PBL+Constitution

The Constitution of the United States
 * The Greatest Why... **
 * TOTAL POINTS: 35 **

__**Introduction**__


 * 1) Follow this link to see the "Blendspace: US Constitution" introduction.

**__Requirements__**
 * 1) You must work with a partner(s) using and post to the [|Wiki Discussion Board].
 * 2) You must create a presentation:
 * 3) Please put both names at the top of the post.
 * 4) Please put the title "Why" above this section. You must use only bullet points in answering the "why". **10 points**
 * 5) Please put the title "Quote" above this section. You must use at least one quote from a primary or secondary source document that helps us understand the __why.__ You must cite the source you used (Easy Bib). **5 points**
 * 6) You must present your answer to your classmates. You will be graded on your knowledge and ability to present without reading directly from your wiki post. **20 points**


 * __Whys in the Constitution__ **
 * 1) Why did the Founding Fathers write a Constitution?
 * 2) Why did the delegates write a “preamble”?
 * 3) Why is Congress divided into two branches?
 * 4) Why do we have a President?
 * 5) Why is Article III written?
 * 6) Why do we have states (another way of wording this is why did the Founding Fathers create a federal system of government?)
 * 7) Why can’t we create new states from existing states (for example, why can’t we just have North California and South California as states?) MR. WILLIAMS
 * 8) If the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution create democracy, then why did we still have slavery after these documents were written (you can find the institution of slavery written into the Constitution in several spots: Article 1, Section 3, Article 1, Section 9, Clause 1, and Article 4, Section 3)?
 * 9) Why do we an have entire article (Article 5) devoted to changing or amending the Constitution?
 * 10) Why did George Mason, Elbridge Gerry and Edmund Randolph __refuse__ to sign the Constitution?
 * 11) Why did the 1st Congress write:
 * 12) 2nd Amendment
 * 13) 4th Amendment
 * 14) 5th Amendment
 * 15) 6th Amendment
 * 16) 8th Amendment
 * 17) 9th Amendment
 * 18) 10th Amendment