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Wease, Hugh – 1986
The paper discusses the pressure on social studies teachers to teach about the United States Constitution during its bicentennial period and offers ideas to improve instruction about the document. After reviewing the inappropriateness of memorization of the document and suggesting that its content be organized to focus on its major concepts and…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Concept Teaching, Constitutional History, Instructional Improvement


