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Price Hossell, Karen, 1957-

The Bill of Rights / Karen Price Hossell. - Chicago : Heinemann Library, c2004. - 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 28 cm. - Heinemann know it. Historical documents .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.

Recording important events -- Storing valuable documents -- What is the Bill of Rights? -- Why a Bill of Rights? -- The Constitution is ratified -- Madison presents his ideas -- The House works on the Bill of Rights -- The Senate takesover -- Engrossing the Bill of Rights -- The ratification process -- The First Amendment -- Amendments IIand III -- Amendments IV and V -- Amendments VI and VII -- Amendments VIII, IX and X -- Where did these rights come from? -- The Bill of Rights on display -- Restoring the Billof Rights -- A conversation with a conservator -- The past helps us understand the present.

Horn Book, October 2004

Provides a history of the Bill of Rights, explains each of the amendments and the freedoms it protects, and describes how historical documents such as this can be restored and preserved.

7.6 3-6 Follett Library Resources

1403408017

2003008192


United States. 1st-10th Amendments Constitution. --Juvenile literature.
United States. 1st-10th Amendments. Constitution.


Constitutional amendments--United States.
Civil rights.

KF4750 / .P75 2004

342.73/03

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