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Schechter, Stephen L., Ed.; Bernstein, Richard B., Ed. – 1990
This book contains three major essays that consider the origins of the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution. In "The U.S. Bill of Rights in Historical Perspective," Donald S. Lutz examines the intellectual context of the Bill of Rights by analyzing the changing ideas about rights in colonial,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Political Science
Download full textAmerican Bar Association, Chicago, IL. Special Committee on Youth Education for Citizenship. – 1991
The 17 essays included in this book are designed to provide educators and other interested readers with contemporary perspectives on a broad range of themes and topics concerning the U.S. Constitution. The authors are a distinguished group of historians, political scientists, legal scholars, and jurists. The essays include: "The Achievement…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Elementary Secondary Education
Haskel, Claudia A., Ed.; Otto, Jean H., Ed. – 1991
A collection of essays on the 10 amendments that comprise the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution is presented in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. The following essays are included: "The First Amendment and the Virtues of an Open Society" (R. Smolla); "The First Amendment as a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Liberties, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
Schechter, Stephen L., Ed. – 1984
Ten essays discuss federal democracy, the form of government of the United States. The first essay discusses the origins of American federalism. The second examines why we have a federal system, the functions federalism serves, and the consequences of federalism for the American political system. Federalism in the Constitution and constitutional…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
Rodriguez, Kenneth G., Ed. – 1988
The purpose of this book is to revitalize teaching and learning about the U.S. Constitution for elementary and secondary school students. Fifty-one classroom teachers participated in the Special Programs in Citizenship Education (SPICE II), a project that focused on the development of new lesson plans and activities on the Constitution. These…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Curriculum Guides
