We the People The Citizen & The Constitution

i don't know why so many people say this is biased, it is the only book i have found that actually teaches the history of our government. i guess people think it is better to keep living in ignorance.

I am a U.S. Government teacher, and I use this book. I've also worked in the U.S. Senate and have written legislation for a State Senate. So on various levels, I can spot bias and propoganda from a fairly vast distance. But if you want to find a textbook about U.S. Government or U.S. History that is free from any bias, you'll spend your remaining years searching in vain. I won't deny the merit of the previous reviews panning this book. But to make such statements without at least mentioning the responsibility of the teacher to point out such biases and ideological flaws and leanings is irresponsible. Does the book do injustice to various sections and layers of our founding and Constitution? Probably. But this presents a wonderful opportunity to show young people how to criticaly analyze textbook information, to question the words of authors and to not simply accept them as the word of God. Is this book left-wing propoganda? I would say that it's not. I think you'd have to be so far to the right that you're completely off the radar screen to believe that. But then, that's where many people in this country would like to see us go. Dangerous! My recommendation? Get the book.

This paperback textbook was created by the Center for Civic Education which was funded by the U.S. Department of Education by an act of Congress. The center was established in 1987 under the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. This book contains 29 lessons to instruct young people about the background and creation of the U.S. Constitution and to give them an understanding of the government that was created using the Constituion as a framework. The principles and ideals that caused the U.S. Constitution to be created and which should still exist today are also addressed. This large textbook contains interesting illustrations and a reference section which includes the biographies of the framers of the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.