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    Understanding the U.S. Constitution
    Understanding the U.S. Constitution
    Understanding the U.S. Constitution
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    Understanding the U.S. Constitution

    By Catherine McGrew Jaime

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    Whether you are wanting to learn more about the U.S. Constitution for your own purposes, or to teach a class, this book will be helpful to you.

    Catherine has been studying the Constitution for years -- its history, its importance, its tie to other historical documents.

    Here she gives you everything you need to start learning (or teaching) the U.S. Constitution!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCatherine McGrew Jaime
    Release dateOct 23, 2010
    ISBN9781452379173
    Understanding the U.S. Constitution
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    Catherine McGrew Jaime

    Historian, and Author, Homeschool Mom of 12

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      Understanding the U.S. Constitution - Catherine McGrew Jaime

      Understanding

      the

      United States

      Constitution

      By Catherine McGrew Jaime

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2010 by Catherine McGrew Jaime

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

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      Table of Contents

      Notes & Quotes on the Constitution

      Notes on:

      ~ Teaching the U.S. Constitution

      ~ The Influences of Scripture

      ~ Ancient Greek Form(s)

      ~ Republic of Rome

      ~ Other Influences

      ~ Articles of Confederation

      ~ U.S. Constitution

      ~ Ratifying the Constitution

      ~ Bill of Rights

      Timeline of the Constitution

      Using Constitution-Related Documents

      Poem about the Signing of the Magna Carta

      The U.S. Constitution

      Bill of Rights

      Rest of Amendments

      Activities for Before or After Studying the Constitution:

      ~Quiz on the Constitution

      ~Review of the Writing/Passing of the Constitution

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      Notes on the Constitution

      Too many people in the United States are ignorant of the foundational document of our country.  I know I was for the first 40+ years of my life. 

      The Constitution itself is not long, and not particularly complicated.  I carry a pocket version of it in my purse, and many of my students now carry them as well.  (Ask for one the next time you visit your Senator or Congressman – most of them have copies available for the asking…)

      But I believe that the history of the document is as important as the document itself, which is why I spend so much time here, and in my classes on the history. 

      Quotes on the Constitution

      The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.   George Washington

      The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.   Benjamin Franklin

      Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.   John Adams

      The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.   Samuel Adams

      The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.   James Madison

      We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.   Abraham Lincoln

      Notes on Teaching the U.S. Constitution

      I have been a Government Club advisor for the last 12 years.  During that time I have learned so much about the founding of our country and the workings of our government. Our Government Club participates in Youth Judicial (Mock Trial) competitions and Youth Legislature conferences every year.  It was at a Legislature conference that I was first struck with the need to teach about the Constitution.  During the weekend I heard numerous students discussing whether bills were Constitutional or not – but it dawned on me that most of them had no idea what was in the Constitution! 

      From that experience came the first of many classes I have taught on the U.S. Constitution, and a seven-year stint as the advisor for the YMCA’s Student Supreme Court.

      I usually teach the Constitution in a weekly class, covering a semester’s worth of work over the course of the school year.  We spend the first half of the classes studying the history of the Constitution, including the many documents and events that lead to the writing of the Constitution.  After focusing on the history, we go through the Constitution itself – article by article, and amendment by amendment.

      We spend most of the second half of the classes looking at important Supreme Court cases, and how the Constitution has been upheld (or not upheld) through the years by the various members of the Supreme Court. 

      This book deals with what we did in the first half of the year – the history of the Constitution and the Constitution itself.  Everything you need to teach that portion is included here.[1]

      Whether you are planning to teach a class on the Constitution, or just want to fill in some gaps in

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