Constitution Day

Constitution Day is on December 6th in Spain. Because of this, we talked about the constitution of the United States in the 5th and 6th grade classes. We read an document with information about the US constitution and after I surprised them with a short quiz consisting of 5 questions about the US constitution. The students who answered the most corrected won a pair of American-themed sun glasses! Here is a picture of Lidia and Alvaro wearing their glasses, they answered the most questions correct in their class!

Here is a copy of the information about the US constitution that we learned about:

• The Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
• It sets up the government and protects the basic rights of Americans.
• The Constitution was written after the American War of Independence.
• It was written in 1787.
• The federal government only has the powers that the Constitution says it has.
• The states have the powers that the federal government does not have.
• The Preamble is a short statement about the purpose of the Constitution. The Preamble does not prohibit actions or grant rights.
• The Preamble starts with the words "We the People." This means that the power of the government comes from the people.
• Changes to the Constitution are Amendments. There are 27 amendments to the Constitution.
• There are seven Articles in the Constitution.
• The Constitution separates the government into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.