"The four were whisked away and found themselves in a large labor camp. It was bitter cold, and snow was falling. Camp guards were walking around, brandishing clubs."School is out for the summer, and fifteen-year-old friends Alex, Kali, and Roman decide to visit their community's city hall, where they hear a protest is planned. The three are a little surprised at the intensity of the protesters and their claims about constitutional rights. This prompts the three to learn more about the Constitution. The next morning, they begin their search at the public library. While searching through Read More
The Constitution Kids by Gary Gabel aims to make learning the United States Constitution not only easy, but fun, too!Plenty of adults in the US—even well-educated ones—have a limited knowledge of what’s in the US Constitution. Children and teens are even less likely to know much about the country’s foundational set of laws. That dense legal document, plus its 27 amendments, doesn’t exactly make for peaceful bedtime reading. Still, the Constitution helps explain how the US is meant to function, and what’s happened when that functioning breaks down. Read More