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Download full textArmy Center of Military History, Washington, DC. – 1987
As one of the authors of the U.S. Constitutions, Gouverneur Morris wrote the preamble's opening phrase "We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union," and his other clauses within the document clearly mirrored his political philosophy. This booklet about Morris is one in a series on Revolutionary War soldiers…
Descriptors: Biographies, Colonial History (United States), Military Service, Public Service
Million, Anne – 1987
This annotated bibliography focuses on the constitutional role of Oklahoma by highlighting the constitutionally significant cases that arose during the territorial period and after statehood. The intention is to bring important constitutional issues closer to home, and thereby create an appreciation for the Constitution as a vital, living…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Education, Blacks, Civil Liberties
Dixon, Douglas A.; Larkins, A. Guy – 2000
Citizenship education is a major purpose of schools. What this entails, however, is highly disputable. Recently scholars have suggested that schools should teach and model citizenship values and principles that emphasize freedom of expression, the exclusion of religion from public spheres, and equal protection. These scholars support their…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education
Moskowitz, Douglas, Ed.; Scurti, Jason, Ed. – 1989
This constitutional casebook is the outcome of the P.A.T.C.H. Law Program of the Northport-East Northport Union Free School District in New York. The casebook provides students and teachers in grades 7, 8, 11, and 12 with a summary review of the 22 cases mentioned in the New York State Regents' 11th grade "U.S. History and Government"…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional Law, Law Related Education, Secondary Education
Simmons, Linda – 2000
From the outbreak of World War I in Europe until the signing of the Versailles Treaty, President Woodrow Wilson's administration proposed and implemented an extraordinary number of programs that affected people in their everyday activities. In August 1917 Congress passed the Food and Fuel Control Act, also known as the Lever Act, which gave the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Food, Government Role, National Standards
Shiman, David A. – 1999
On December 10, 1998, the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The U.S. Constitution possesses many of the political and civil rights articulated in the UDHR. The UDHR, however, goes further than the U.S. Constitution, including many social and economic rights as well. This book…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Civil Liberties, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Center for Civic Education, Calabasas, CA. – 1990
This teaching guide accompanies a curriculum, intended to be used in the upper elementary grades, that introduces students to the study of constitutional government in the United States. It is designed to help students understand the most important ideas of the constitutional system and how they were developed, and to provide them with a knowledge…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Constitutional History
