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Pyle, Christopher H. – College Teaching, 1987
Constitutional law is a good way to introduce students to fundamental debates over means and ends, over what means work and at what costs, and over what ends are not merely desirable, but may be legitimately achieved even through the application of collective force. It also offers an exciting way to teach logic. (MLW)
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Debate, Governmental Structure
Rossum, Ralph A. – Teaching Political Science, 1985
When constitutional questions are raised, the means-ends approach turns to the framers of the Constitution not for specific answers, but rather for general guidance as to what the Constitution was intended to accomplish and how constitutional questions can be resolved in a manner consistent with these overall intentions. (RM)
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Governmental Structure, Higher Education
Patrick, John J., Ed.; Leming, Robert S., Ed. – 1991
Ideas and information that can enhance education about the constitutional rights of individuals in U.S. history and the current system of government in the United States are included in this book. The resource guide contains nine distinct parts dealing with aspects of learning and teaching about the Bill of Rights in both elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law

Gerber, Scott D. – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1994
Maintains that constitutional law is the cornerstone of an undergraduate public law curriculum. Asserts that there is a welcome trend toward teaching the subject over a two-semester sequence, instead of only one. Describes course content and teaching strategies used in a college constitutional law course. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Course Content
Gay, Geneva; Stroud, Marion – 1971
Social change and the ideas, feelings, and hopes of man which lead to the development of his institutions are the major focus of the eleventh grade FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271). The units examine how the forces of stability and change culminated in the creation of the major historical documents which are the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Constitutional History, Governmental Structure, Grade 11