The Young Republic: Civics for Tomorrow
Dr. Margaret Holloway
LeMay Publishing
EDUCATION
The Young Republic: Civics for Tomorrow
K-12 Curriculum12,886 words77 chapters
Published by LeMay Publishing. 12,886 words across 77 chapters.
About This Publication
A comprehensive civics curriculum teaching constitutional principles, institutional design, and civic obligation.
Published by LeMay Publishing, a division of LeMay. Massachusetts.
ISBN: 979-8-0000-5145-0
Chapters
1THE YOUNG REPUBLIC
2Civics for Tomorrow
3A Comprehensive K–12 Curriculum in Constitutional Principles, Institutional Design, and Civic Obligation
4A Note to Educators
5TABLE OF CONTENTS
6UNIT I
7THE PROBLEM OF SELF-GOVERNMENT
8Chapter 1: Why Republics Fail
9Chapter 2: The Colonial Inheritance
10Primary Source Workshop: Selections from Montesquieu and Locke
11Unit I Assessment
12UNIT II
13THE CONSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE
14Chapter 3: The Convention and Its Compromises
15Chapter 4: The Structure of the Document
16Primary Source Workshop: Selections from *The Federalist Papers*
17Unit II Assessment
18UNIT III
19THE SEPARATION OF POWERS
20Chapter 5: Congress — The Legislative Power
21Chapter 6: The Presidency — Executive Energy and Restraint
22Chapter 7: The Judiciary — Law Over Will
23Primary Source Workshop: Federalist Nos. 51, 70, and 78
24Unit III Assessment
25UNIT IV
26FEDERALISM AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF SHARED SOVEREIGNTY
27Chapter 8: The Federal Bargain
28Chapter 9: State Power and the Tenth Amendment
29Primary Source Workshop: *McCulloch v. Maryland* (1819)
30Unit IV Assessment
31UNIT V
32THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE TRADITION OF LIBERTY
33Chapter 10: Enumerating the Unalienable
34Chapter 11: The Living Tension — Liberty, Order, and Security
35Primary Source Workshop: Selections from the Ratification Debates
36Unit V Assessment
37UNIT VI
38THE EXPANSION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROMISE
39Chapter 12: From the Founding to Reconstruction
40Chapter 13: Suffrage, Inclusion, and the Unfinished Work
41Primary Source Workshop: The Seneca Falls Declaration and the Fourteenth Amendment
42Unit VI Assessment
43UNIT VII
44THE INSTITUTIONS OF DEMOCRATIC LIFE
45Chapter 14: Elections and the Architecture of Representation
46Chapter 15: Political Parties, the Press, and Civil Society
47Primary Source Workshop: Washington's Farewell Address (1796)
48Unit VII Assessment
49UNIT VIII
50CIVIC OBLIGATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLIC
51Chapter 16: What the Republic Asks of You
52Chapter 17: Citizenship as Practice
53Capstone Assessment: The Civic Portfolio
54Unit VIII Final Evaluation
55APPENDIX A
56THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES — SELECTED ARTICLES
57Preamble
58Article I, Section 1
59Article I, Section 8 (Selected Clauses)
60Article II, Section 1
61Article III, Section 1
62Article VI, Clause 2 (The Supremacy Clause)
63Amendment I
64Amendment V
65Amendment X
66Amendment XIV, Section 1
67Amendment XV, Section 1
68Amendment XIX
69APPENDIX B
70GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS
71APPENDIX C
72CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT GUIDE
73BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RECOMMENDED READING
74Primary Sources
75Secondary Sources and Scholarly Works
76Curriculum and Pedagogical Resources
77ABOUT THE AUTHOR