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ERIC Number: EJ371234
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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The Bicentennial Challenge: Situating the Constitution within Law Related Education.
Kaplan, Howard F.
International Journal of Social Education, v2 n2 p45-51 Fall 1987
Assesses the role that constitutional studies play in law-related education (LRE) and the impact that the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution has had on LRE. Includes a brief analysis of how the Constitution was taught in civics classes prior to the reforms of the progressive education era of the early 1900s. (JDH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Law Related Education, Progressive Education, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bicentennial; United States Constitution