The Constitution
Sep 17, 2020 12:59:45 #
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Sep 17, 2020 13:34:14 #
4th Grade - 19 none of your business - We memorized the Preamble and the first ten amendments.
I wonder if today's high school graduate would know the difference between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. I seriously doubt it.
I wonder if today's high school graduate would know the difference between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. I seriously doubt it.
Sep 17, 2020 13:37:43 #
DocDav
Loc: IN
tramsey wrote:
4th Grade - 19 none of your business - We memorized the Preamble and the first ten amendments.
I wonder if today's high school graduate would know the difference between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. I seriously doubt it.
I wonder if today's high school graduate would know the difference between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. I seriously doubt it.
They don't. Sadly, they really can't tell them apart.
Sep 17, 2020 13:52:14 #
DocDav wrote:
They don't. Sadly, they really can't tell them apart.
What evidence do you have of that? I taught high school for 33 years and what you are saying is entirely the opposite of my impression.
Sep 17, 2020 14:32:23 #
DocDav
Loc: IN
pquiggle wrote:
What evidence do you have of that? I taught high school for 33 years and what you are saying is entirely the opposite of my impression.
that is something i had read, but upon looking, it appears to apply to many adults in the country, not actually to the students. Apparently we still forget that which we don't understand or care to know about?
https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/13/politics/poll-constitution/index.html
https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/americans-are-poorly-informed-about-basic-constitutional-provisions/
and so on
Sep 17, 2020 15:47:06 #
Sep 18, 2020 08:23:15 #
pquiggle wrote:
What evidence do you have of that? I taught high school for 33 years and what you are saying is entirely the opposite of my impression.
Sep 18, 2020 14:12:23 #
pquiggle wrote:
What evidence do you have of that? I taught high school for 33 years and what you are saying is entirely the opposite of my impression.
I taught in LA for 35 years counting student teaching. Jr high for 15 and the rest Sr high - history/geography/government and others at times. And far too many didn't know anything but the names and didn't comprehend the details. Always getting them mixed up plus not understanding that the Declaration was just that a declaration. While the Constitution was the supreme law of the land on which all others are based. Most of my students learned the difference, but did it really take? I hope so. I worked with teachers who were fuzzy on the understanding of the two.
I constantly meet adults who don't really understand the two. And as to the Federal system and dual sovereignty, well that really confuses some people.
A pet peeve of mine is language, words and their definitions and changing definitions through history. I have talked with many very well educated people who don't seem to comprehend that you read the Declaration and especially the Constitution using the meanings of the words at the time it was written. Not our modern definitions.
Oct 8, 2020 16:53:02 #
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Oct 8, 2020 16:54:09 #
robertjerl wrote:
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