Constitution+DayHF08

=**September 17, 2008 has been declared "Constitution Day." Why? Why would a law be passed to "force" every kid in America to learn about the United States Constitution? Make a phone call to one of the signers of the Constitution and tell him whether this celebration should continue in the 21st Century. Your phone call should answer the question -- Should we set aside a day to celebrate the US Constitution despite the fact that it was signed over 200 years ago? Your phone call must be between :55-1:05. See direction on previous page for creating the podcast. Prove the day should continue? or Prove that the day should not continue? Your answer and evidence is due on Friday. It must be in the form of a podcast that is between :55 and 1:05 minutes long. You can work in a group or by yourself. Directions for recording the phone call (It will not cost you one cent) __0:00-0:10__**= John Hancock hello john hancock How r u doing? of corse your doing well because 1) you were the first person to sign the declaration of independence. What made you decide to sign it?
 * Say hello and make small talk about things going on in the person's life. List four things you could talk about with your person.

3)ohh by the way Congratulations on getting elected president of the second continental congress in 1775.

4) I hear that you had a great interest in the state of Massachucets considering u were born there, and you were govenor from 1780-1793.

2) I thought that you signing the constitution very big in the center was a great idea. How did you work up th courage to do such a thing? I know i never could**

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I have called becasue i wanted to inform u on the the constitution, i know u know but it will help me out The constitution is a document that describes the government of the United States. It descibes the three branches of government. They are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Article one descibes Congress, Article two describes the branch of government that the president controls, Article three describes the branch of government that the supreme court has power over, Article four describes the states, article five describes amendment, article six describes depts, supreamacy, and oaths, and article seven describes Ratification. The constitution states that is was made to form a more perfect union, and establish justice for the United States.**
 * Give a summary of what the "signer signed" -- what is the US Constitution

=__0:17-0:30__= I was just wondering Why do we have Constitution day-law? I think we do soWe can teachn kids the importance of this document to the United States. Without this document our government would not be as stable, because the constitution allows a balance of power between the three branches of government. The constitutional ammenments state our rights as Americans. For example the right to freedom of speach, freedom of religion, the freedom to bear arms,and the right against search and seizure.

=__0:30-1:00__= Why should every student in America should or should not celebrate the US Constitution once a year? I also think We should celebrate the constitution because it is what guarantees the freedoms we enjoy as americans. Without this document we could be as worse off as Iraq's very unstable government. We have to celebrate the signing of this document because it is just thatr important to all of our lives. Imagine living in an evirnment with no rules at all that control the government. I imagine our country as pure maddness with a tone of problems...

anyway i guess ill talk to u later bii.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution http://www.usconstitution.net/declarsigndata.html =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock= http://www.answers.com/topic/john-hancock