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    The document summarizes an article by Linda Monk called "The Words We Live By: The Constitution in Context" published in the journal Social Education. The article breaks down the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution phrase by phrase, explaining what the meanings were to the original delegates and what they mean today. It aims to make the Preamble clear for teachers and students by addressing interpretations that have changed over time. The author found this article helped shape their unit on the Bill of Rights by providing background knowledge on what their students had previously learned about the Preamble and some amendments.

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    The document summarizes an article by Linda Monk called "The Words We Live By: The Constitution in Context" published in the journal Social Education. The article breaks down the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution phrase by phrase, explaining what the meanings were to the original delegates and what they mean today. It aims to make the Preamble clear for teachers and students by addressing interpretations that have changed over time. The author found this article helped shape their unit on the Bill of Rights by providing background knowledge on what their students had previously learned about the Preamble and some amendments.

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    The document summarizes an article by Linda Monk called "The Words We Live By: The Constitution in Context" published in the journal Social Education. The article breaks down the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution phrase by phrase, explaining what the meanings were to the original delegates and what they mean today. It aims to make the Preamble clear for teachers and students by addressing interpretations that have changed over time. The author found this article helped shape their unit on the Bill of Rights by providing background knowledge on what their students had previously learned about the Preamble and some amendments.

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    The document summarizes an article by Linda Monk called "The Words We Live By: The Constitution in Context" published in the journal Social Education. The article breaks down the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution phrase by phrase, explaining what the meanings were to the original delegates and what they mean today. It aims to make the Preamble clear for teachers and students by addressing interpretations that have changed over time. The author found this article helped shape their unit on the Bill of Rights by providing background knowledge on what their students had previously learned about the Preamble and some amendments.

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    ErinGibbs

    EDUC302/303A
    ProfessionalLiterature2
    ContentFocus
    Inmysearchforsomeprofessionalliteraturetobasemyuniton,Icameacrossanarticle
    byLindaMonkcalled
    TheWordsWeLiveBy:TheConstitutioninContext.T
    hisarticlecomes
    fromthejournal
    SocialEducation
    .Withinthepagesofthearticle,sheindicateseducatorsasan
    intendedaudiencebystatingwhatoneshoulddotobeginalessonontheConstitution.Aside
    fromthis,thearticlecouldbereadbyanyonelookingforinformationonthePreambletothe
    Constitution.
    TheWordsWeLiveBy:TheConstitutioninContexti
    sanarticleaboutthePreamblein
    particular.Monkbreaksitdownafewwordsatatime,beginningwithwhatitmeanstobeWe
    thepeople.SheexplainshowtheConstitutionwaswrittenandthatmanygroupsofpeoplehad
    tofighttobecomeincludedinthosewords.Shemovesontoexplainthefollowingphraseswhat
    theymeanttothedelegateswritingtheconstitutionandwhattheymeantoAmericanstoday.
    LisaMonkwroteherarticlewiththepurposeofmakingthePreambletotheConstitution
    clearandunderstandableforteacherandstudentsalike.Shespeaksofthewaysinwhich
    Americansinterprettheoriginalwordsandhowthoseinterpretationsaredifferentthanthe
    originalintentions,soIbelieveonepurposeforherwritingwastoclearupanyofthethingsthat
    mayhavebeencloudyforsomepeople,especiallystudents.
    ThisarticlehelpedmeshapemyunitontheBillofRightsbecauseithelpedmetoknow
    whatkindsofbackgroundknowledgemystudentswouldhave,astheyhadlearnedthe
    PreambleaswellassixofthetenamendmentswhenIbeganteachingthem.Itwasntmuchof
    adirectinfluence,asmyunitdidnotfocusonthePreamble,butIthinkthatintermsofguiding
    thediscussionmystudentswouldhaveaboutthewaysthingsaredifferenttodaythantheywere
    inthe1700s,thisarticlehadanindirectbutpowerfulinfluence.

    ErinGibbs
    EDUC302/303A
    ProfessionalLiterature2
    ContentFocus
    Monk, L. R. (2003). The words we live by: the constitution in context. Social Education,
    67
    (7), 381+.
    Retrieved from
    http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA110960772&v=2.1&u=lom_calvincoll&it=r&p=AONE&asid
    =b93cedeb8e3996760969746711f2df50

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