The Words We Live By: The Constitution in Context

Linda R. Monk, Social Education 67(7), pp. 381-385 © 2003 National Council for the Social Studies 

To help students understand the context of the Constitution’s original language and how that language has been interpreted by citizens and the courts, the author of The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution examines the Preamble, as a model for analysis.

Go to: https://www.socialstudies.org/sites/default/files/publications/se/6707/6707381.pdf 

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Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), contains theoretical content and practical teaching ideas.

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