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Louisiana Studies, 8th Grade Social Studies Strand: Civics (Citizenship and Government) Standard: Students develop an understanding of the structure and purposes of government, the foundations of the American democratic system, and the role of the United States in the world, while learning about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. A. Structure and Purposes of Government Benchmark: C-1A-M4 explaining the purposes of state constitutions and describing the relationship of state constitutions to the federal constitution; (1, 3, 5) GLE 19. Explain the purposes of state constitutions and describe the relationship of the Louisiana Constitution to the U.S. Constitution (C-1A-M4)
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Bellringer: Explain, in your own words, the meaning of the Preamble to the Constitution of Louisiana (1974): "We, the people of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political, economic, and religious liberties we enjoy, and desiring to protect individual rights to life, liberty, and property; afford opportunity for the fullest development of the individual; assure equality of rights; promote the health, safety, education, and welfare of the people; maintain a representative and orderly government; ensure domestic tranquility; provide for the common defense; and secure the blessings of freedom and justice to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution." (Five sentence paragraph; give the MEANING, not just a rewrite!)
Sources on Louisiana Politics
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