to turn in and save a copy to your hard drive or flash drive.


AP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

INTERACTIVE ASSIGNMENT

Using the above directions, complete the assignment using this template.

PREAMBLE

ARTICLE I

ARTICLE II

ARTICLE III

ARTICLE IV

ARTICLE V

ARTICLE VI

ARTICLE VII

1ST AMENDMENT

2ND AMENDMENT

3RD AMENDMENT

4TH AMENDMENT

5TH AMENDMENT

6TH AMENDMENT

7TH AMENDMENT

8TH AMENDMENT

9TH AMENDMENT

10TH AMENDMENT

11TH AMENDMENT

12TH AMENDMENT

13TH AMENDMENT

14TH AMENDMENT (THIS AMENDMENT WILL BE ON THE COLLEGE BOARD EXAM)

15TH AMENDMENT

16TH AMENDMENT

17TH AMENDMENT

18TH AMENDMENT

19TH AMENDMENT

20TH AMENDMENT

21ST AMENDMENT

22ND AMENDMENT

23RD AMENDMENT

24TH AMENDMENT

25TH AMENDMENT

26TH AMENDMENT

17TH AMENDMENT