10. Organized work is always the most effective. Outline and underline the parts that are important and carry out the assignment. Such work is economical because it assists in the learning process. 11. Test yourself by trying to recite the contents of each paragraph without looking on the book. In other words, tell the story of the lesson to yourself. If you fail, study the lesson until you succeed. 12. Run over the whole lesson immediately after study because the laws of learning teach us that recall immediately after study is economical. 13. Spend as much time in thinking about your lesson as in reading about it. 14. Always keep in the foreground the fact that every sentence in this book contains information related in some way to your citizenship. Add some thinking to all that is developed. It is always wise to use the ideas developed in some problem of your own. 15. Ask yourself questions and try to determine the questions which the author tried to answer. 16. Study the same lesson at different times. 17. Before you go to class think over the lesson again. 18. A review of the right kind should give you a "new view." The laws of learning teach that frequent and systematic reviews make learning permanent. Remember you are not studying just because a lesson is assigned. Make the best of your opportunities. CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE-RESPONSIBILITIES OF Our Obligation to Society Conservation of Health Worthy Home Membership Cooperation in Law Enforcement Political Consciousness Habit of Public Service American Ideals and Respect for the Flag CHAPTER Two-GOOD CITIZENSHIP REQUIRES A STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION The Place of Education in Government. Constitution The Background of Citizenship. Periods of Development PAGE 1 4 CHAPTER THREE PERIOD OF COLONIAL GROWTH Causes Hindering Union of Early Colonies. Causes Favoring Union of Early Colonies 27 First Step Toward Union . New England Confederacy Local Government in the Colonies The Three Forms of Colonial Government First Real Union of the Colonies The First American Congress Penn's Plan of Union . 28 34 38 39 40 40 41 CHAPTER FIVE-PERIOD OF REALIZATION OF NATIONALITY, 1781-1789 PAGE 41 43 45 45 53 56 57 57 58 59 62 66 70 71 89 92 97 99 101 106 109 113 117 119 120 CHAPTER EIGHT-THE UNWRITTEN CONSTI TUTION Expansion by Court Interpretation Implied Powers Restraining the Power of Interpretation Development by Custom CHAPTER NINE-UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP How an Alien May Acquire Citizenship PAGE 126 129 131 133 138 138 140 144 145 Preamble 146 Statement of the Unjust Acts of the King 147 Statement of the Remonstrances of the Colonists |