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Elliott, David L. – 1987
The study-in-progress examines the treatment of the U.S. Constitution in U.S. history textbooks at the fifth, eighth, and eleventh grade levels. The study focuses on how textbook authors treat: (1) the background and historical setting from which the U.S. Constitution emerged; (2) the writers of the Constitution and the process they went through…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11, Grade 5
Peer reviewedMcGovern, Judith C. – Social Studies Review, 1987
Presents a lesson which will help students see the importance of the Bill of Rights in their everyday lives and learn the first ten constitutional amendments. Outlines the procedures for a five-day teaching unit, assignment of a student project, and discussion of two problems dealing with freedom of expression. (GEA)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional History, Elementary Education, Grade 5
