We The Folks: The US Structure Explored and Defined

* 2021 EUREKA! Nonfiction Youngsters’s Honor E-book *
* 2021 Notable Social Research Commerce Books *

“An enlightening addition to higher elementary and center faculty collections for its in-depth have a look at the Structure and the U.S. authorities.” –
Faculty Library Journal

See the U.S. Structure in a brand new gentle with this daring, trendy and accessible illustrated information to the doc that helped outline democracy.

With the unprecedented occasions and actions which have examined the American political system over the past a number of years, together with the violent overtaking of the U.S. Capitol Constructing,
there has by no means been a greater time to take a more in-depth have a look at the Structure, the bedrock of U.S. politics. As a part of the important dialogue of present occasions in school and at house, inquisitive minds may have their questions vividly answered – and new ones raised – by a mixture of
putting illustrations and
clear, partaking textual content, together with passages from the Structure given in
plain English.

In addition to an in depth historical past protecting the
authentic Structure, the
Invoice of Rights and all
Amendments, uncover how this milestone in American democracy shapes and is formed by the world at massive.
We The Folks reveals that, removed from a fusty previous piece of paper, the U.S. Structure is a
dwelling, evolving rule ebook that’s as related as we speak because it has ever been.

• A contemporary take on a monumental doc, navigating in fashion its historical past and its life as we speak.
• Excerpts from the Structure are offered right here in plain English to assist younger thinkers higher perceive the position it performs in on a regular basis life.
• Accessible, energetic textual content accompanied by modern, highly effective illustrations permits youngsters aged 10 and older to re-think the Structure in a very new method.
• A balanced examination that doesn’t shrink back from addressing the difficulties of decoding and adapting the Structure for the trendy world. 

We The Folks takes the Structure out of its show case, blows off the mud and re-imagines this piece of historical past for the following era.

From the Writer