Ms. Nicoll History 2017 
 
 
Name: Vivienne Scott Date:
 
Essay Outline for ​8th Grade 
Part 1: Main Ideas 
 

Describe the principles of Federalism, dual

sovereignty, seperation of powers, checks
Thesis and balances, the nature and purpose of
Statement majority rule, and the ways in which the
American idea of constitutionalism
preserves individual rights
Body Main  Dual Sovereignty and
Paragraph 1 Statement:  seperation of powers
Checks and balances, and
Body Main 
individual rights and
Paragraph 2 Statement: 
majority rule
Body Main 
Federalism
Paragraph 3 Statement: 
The constitution preserves
individual rights by dual
Conclusion
Summary:  sovereignty, seperation of
Paragraph
powers, checks and balances,
and majority rule.
 
 

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