Keeping 'We the people' on kids' minds New law requires lessons on Constitution each year.(News)

From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | Date: September 17, 2005| Author: Holmes, Erin | Copyright information

Byline: Erin Holmes Daily Herald Staff Writer

Quick, recite the preamble of the U.S. Constitution. Name the rights established by the Third and Fourth amendments. And while you're at it, list six folks who signed the nation's top document way back in 1787.

You're stumped, aren't you?

If a new federal mandate works like some argue it could, tomorrow's adults won't be stumped.

Beginning this year, students in every American school and coll...

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