Welcome back to week 3!
Here is the lesson for today. It is about amending the constitution.Activity #1: The Amendment Process Background
Watch the following two videos and answer the corresponding questions in your online notebooks.The purpose of the first video is to talk to you about the process of amending the Constitution...
- Diagram or explain the process for how an amendment can be added to the Constitution...
- What is the constitution not clear about when it comes to the gap between proposal and ratification of amendments?
- What does Hip Hughes think the 28th amendment should be, do you agree or do you have a better idea?
The purpose of the second video is to discuss why it is so hard to amend the constitution in the United States, and how other branches of government have "changed" the Constitution without amendments...
- Why is the Constitution Hard to Amend video
- Explain why amending the constitution is hard?
- If we can't change by adding an amendments how does our Constitution change still?
