Essentials in Civil Government (Classic Reprint): A Text-Book for Use in Schools - Couverture souple

Samuel Eagle Forman

 
9781330643679: Essentials in Civil Government (Classic Reprint): A Text-Book for Use in Schools

Synopsis

Understand how our government works, from elections to everyday laws, in plain, classroom‑friendly language.

This edition presents essential ideas about the United States Constitution, the powers of Congress, and how state governments operate. It uses clear examples to explain the flow from idea to law, the roles of governors and legislatures, and the balance between state and national authority. The text is suitable for students studying civics, government, and civic responsibility.


Readers will discover how a bill becomes a law, what a governor can do with a veto, and how state legislatures shape daily life—from schools and taxes to elections and public safety. The material emphasizes citizen participation and the duties of voters, teachers, and students in a representative democracy.



  • How laws are proposed, debated, and enacted at both state and national levels

  • The duties and powers of the Governor and other executive officials

  • The structure of legislative bodies and the process of passing legislation

  • Examples of common government topics, including elections, taxation, and public institutions


Ideal for readers of introductory government and civics courses, this edition helps students grasp the building blocks of American government and the responsibilities of citizens.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from First Lessons in Civics: A Text-Book for Use in Schools

Of the whole number of pupils who can study Civil Government with profit more than nine-tenths are in the two upper classes of the grammar schools and in the two lower classes of the high schools. In these classes there are more than a million young people who can be led into a just appreciation of the rights and duties of citizens. Here is a rich field for the sower, an opportunity vast in its proportions for improving the quality of American citizenship and elevating the American electorate.

The aim of this little book is to help those teachers who are trying to give the masses of their pupils sound and systematic instruction in Civil Government: it is intended for use at the top of the grammar school and at the bottom of the high school. Its primary aim is not to teach facts. You cannot start young people on the road to good citizenship by gorging their minds with facts about government. The primary aim of the book is to establish political ideals and to indoctrinate in notions of civic morality.

In the first few lessons (Lessons I-V) the pupil studies the little world in which he moves and has his being. He takes a peep at his. own moral nature and he studies the governments of the home and of the school. Then he takes up the great subject of citizenship (Lessons VI-XI) and learns of civic rights and civic duties.

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