The Law in United States History: A Kaleidoscopic View.

Y

10

Teachers; Practitioners

Citizenship Education; Citizenship Responsibility; Civics; Civil War (United States); Constitutional History; Democratic Values; Economic Factors; Elementary Secondary Education; Law Related Education; Political Attitudes; Political Science; Presidents of the United States; Social Studies; United States History

Bill of Rights; United States Constitution

0147-8648

Argues that it is impossible to teach U.S. history without discussing how law influences economic and social behavior. Examines five ideas associated with political science through six chronological periods of U.S. history. Includes an annotated bibliography linked to the political ideas and historical periods. (CFR)

1994

EJ475052