Our American Heritage

A Workbook for Young Americans

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First page of Introduction
Introduction

Why Should I Learn About the Constitution?

Where the book begins · 9 pages
First page of Chapter One
Chapter One

America is a Constitutional Republic

The Letter, three playgrounds, three branches · 13 pages
First page of Chapter Two
Chapter Two

The Structure of the Constitution

Preamble, Articles and Amendments · 22 pages
First page of Chapter Three
Chapter Three

The Preamble

Fifty-two words, phrase by phrase · 18 pages
First page of Chapter Four
Chapter Four

The Bill of Rights

A fence around our freedoms · 17 pages
First page of Chapter Five
Chapter Five

The First Amendment

Religion, speech, press, assembly, petition · 18 pages
First page of Chapter Six
Chapter Six

The Second Amendment

The right to keep and bear arms · 16 pages
First page of Chapter Seven
Chapter Seven

The Third Amendment

No soldier quartered in any house · 14 pages
First page of Chapter Eight
Chapter Eight

The Fourth Amendment

Persons, houses, papers, and effects · 14 pages
First page of Chapter Nine
Chapter Nine

The Fifth Amendment

Five great protections · 16 pages
First page of Chapter Ten
Chapter Ten

The Sixth Amendment

Six protections and the John Adams story · 18 pages
First page of Chapter Eleven
Chapter Eleven

The Seventh Amendment

Trial by jury in civil cases · 20 pages
First page of Chapter Twelve
Chapter Twelve

The Eighth Amendment

Justice with mercy · 22 pages
First page of Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Thirteen

The Ninth Amendment

Rights not listed are still rights · 20 pages
First page of Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fourteen

The Tenth Amendment

Government close to the people · 19 pages
First page of Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Fifteen

The 11th–27th Amendments

Seventeen amendments, one by one · 18 pages
First page of Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Sixteen

America’s Founders

The sword, the pen and the trumpet · 14 pages
First page of Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Seventeen

Family Activities

Ten activities to do together · 17 pages
First page of Glossary
Back matter

Constitution Glossary

Big words made easy · 12 pages
First page of Answer Key
Back matter

Answer Key

Every review answer and puzzle solution · 16 pages

Before you say yes

What we changed, and what we need from you

Your manuscript was compared against these pages sentence by sentence. Everything that differs is listed — typos we corrected, headings we moved, and the few passages we have flagged rather than touched.

The short version

Six things only you can decide

  1. A quotation from R. J. Rushdoony in Chapter Seven is still in copyright and is not cleared for print.
  2. The book quotes both the KJV and the NKJV. The NKJV needs permission, and the count of NKJV verses has grown with the new chapters.
  3. A few statements of fact need a yes or a correction — Article I has ten sections, not nine; which oath you took; and several famous quotations whose attribution is disputed (Washington, Burke, Tocqueville).
  4. Your most outspoken passages — on abortion, the 16th Amendment, Islam, “woke ideology”, public schools and resisting unlawful orders — are printed in full, unaltered, and flagged so you can decide each one on purpose.
  5. Your manuscript says “Family Discussion”; the book says “Family Questions”. One word, your choice — and whether chapters should all open on the same side of the page.
  6. Please look at the two new pictures of you — the Introduction’s first page and the Letter — and tell us if the likeness is right.