Teaching Using Models: Social Studies The excerpt from Article 6 of the United States Constitution says The enduring principle is the Constitution is supreme law of the This shows the explained in bold “the land.” enduring principle that the United States government is founded based on laws as spelled out in the Constitution. In The underlined shows the his 1974 speech, President Ford supports this enduring principle connection between the that the United States is a country founded on laws. enduring principle and the later speech. speech was given just after President Nixon resigned Ford’s because of Watergate. President Ford makes it clear that “our great Republic is a government of laws and not of and that Personal information on the men” even the President of the United States is not above the law. The historical context is in the first Constitution is our law and political power rests in it, not sentence of the second country’s any one person. paragraph. Also, President Ford further supports this enduring principle when he says Constitution This means that the United Specific evidence from the text “our works.” States government has continued for 200 years in spite of all the is shown in italics challenges we have had as a country. Even a President resigning and a new one taking office does not change does not change how the Constitution works. Transition words like also and finally connect paragraphs Finally, President Ford goes on to say that he was appointed together based on laws made by people under the Constitution.” “acting People were not acting on their own authority but were directed by the laws in the Constitution. So, President Ford supports the The paragraphs bring in enduring principle that the Constitution is the law of the land in the evidence from both passages United States in his 1974 speech when he became President. and explain how they support the enduring principle
Teaching Using Models: Social Studies The excerpt from Article 6 of the United States Constitution says the Constitution is “the supreme law of the land.” This shows the enduring principle that the United States government is founded based on laws as spelled out in the Constitution. In his 1974 speech, President Ford supports this enduring principle that the United States is a country founded on laws. Ford’s speech was given just after President Nixon resigned because of Watergate. President Ford makes it clear that “our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men” and that even the President of the United States is not above the law. The Constitution is our country’s law and political power rests in it, not any one person. Also, President Ford further supports this enduring principle when he says “our Constitution works.” This means that the United States government has continued for 200 years in spite of all the challenges we have had as a country. Even a President resigning and a new one taking office does not change does not change how the Constitution works. Finally, President Ford goes on to say that he was appointed based on laws made by people “acting under the Constitution.” People were not acting on their own authority but were directed by the laws in the Constitution. So, President Ford supports the enduring principle that the Constitution is the law of the land in the United States in his 1974 speech when he became President. The enduring principle is explained in bold The underlined shows the connection between the enduring principle and the later speech. Personal information on the historical context is in the first sentence of the second paragraph. Specific evidence from the text is shown in italics Transition words like also and finally connect paragraphs together The paragraphs bring in evidence from both passages and explain how they support the enduring principle
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