Amendment Idea Template

Your Name ____________________

Step 1:

Describe how amendments have affected Americans' participation in government.

Give specific examples from the lesson, including amendment names or numbers.

Step 2:

Brainstorm an idea for anewamendment to the Constitution. Answer the following questions about yournewamendment idea.

What will this amendment do?

Whom will it benefit and how?

Step 3:

Identify the process that your amendment will have to follow to become part of the Constitution. Some information appears for you.

Amendment Process: Two Main Steps

1: Proposal. 2:Ratification

Method 1: Ex 1; ______________________________ Ex 2; _____________________________________________________

Method 2: Ex 1; Two-thirds of state legislatures request a national convention Ex 2; ____________________

Step 4:

answer the following questions about the amendment process.

Why did the Founding Father create an amendment process for the Constitution?

Why did they make the amendment process difficult to achieve?