The U.S. Constitution (American Milestones (Gallopade International)) - Softcover

Marsh, Carole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0635026961 ISBN 13: 9780635026965

Publisher: Gallopade International, 2004

Synopsis

The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine. On the 25th day of May in the year 1787, a group of America's founding fathers walked up the steps of the State House in Philadelphia. They were enjoying the late-spring weather as the delegations from seven states arrived for the Federal Convention. The members of the Convention were there to amend the Articles of Confederation. But by mid-June, with discussions and debates in full swing in the summer heat, the men were growing hot under their powdered wigs and layers of colonial dress - and they had had enough of the Articles of Confederation!

These great American patriots decided to throw the book out the window and draft an entirely new form of government - one which the world had never seen. And it's a good thing they did! In this book, kids will swelter in the heat and swat away the horseflies in the building now known as Independence Hall. They will debate with the likes of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin as they work through the summer to draft the most important document in the United States history: the Constitution for the United States of America!

A partial list of the Table of Contents include:
A Timeline of Events
The U.S. Constitution
What is the Constitution?
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
The Great Compromise
Slavery
Ramble through the Preamble
Three Branches of Government
Checks and Balances
Bill of Rights
Constitution Trivia
And Much More!

About this title

About the Author:

Carole Marsh:

• Native of Atlanta, Georgia
• Professional writer and photographer
• Founder and CEO of Gallopade International, Inc.
• Founder and Owner of Marsh Media, a public relations anD corporate communications firm
• Creator of more than 15,000 products, primarily fiction and non-fiction supplementary educational materials
including books, interactive CD-ROMs, games, and online adventures

Awards Include:

• 2011 Teachers’ Choice for the Classroom by Learning Magazine
• 2007 Greatest Products by iParenting Media
• 2006 Georgia Author of the Year by Georgia Writers Association
• 2004 Teachers’ Choice for the Family by Learning Magazine
• 2003 Excellence in Education Award from the National School Supply and Equipment Association
• 2002 Teachers' Choice Award by Learning Magazine
• 2002 Award of Excellence Recipient from Association Advance America
• 2000 Fastest Growing Small Press from Publishers Weekly
• Communicator of the Year in 1979

About this edition

• Publisher: Gallopade International
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0635026961
• ISBN 13: 9780635026965
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 28
• Editor: Beard Chad