US Constitution and Government
The United States
Constitution and Government for Kids
This website contains
interesting facts and important information about the US
Constitution, the United States Government and the history of the
American political parties. This selection of articles
provide interesting facts and information about the US
Constitution and Government in a simplified format that is ideal
as an educational resource for kids, schools and homework projects
relating to Social Studies.
United States Government
and the US Constitution
The United States Constitution provides the framework of
the US government and is the Supreme Law of the Land. The United
States Government and the Articles and Amendments of the
Constitution are therefore closely linked. Learn about the meaning
of the US Constitution and interesting information about
the principles and system of US Government with its different
branches of government and its unique system of checks and balance.
The history of all of the political parties of America provides important
information about the beliefs of the men who run the United States
Government and how the US political parties evolved.
Constitution and Government for Kids: Help with Social Studies
articles on the United States Constitution, the US Government and
the history and evolution of the American political parties
can be found in the following sections - a simple guide for kids,
schools, colleges and Social Studies homework projects.
Constitution and Government for Kids:
The US Constitution
The United States
Constitution was written to establish the basic principles of the
legal, political and economic systems of America.
Some of the
words used can be difficult to understand so we
have provided a short summary of each of the elements - the US Constitution Simplified.
The pages on
the United States Constitution include those that provide the
wording and the meaning
of the introduction which is called the 'Preamble' that explains why
this important document was written.
Principles of the US Constitution are explained
were designed to guarantee of personal freedom and the rights of
section also contains details of important historical events
in America such as the
constitutional compromise, the constitutional convention, the
full text of the Constitution and the Declaration of
Independence, the Great Compromise, the New Jersey Plan, the
Virginia Plan, the slave trade compromise and the three-fifths
section on the United States Constitution also provides a
simplified overview for kids of the history of the Constitution
of America, when it was written, when it was ratified, who wrote
it, the original text and an explanation and a simplified
summary of the content.
Constitution and Government for Kids: The
Articles of the US Constitution
The United States Constitution
has seven parts, called
"Articles". Each of the
Articles are described in detail with a simplified summary of each
of the sections together with the full text. What subjects do the
seven Articles address? The following definitions provide a short,
simplified summary of the Articles of the US
Article 1 deals with the
Legislative Branch (the Senate and the House of
the powers of the Executive Branch, Congress and the
the Judicial Branch, judicial powers and the crime of treason.
Article 4 deals with
the relationship between the states and the
deals with how to amend the Constitution ( the Constitutional
Article 6 deals with
Supremacy, Debts and Oaths and Article 7 deals with the
requirements for ratification (approval)
Constitution and Government for Kids: The Bill of Rights
first 10 Amendments to the US
Constitution are called the 'Bill of
Rights' which guarantee the basic
liberties to Americans.
Articles on the Bill of Rights contain a simplified summary of
Amendments 1 - 10, the original full text
of the Bill of Rights amendments,
the cause or reason for their addition to the US
Constitution, a government guideline and a line by line explanation of each of the Bill of
Rights amendments together with a simplified meaning and Summary.
Constitution and Government for Kids: Amendments to the Constitution
How many Amendments have been added to the US
Constitution? Over 5000 Constitutional Amendments have since been
introduced to Congress but only 27 constitutional amendments have
been ratified by the government. Only one of the constitutional amendments has ever
been repealed - the Twenty-first Amendment that repealed
articles on the Amendments provide
a definition of each of the Constitutional amendments, a summary,
the dates when the Amendments were passed through government and the cause or reason
for the Amendments addition to the US Constitution. A
line by line explanation of each of the Amendments has also been
included together with the full text of each of the Amendments of
the US Constitution.
Constitution and Government for Kids: The United States Government
articles on the United States Government explain the system of
government in simple terms for kids.
simple guide that answers the question
"How Does the United States Government Work?" and contains an overview of the
structure of both the Federal Government and State Government.
branches of the US Government are defined and there
is a description of how each of the branches of government work
the Legislative Branch of Government that makes the laws, the Judicial Branch
of Government that interprets the laws and the Executive Branch, which is
headed by the President, and is responsible for enforcing the
law and the general administration and government of the United States of
Constitution and Government for Kids: History of the American
articles on the evolution and history of the American political
parties, the government and the important events in American history that
contributed to their formation and evolution. The history starts off
with the causes and the significance of Shays Rebellion. A useful
timeline provides a simple
summary of when the American political parties emerged and the
history of the origins of each of the political parties. The
Timeline of the American Political Parties is supplemented by a more
detailed article on the History of each of the political parties.
Learn interesting facts and important information about the
government with the Independent Party, the Federalist Party, the importance of the
Federalist Papers, the Anti-Federalist Party, the emergence of the
Republican Party, an explanation of the Democratic-Republican Party,
the Jeffersonian Republicans, the National Republican Party, the
Whig Party, National Union Party, the Free Soil Party and the
US Government for Kids - Video of the
The article provides an overview of the
Constitution and how
the American Government is run. The following video will
give you important facts and dates about the leaders of
successive governments - the Presidents of America.