new post.

I think i'm, as i figured would happen as the research went on, that I'm going to amend somethings.
A more refined topic to why the articles of confederacy failed and the birth of the constitution. at this point i'm feeling that perhaps I don't need the is the constitution still relevant today.. that might be.. too much. But then again, this could change during the writing process. The writing process itself will tell me what I need and don't need. Even if I still don't really beleive or understand how that works.

Week 5, Post 2. (now that's more original.)

Periodicals

From EBSCO:
This actually sounds like something I would read that wouldn't be for an assignment!

Cohen, Robert. "Was the Constitution pro-Slavery? The Changing View of Frederick Douglass." Social Education 72.5 (Sep. 2008): 246-250. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation].
22 Sep. 2008 .

Also from EBSCO: (Search Articles AND of AND confederation) + CONFEDERATION, 1783-1789, page one, 9th listing.

Swindler, William F. "Our First Constitution: The Articles of Confederation." American Bar Association Journal 67.2 (Feb. 1981): 166. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 25 Sep. 2008 .

Week 5, Post 1. (need more creative post titles!)

I actually used an article in my last post, so here is a book:

From Prospector:

Locke, Jefferson, and the justices : foundations and failures of the US government / by George M. Stephens ; preface by Newt Gingrich. Stephens, George M. New York, Algora Pub, 2002 Referance Works:


Referance Works:

From Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia via EBSCO

Works Cited

"MADISON, James." (n.d.). Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 25 Sep. 2008 .

Works Cited

"CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES." (n.d.). Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 25 Sep. 2008 .

WEEK 4, POST 2.

From the Red Rocks Library:

Freedom: A History Of US

Author Joy Hakim.

Oxford University Press, 2003.

From EBSCO:

Ferrarini, Tawni Hunt, and Mark C. Schug.. "HIstory Matters: An Institutional Approach Examination of the U.S. Constitution." Social Education 71.2 (Mar. 2007): 57-60. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. 22 Sep. 2008 .

From Jeffco:

The U. S. Constitution A to Z.

Robert L. Maddex

CQ Press, 2002.

Jeffco-Belmar Library

Week 4, Post 1.

("American Constitution" OR "US Constitution") +History -"Bill Of Rights"

+History of the +("U.S." OR US OR "United States" OR American) +Constitution

"Articles Of Confederation" AND "John Locke"
James Madison AND "Father Of The Constitution"

WEEK3, POST 3

My basic question is this: 

How the Constitution was created out of the failures of the Articles of Confederation using the ideas of John Locke and is it still relevant today?

Keywords:

Constitution

Bill of Rights

Law

Government

ordinace

physical makeup

the nature of something

establishing 

Created

made

thought

mandated

outcome

Failures

not working

default

deliquency

oversight

crash

Relevant

applicable

material

Basic LOG

Government > Law > Constitutional > Constitutions > United States > Constitution of the United States > Bill of Rights >

So far from using this, I've started with The Yahoo Directory, Dictionary.com, Merriam-Webster.  I feel like I came up with some good word choices, like oversight, which I didn't think of before. The Yahoo Directory seemed to work well for helping to find a Ladder of Generalization as well as some helpful links to, mostly (obviously) government sites.

WEEK 3, POST 2.

The problem with my research topic is that Colorado doesn't have a sufficient Colonial History Museum. This is mostly due to the fact that Colorado isn't a Colonial state. The Colorado History Museum might be a place to start, but again, that really won't do much for me.

Another suggestion given to me was to actually go to the Capitol building to perhaps, interview or set up an interview with somebody about the constitutional impact on Colorado, or their thoughts... Maybe a senator, or something, but that probably would be an out of reach goal, especially considering that this is sort of a big election year (maybe). 

Another Idea, is The Government's website. I'm sure I'd be able to email somebody at some point about it.  Again, somebody that would be easily attainable.