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Social Studies Review | 2 |
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Miller, Douglas E. | 1 |
Wolf, Alvin | 1 |
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Wolf, Alvin – Social Studies Review, 1990
Advocates teaching constitutional history and principles to middle school students in accordance with the 1988 California History-Social Science Framework. Reports findings of a survey of 118 California middle school and high school teachers that revealed a need for improved teacher knowledge about the U.S. Constitution. Recommends steps to ensure…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Constitutional History

Miller, Douglas E. – Social Studies Review, 1996
Describes a high school civics course constructed almost solely around a close reading of the Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, and Gettysburg Address. Maintains that understanding these documents establishes the minimum essentials of civic literacy and frees classes from the burden of irrelevant and unreadable textbooks.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Civil War (United States), Constitutional History