The Bill of Rights
This riveting series describes, in-depth, each of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution. Each book focuses on one of the amendments, including the events that led up to the writing of the amendment, as well as key players involved in its writing, ratifications to the amendment, and the affects the amendment has had on American policies since its writing.
• Supports the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards by discussing the origins and purposes of the Bill of Rights and how they continue to impact modern society• Further Reading and sidebars encourage students to explore more in depth the people and events of this time in history • Full-color and black-and-white photos • Primary source documents allow students to examine the amendments themselves and come up with their own interpretations
