Books with title Constitution Construction

Constitution Day is observed on September 17, as the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document in Philadelphia, my hometown, granting American citizens the outline for a new nation unlike any other in history. But neither you nor I were there to know exactly what happened and why. Let's go back to the very beginning of our country and find out why the Constitution is the second greatest living document America has access to.

America’s founders wanted a government that would protect the people but that would also give them rights and liberties. This book outlines the reasons the Constitution was first written in 1787, and how it has changed to fit our world today. The Constitution contains an introduction, or preamble, and seven articles describing the states’ rights and responsibilities. Learn how amendments have been made throughout the years, how the branches of government work, and what responsibility they play in upholding America’s most important document; the Constitution. This book will allow students to describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text.