Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Executive Social Studies TEKS: 16) Government. The student understands the framework of government created by the U.S. Constitution of 1787. The ...

I’m riding back on the Amtrak Acela, and this round trip from Washington to New York to Washington gives off a glimmer of what modern passenger rail travel could be like. Imagine if our country spent ...

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Benjamin Franklin is famously quoted as saying, “A republic, if you can keep it.” This remark was made in response to a question from Elizabeth Willing Powel, who asked Franklin what kind of ...

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