Ms. Nicoll History 2017 
 

Name: Vivienne Date: 10/19/17

Essay Outline for ​8th Grade 

Part 2: Complete Sentences 
 

Describe the principles of Federalism,

dual sovereignty, seperation of powers,
checks and balances, the nature and
Thesis Statement:  purpose of majority rule, and the ways
in which the American idea of
constitutionalism preserves individual
rights
Introductory Dual Soverignty and Seperation of
Paragraph What you will say Body 1: 
powers
Checks and balances, majority rule, and
What you will say Body 2:  how the constitution protects
individual rights
What you will say Body 3:  Principles of Federalism
Transition: 

Explain Dual Soverignty and Seperation

Main Statement: 
of powers
Body Paragraph 1: Point 1:  Dual Soverignty
Dual Soverignty Point 2:  Seperation of powers
and Seperation of
powers Point 3:  Why it’s important
Seperation of powers is because one
Transition:  person should not hold all of the power.
This can be seen in other ways too.
Checks and balances, majority rule, and
Main Statement:  how the constitution protects
Body Paragraph 2: individual rights

Checks and Point 1:  Checks and balances

balances, majority
Point 2:  Majority Rule
rule, and how the
constitution How Constitution protects individual
Point 3: 
protects rights
individual rights
There is even a belief called Federalism
Transition: 
that uses all of these ideas in it!
Main Statement:  Principles of federalism
Body Paragraph 3:
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Ms. Nicoll History 2017 

Point 1:  What is it

Principles of
federalism Point 2:  When was it used
Point 3:  Why was it used
Overall, federalism was a type of
Transition:  government that protected many
people.
Describe the principles of Federalism,
dual sovereignty, seperation of powers,
checks and balances, the nature and
Thesis Restatement:  purpose of majority rule, and the ways
in which the American idea of
constitutionalism preserves individual
rights
What is dual soverignty and seperation
What you said in Body 1: 
of powers
Conclusion
What are checks and balances, majority
Paragraph
What you said in Body 2:  rule and how does the constitution
protect individual rights
Federalism and how it protects the
What you said in Body 3: 
people
In conclusion, there are many ways that
the constitution protects individual
Summary:  rights including dual soverignty,
seperation of powers, checks and
balances, majority rule and Federalism.
 

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