Framework of US Democracy G5

A change or addition to a law or document

• Articles

• Amendment

• Bill of Rights

• Democracy

Sections or parts of a document, like the Constitution

• Rights

• Constitution

• Articles

• Amendment

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect people's rights

• Founding

• Bill of Rights

• Rights

• Articles

A set of rules that a country or state follows. It's like a rulebook for government

• Constitution

• Participatory Democracy

• Federal Government

• Amendment

A type of government where people vote to choose their leaders

• Participatory Democracy

• Rights

• Democracy

• Constitution

The government of a whole country, like the United States government

• Democracy

• Federal Government

• Articles

• Rights

The act of starting something new, like the founding of a country

• Founding

• Federal Government

• Bill of Rights

• Participatory Democracy

Things that people are allowed to do or have, like the right to speak freely

• Articles

• Rights

• Democracy

• Founding

A type of government where citizens are involved in making decisions.

• Rights

• Constitution

• Amendment

• Participatory Democracy

Why do we learn about our country's history?

• to understand how it became what it is today

• • to help us appreciate the freedoms and rights we have

• • to teach us about important people and events that shaped our nation

• • to help us make informed decisions about the future