Early Textbook: Elementary Catechism on the Constitution...

From The 5000 Year Leap - A Miracle That Changed the World by W. Cleon Skousen (pages 254-5): "Even Young Children Trained in the Constitution. To appreciate the literal reality on politics in early American education, one need only examine the popular textbook on political instruction for children. It was called "Catechism on the Constitution," and it contained both questions and answers concerning the principles of the American political system. It was written by Arthur J. Stansbury and published in 1828.

Early Americans knew they were in possession of a unique and valuable invention of political science, and they were determined to promote it on all levels of education"

See the Elementary Catechism on the Constitution of the United States (below the fold)




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