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

Samuel Eagle Forman

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ISBN 10 : 1330643674 ISBN 13 : 9781330643679

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

How laws are made and government really works, explained in plain language.

This edition walks you through the essentials of the U.S. Constitution and the workings of state and national government. It focuses on how legislators draft bills, how a bill becomes a law, and the roles of the Governor, President, and Congress in enforcing or blocking those laws. It also covers core rights and the framework that guides political power.

From the mechanics of voting and representation to the limits on what state and federal governments can do, the book presents the structure of government in a clear, practical way. It uses concrete examples to show how checks and balances operate and why citizens’ participation matters in everyday governance.

• How a bill becomes law, including readings, debates, and possible vetoes.
• Roles and powers of the President, Vice President, Senate, and House of Representatives.
• Foundational constitutional topics, including citizenship, rights, and amendments.
• How state legislatures function, the governor’s duties, and the everyday scope of lawmaking.

Ideal for readers beginning a civics study or looking for a clear, reliable quick reference on government.

A propos du livre

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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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330643674
• ISBN 13: 9781330643679
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 258
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