{"id":31,"date":"2007-09-09T04:25:56","date_gmt":"2007-09-09T04:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chestercomix.com\/blog\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2017-05-21T23:43:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T04:43:04","slug":"constitution-construction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/constitution-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitution Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comic sample page #1: What are John Locke’s rights in nature?<\/a>
\nComic sample page #2: Who separated church and state?<\/a>
\nTopics covered<\/a> in this comic book
\nTeacher Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

The complicated ideas behind the United States Constitution are described through adventure heroes! John Locke describes our rights in a state of nature from his perch on a vine as lord of a jungle. John Peter Zenger tests freedom of speech as a mild-mannered journalist from another land. Thomas Jefferson erects a statue for religious freedom, separating church from state. Finally, the writing of the plan for our government is told as a quest to build a new starship for Captain Washington, Mr. Madison and George “Bones” Mason. This funny, colorful graphic novel will excite reluctant readers, prepare students for standardized tests in history and help homeschooling parents!<\/p>\n

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\nChapter 1: John Locke\u2019s Ideas
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Chester has been reading a lot about the United States Constitution \u2013 the plan for our American government. This 1787 plan was built out of many ideas and experiences. When Chester falls asleep on top of his reading, he dreams about some of the ideas that constructed the Constitution . . .<\/p>\n

Locke’s Ideas includes the following topics:<\/p>\n

Who was English thinker John Locke?
\nWhat are Locke’s rights in nature?
\nWhy do governments get started?
\nIs anyone above Locke’s laws?
\nWhat Locke ideas are in the declaration?<\/p>\n

Chapter 2: Zenger\u2019s Free Press
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Chester continues to dream of the ideas and experiences that led to our Constitution. One important test of Colonial America\u2019s freedom of speech and freedom of the press comes in New York. A mild-mannered newspaperman named John Peter Zenger is put on trial for challenging an evil royal governor . . .<\/p>\n

Zenger Free Press includes the following topics:<\/p>\n

Who was John Peter Zenger?
\nWhat power did royal governors use?
\nWhat were Peter Zenger’s zingers?
\nWhy was Zenger put on trial?
\nWhat is freedom of the press?<\/p>\n

Chapter 3: Jefferson\u2019s Religious Freedom
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Suddenly Chester dreams of being jailed!! Before the American Revolution, some colonies punish people for not going to the official government church! Chester asks Virginian Thomas Jefferson to change this injustice. Jefferson writes a law to guarantee religious freedom. But will the law ever pass?<\/p>\n

Jefferson’s Statute of Religious Freedom includes the following topics:<\/p>\n

When was skipping church a crime?
\nWho separated church and state?
\nWhat bill did Jefferson write?
\nWhy did Madison fight Henry?
\nWhen did Virginia free souls?<\/p>\n

Chapter 4: A Constitution-Class Starship
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Chester\u2019s many dreams all come together in one last vision. The first government of the United States is the Articles of Confederation \u2013 and it is broken, like a spaceship with too many competing parts. Who can fix it? What would a new and better spaceship look like? Can the United States regain control of its own destiny, or will it be lost in space?!<\/p>\n

A Constitution-Class Starship includes the following topics:<\/p>\n

Why did the Confederation fail?
\nWhat could fix the Confederation?
\nWho was Father of the Constitution?
\nHow did the Constitution count?
\nWhat rights are in the Constitution?<\/p>\n

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