These newsletter volumes deal with topics in U.S. history, world history, and U.S. government relating to the Bill of Rights. The newsletters present background information for classroom reading, in some instances provide a list of topical issues, and offer activities for discussion and writing. Some of the topics considered in the newsletters are: political scandals, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Romanovs, the separation of church and state, welfare, the Aztec Empire, origins of Islamic law, the Napoleonic Code, bombing civilians in World War 2, and censoring the Internet. (BT)