What was the organization of the constitution?

The Constitution of the United States was organized into
major sections known as articles.  There are seven articles in the Constitution.  The
first three articles each deals with a different branch of our system of government. 
Each article sets out the powers that its branch of government has and how the members
of that branch will be selected.  The other four articles deal with more miscellaneous
issues.  The fourth is generally about the rights of the states, the fifth about how the
Constitution can be amended, the sixth about the powers of the federal government and
the final article about how the document is to be
ratified.

After the original Constitution, there are the
amendments to that Constitution.  The first ten of these amendments deal with the rights
that are most fundamental to society.  These ten amendments collectively are known as
the Bill of Rights.  There are currently 27th amendments to the
Constitution.