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Good morning!. Come in, grab your ISN from the bin and open to page 36. THEN get out your DSS Notebook and get started!. DSS Questions January 16 th , 2014. Which Article in the Constitution establishes the Executive branch?
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Good morning! Come in, grab your ISN from the bin and open to page 36. THEN get out your DSS Notebook and get started!
DSS QuestionsJanuary 16th, 2014 • Which Article in the Constitution establishes the Executive branch? • The Bill of Rights is made up of the first _______ amendments to the Constitution. • The only state that did NOT attend the Constitutional Convention was... (HINT: think 13 original colonies not today’s states)
3 Branches of Government How the Constitution laid out… Separation of Power Checks and Balances
REVIEW – Talk to your table! What are the 3 branches? • Executive • Legislative • Judicial What does the Executive branch do? • EXECUTE or carry out the laws? Who makes the laws the Executive carries out? • The Legislative (Law-Making) Branch What does the Judicial Branch do? • JUDGES or interprets the laws
LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE JUDICIAL
Checks and Balances • It’s a vocab word! …What does it mean? • “Each branch of government can check each other and veto (get rid of) laws so that no branch has more power than another” • Put it in your own words: • System that makes sure all the branches are equal and doesn’t let any branch get too strong
Checks and Balances Prezi • http://prezi.com/fr0y0ro9spjn/copy-of-checks-and-balances/
What is the purpose of “Checks and Balances?” • Each branch of government is kept “in check” by the other branches in several ways • The purpose is to keep one branch from getting too _________________ POWERFUL
Exit Slip • Why is it important for our government to have Checks and Balances? • What does “Separation of Powers” mean? • What is a check that the Executive has on the Legislative branch? STICK YOUR STICKY ON THE DOOR AS YOU LEAVE! HAVE A GREAT DAY!