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This Constitution: a Bicentennial Chronicle, Nos. 14-18 DOCUMENT RESUME ED 300 290 SO 019 380 AUTHOR Mann, Shelia, Ed. TITLE This Constitution: A Bicentennial Chronicle, Nos. 14-18. INSTITUTION American Historical Association, Washington, D.C.; American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C.; Project '87, Washington, DC. SPONS AGENCY National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 87 NOTE 321p.; For related document, see ED 282 814. Some photographs may not reproduce clearly. AVAILABLE FROMProject '87, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036 nos. 13-17 $4.00 each, no. 18 $6.00). PUB TYPE Collected Works - Serials (022) -- Historical Materials (060) -- Guides - Classroom Use - Guides (For Teachers) (052) JOURNAL CIT This Constitution; n14-17 Spr Sum Win Fall 1987 n18 Spr-Sum 1988 EDRS PRICE MFO1 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Class Activities; *Constitutional History; *Constitutional Law; History Instruction; Instructioral Materials; Lesson Plans; Primary Sources; Resource Materials; Secondary Education; Social Studies; United States Government (Course); *United States History IDENTIFIERS *Bicentennial; *United States Constitution ABSTRACT Each issue in this bicentennial series features articles on selected U.S. Constitution topics, along with a section on primary documents and lesson plans or class activities. Issue 14 features: (1) "The Political Economy of tne Constitution" (K. Dolbeare; L. Medcalf); (2) "ANew Historical Whooper': Creating the Art of the Constitutional Sesquicentennial" (K. Marling); (3) "The Founding Fathers and the Right to Bear Arms: To Keep the People Duly Armed" (R. Shalhope); and (4)"The Founding Fathers and the Right to Bear Arms: A Well-Regulated Militia" (L. Cress). Selected articles from issue 15 include: (1) "The Origins of the Constitution" (G. Wood);(2) "The Philadelphia Convention and the Development of American Government: From the Virginia Plan to the Constitution" (P. Maier); and (3) "Society and Republicanism: America in 1787" (J. Pcbnretta). Featured in issue 16 are: (1) "'The Federalist'" (J. Yarbrough);(2) "The Constitutional Thought of the Anti-Federalists" (M. Dry); and (3) "The Constitution as Myth and Symbol" (M. Klein). Issue 17 features: (1) "'Our Successors Will Have an Easier Task': The First Congress Under the Constitution, 1789-1791" (J. Silbey); (2) "The 'Great Departments': The Origin of the Federal Government's Executive Branch" (R. Baker); and (3) "The Birth of the Federal Court System" (D. Eisenberg and others). Issue 18, the last chronicle in this series, features eight articles on the Bill of Rights and three articles on the future of the Constitution. Photographs and related resources are included, and issue 18 contains an index for issues 1-17. (JHP) THIS CONSTITUTION: A BICENTENNIAL CHRONICLE NOS. 14-18 THIS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE Once of Educabori Research and Improvement ONLY MATERIAL IN MICROFICHE EDUC TIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER IERIC) HAS BEEN GRANTEDBY Th4s document has been reproduced as received from the person or orgaruzahon RAW ongmatmg it. Minor changes have been made to Improve reproduction Quahty Points of view or opinions stated in thsdocu- official TO THE EDUCATIONALRESOURCES ment do not necessanty represent OERI oosmon or pohcy INFORMATION CENTER(ERIC)." Project '87 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, N.a. Washington, D.C. 20036 BEST COPYAVAILtibLi 2 f ...do ordain andestabii tOis Constitution for the UnitedStatesofloinerica. A Bicentennial Chronicle Spring 198 , No.14 11,i\VT Awe PAYCASES foONI,t vIMI *0 ALL lb COvOotvC Posic)vuilkle AN -SS'l oNMAOis \4 butt Avvic.PD/vENT, vvivtfift The Call to the Federal Convention by the Confederation Congress On September 14, 1786, the twelve delegates from five states who met at Annapolis drafted a resolution that proposed a meeting "at Philadelphia on the second Monday in May next, to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the Federal Government ade- quate to the exigencies of the Union." The commissioners at Annapolis felt that propriety demanded that they address them- selves only to the states they represented, but they decided 'from motives of respect," to send the proposal to "the United States in Congress assembled" as well. The Congress of the Ccmfederation received the motion and referred it to committee Finally, on February 21, 1787, it considered the suggestion and offered its "opinion" that such a convention was "expedient," but only for "the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation," and reporting back to Congress and the state legis- latures. With this guarded imprimatur, the delegates at Philadelphia convened to draft what would be an entirely new consti- tution. Whereas there is provision in the Articles of Confederation of perpetual Union for making alterations therein by the assent of a Congress of the United States and of the legislatures of the several States; and whereas experience