Today is Constitution Day 📜
- Explain how laws made by legislatures differ from guidelines established by judges' decisions
- Explore the history and importance of legal codes
- Analyze our Constitution and state constitutions as sets of laws
- Describe how laws are carried out by government agencies
- Explain why laws are sometimes changed
- Watched and took notes on Lesson 1, Part 4: Where Our Laws Come From
- Using the notes from Lesson 1, Part 4, answered the following questions in complete sentences:
- Define statutes, common law, and legal code.
- What are the two main ways that our laws are made?
- How are constitutions and legal codes similar and different?
- Why do laws made by our legislatures sometimes become out of date?
- Evaluate What is one law that you think should be changed? Explain why.