Constitutional Structure and Principles

Start with the review notes

The note U.S Constitution Review is a starting point for studying checks and balances. It asks what the system is, what it is designed to do and what an example might be. School students can use those questions to organize their study, while teachers can use them to guide a discussion.

After the notes, Constitution Quiz offers questions on the New Jersey Plan, the Virginia Plan and the Connecticut Compromise. It also asks about the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Use mind maps alongside quizzes

Constitution Part 1 brings together the convention, approval, compromises and Federalists and Anti-Federalists. The map How did the Constitution protect against tyranny? also covers the Great Compromise. These maps give students a way to see related ideas together before returning to the quiz questions.

For another focus, the Electoral College mind map covers the compromise over how the government would be elected. The quiz US Constitution includes a question about the Second Amendment. Students can move between a quiz and a relevant map or note, then try the questions again.

Work with the flashcards

The page also lists flashcards on terms including natural rights, social contract, sovereignty and popular sovereignty. They provide a different way to study vocabulary alongside the longer questions in the review notes. Teachers can select a deck to support a classroom discussion of those terms.

Place the topic in the unit

Constitutional Structure and Principles is one section of Founding Documents and the US Constitution in History. The resources in this section connect questions about the Constitution with terms and ideas listed in the flashcards. Each resource is made by a GoConqr user, so students and teachers can choose the format that fits their work.

Choose a quiz or map and use it alongside the review notes.