hath evinced that there are defects in the present Confederation, as a mean to remedy which several of the States and paticularly the State of New York by express instructions to their delegates in Congress have suggested a con- vention for the purpose expressed in the following resolution and such Convention appearing to be the must proba- ble mean of establishing in these states a firm national government. Resolved that in the opinion of Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several states be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express pur- pose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alter- ations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the states render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government & the preservation of the Union. Source: Transcription of Secretary Charles Thomson's official Journal of the Congress, 21 February 1787, In e Constitution: Evolution doGovernment, Machete Guide (National Archives and SIRS, Inc. 119858, p. 37. .do ordain and establisb tOisConstitution for the unitedstatesofAmerica. ABicentennial Chronicle No. 14 Spring 1987 4 The Political Economy of the Constitution 4 by Kenneth M. Dolbeare and Linda J. Medcalf A "New Historical Whopper": Creating the Art 11 of the Constitutional Sesquicentennial by Karat Ann Marling A Parley: The Founding Fathers and the Right to Bear Arms: 18 To Keep the People Duly Armed by Robert E. Shalhope The Founding Fathers and the Right to Bear Arms: 21 11 A Well-Regulated Militia by Lawrence Delbert Cress Documents The Case of the Century: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 24 by Hugh W. Speer Presidential Appointments to the Supreme Court 36 by William H. Rehnquist The Northwest Ordinance: America's Other Bicentennial 40 18 by Phillip R Shriver The Call to the Federal Convention by the inside front cover Confederation Congress From the Editor 2 For the Classroom: 33 The Constitution: An Economic Framework by Peter R Senn and William J. Stepien Bicentennial Gazette 41 Planning a Conference for Higher Education by Richard Peterson Directory of State Bicentennial Commissions 24 and State Humanities Councils this Constitution is published with the assistance of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of its special initiative on the Bicenten- nial of the United States Constitution. Editorial offices are located at 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20036. All material in this publica- tion may be photocopied if attributed as follows: "Reprinted from this Constitu- tion: A Bicentennial Chronical, Spring, 1987 published by Project '87 of the American Historical Association and the American Political Science Associa- tion." Project '87 would appreciate notification from those who photocopy mate- rial in this issue for use in presentations to other groups. CO Copyright 1987 by the American Historical Association and the American Political Science Associa- tion. Printed by Byrd Press, Richmond, Va. r; this Constitution J 1 this Constitution From the Editor published by Project '87 of the American Historical Association and the American Political Science The "Enduring Constitutional Issue" of property rights and economic Association policy serves as the theme for this Constitution in Spring 1987. The Constitution determines the economic structure of the nation, Ken- James MacGregor Burns and neth Dolbeare and Linda J. Medea lf argue in "The Political Economy of Richard B. Morris, co-chairs the Constitution," a discussion of the economic views of the founders. In our "For the Classroom" section, Peter R. Senn and William J. Stephen, in Executive Editor a lesson originally from the Senior Economist, offer ideas for teaching 1' Sheilah Mann, Director, Project '87 about the Constitution as an economic framework. Managing Editor If the Constitution is an economic document, it is also a cultural one. Cynthia Harri.on, Deputy Director, Karal Ann Marling describes how Sol Bloom, the director of the Sesqui- Project '87 centennial celebration, met the challenge to create a vivid representation of the Constitution for that commemoration. Editorial Assistant Our "Documents" article reviews the impact of the Constitution as a Jean Walen social instrument. A 1954 Supreme Court decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education decreed that segregation provided black students Administrative Assistant with an intrinsically "unequal" setting in which to learn. Hugh W. Speer, Sally Hoffman one of the expert witnesses in the original Brown trial, presents excerpts Design Director from the testimony and the arguments in that famous suit, in an article Charles S. Snyder entitled "The Case of the Century." The issue also includes a parley, an occasional feature offering two per- Photographic Research spectives on a single issue. Here, Robert E. Shalhope and Lawrence Del- Rebecca Hirsh bert Cress debate the meaning to the founding generation of he Second Circulation Manager Amendment, guaranteeing to Americans the right to bear arms.
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