Constitution Study Group

Constitution Study Group

CONSTITUTION STUDY GROUP

Course Plan for Third and Fourth Quarters 2011

Required Books (available at out meetings or online):

"A Guide for Learning and Teaching The Declaration of Independence and The U. S. Constitution" by Joseph Andrews

"The Federalist Papers"

"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine (Dover or Penguin edition)

Pocket Constitution

Read in Guide Exercises Federalist Papers Optional Reading

8/9/11	pp 183-190	Overview Preamble	C1-2 C1-4 C1-4.5	16 2,14,15,23,38	Heritage "How to Read the Constitution"
9/14/11	pp 191-198	Art. I:1 Art. I:2	C1-5 C1-6 C1-8 C1-9	47 54 55,56,57,58
9/27/11	pp 199-202	Art. I:3 Art. I:4	C1-5 C1-10 C1-11 C1-12	62 65 59,60,61	27,64	Review questions pertaining to these Federalist Papers on p. 334-335 of the Guide
10/12/11	pp 203-208	Art. I:5-7	C1-5 C1-12.5 C1-13	31,58 73
10/25/11	pp 209-212	Art. I:8	C1-5 C1-14 C1-8 C1-8.5 C1-15 C1-15.5	14 41,42,43,44,45 41	11	Review questions pertaining to these Federalist Papers on p. 334-335 of the Guide
11/16/11	pp 213-217	Art. I:8	C1-5 C1-15.6 C1-16	26,29 32	30,21,36,54,31,11	Review questions pertaining to these Federalist Papers on p. 334-335 of the Guide
12/7/11	pp 219-221	Art. I:9 Art. I:10	C1-5 C1-16.5 C1-!6.6		84,44	Review questions pertaining to these Federalist Papers on p. 334-335 of the Guide
1/4/12	pp 222-231	Art. II:1	C2-1 C2-2	69	67,68	Review questions pertaining to these Federalist Papers on p. 334-335 of the Guide
Jan. 2012	pp 232-239	Art. II:2	C2-1 C2-1.5		70,72,73,74,77	Review questions pertaining to these Federalist Papers on p. 334-335 of the Guide

Other suggested books to consider purchasing:

“Democracy in America” by Alexis de Tocqueville

“The Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith

“Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence” by B. J. Lossing

Check the bibliography at the end of our Guide by Joseph Andrews for editions and for other relevant books.