http://bobhayesonline.com/2009/11/07/a-1954-civics-test/ Web Content, Writing, Business Consulting Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:46:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://bobhayesonline.com/2009/11/07/a-1954-civics-test/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Joanne Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:34:44 +0000 http://bobhayesonline.com/?p=366#comment-543 When I was doing 8th grade American History/Civics ten years later, we had to know the same sorts of things -- all the cabinet positions and holders, all the Supreme Court, all the parts of the Constitution, and we had to be able to identify major holdings of about 10 landmark Supreme Court cases to boot. Now I think we're fortunate if eighth graders have even heard there's a Constitution. When I was doing 8th grade American History/Civics ten years later, we had to know the same sorts of things — all the cabinet positions and holders, all the Supreme Court, all the parts of the Constitution, and we had to be able to identify major holdings of about 10 landmark Supreme Court cases to boot. Now I think we’re fortunate if eighth graders have even heard there’s a Constitution.

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