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What does it mean to be part of a constitutional democracy? In this educational text, readers will learn about the founding principles of democracy, why and how political authority is limited, and how institutions operate and interact in this form of government. Instilling young readers with a greater understanding of the structures, powers, and limits of government that affect their daily lives as Americans, this text covers key elementary social...
970) Bill of Rights
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Activities help students to interpret political cartoons, analyze court decisions, read current legislation, examine the origins of each of the 10 amendments and give contemporary accounts of those rights in America today.
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"The Federalist Papers are a collection of 85 articles published under the pseudonym Publius during the years 1787 and 1788. They were written by three of the Constitution's framers and ratifiers, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison, to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution. Milestones in political history and philosophy, the Federalist Papers are essential reading for students, lawyers, politicians, and those with...
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The highest law in the United States isn t written in modern English. Yet students are expected to know and understand much of what it says, as well as facts about how and why it was written. Readers are presented with the most important points of the history of the Constitution and its contents in this book. The main content gives simple explanations of important social studies curriculum topics, from the compromises needed to write the Constitution...
980) Revolution
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Africans in America volume 2
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A four part series portraying the struggles of the African people in America, from their arrival in the 1600s to the last days before the Civil War. In this second episode, while the American colonies challenge Britain for independence, American slavery is challenged from within as men and women fight to define what America will be. When the War of Independence is won, black people, both enslaved and free, seize on the language of freedom even while...
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