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Our Constitution Rocks!
Imagine a world without Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, or even television. That was the world the framers of the United States Constitution lived in. Yet their work changed the course of history. Learn how those guys in wigs and tights came up with some of the best ideas ever.
Come along on one of the most fun and engaging discoveries available to kids today about America's Constitution.
Juliette Turner, Youth Advocate for Constituting America, takes a unique look at our founding document, presenting it in a beautifully organized fashion, with helpful illustrations and sidebars that support the main ideas. Packed with tons of easy-to-read, easy-to-understand information, Our Constitution Rocks breaks down the Constitution article by article into manageable sections in a way everyone can read and understand--students and parents alike.
Our Constitution Rocks is for a new generation, a reminder of what it means to have a voice and live free. It still matters to kids today. Find out why.
Our Constitution Rocks:
Is presented in an easy-to- use format that makes the Constitution easy to understand
Includes fun facts, quotes, cartoons, actual debates, great graphics, and much, much more
Breathes new life into an old document, reminding readers young and old why it remains one of the most important documents in world history
Is an ideal teaching and reference tool for homeschooling or school libraries
Come along on one of the most fun and engaging discoveries available to kids today about America's Constitution.
Juliette Turner, Youth Advocate for Constituting America, takes a unique look at our founding document, presenting it in a beautifully organized fashion, with helpful illustrations and sidebars that support the main ideas. Packed with tons of easy-to-read, easy-to-understand information, Our Constitution Rocks breaks down the Constitution article by article into manageable sections in a way everyone can read and understand--students and parents alike.
Our Constitution Rocks is for a new generation, a reminder of what it means to have a voice and live free. It still matters to kids today. Find out why.
Our Constitution Rocks:
Is presented in an easy-to- use format that makes the Constitution easy to understand
Includes fun facts, quotes, cartoons, actual debates, great graphics, and much, much more
Breathes new life into an old document, reminding readers young and old why it remains one of the most important documents in world history
Is an ideal teaching and reference tool for homeschooling or school libraries
224 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 4, 2012
About the author
Juliette Turner
15 books3 followersEighteen-year-old Juliette Turner, author of Our Presidents Rock! (2014) and That’s Not Hay in My Hair (2016), is a college freshman and the National Youth Director of Constituting America. When she isn’t writing or on the speaking circuit, she can be found with her mother, actress Janine Turner, on their ranch caring for their four dogs, two cats, herd of longhorns, and four Angus cattle.
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May 4, 2021
My 7th grade daughter and I read through this book simultaneously. It was part of her civics education in homeschooling, and I'd never been thoroughly educated about the U.S. Constitution myself. It was serendipitous that we did so in 2020, during a contentious election, impeachment, unprecedented corporate censorship, contentious pandemic-related instances of government overreach and more.
We liked that this book took each article, section, and amendment and shared the original text along with its purpose, importance, and relevance. There were quotes and notes to enhance the topic, and no section ran more than several pages.
This gave a us great basic understanding of the workings of the Constitution and the wisdom of our Founding Fathers.
Some examples and items are out-of-date, so readers would benefit from an updated edition. It was enlightening how some offhand remarks made in a book published just nine years ago regarding the restriction of free speech have come to pass.
Several passages were either unclear or left us with more questions, for which we had to do additional research. The latter is not a complaint as this book is obviously introductory, and further study is a good thing.
We liked that this book took each article, section, and amendment and shared the original text along with its purpose, importance, and relevance. There were quotes and notes to enhance the topic, and no section ran more than several pages.
This gave a us great basic understanding of the workings of the Constitution and the wisdom of our Founding Fathers.
Some examples and items are out-of-date, so readers would benefit from an updated edition. It was enlightening how some offhand remarks made in a book published just nine years ago regarding the restriction of free speech have come to pass.
Several passages were either unclear or left us with more questions, for which we had to do additional research. The latter is not a complaint as this book is obviously introductory, and further study is a good thing.
March 9, 2021
The U.S. Constitution was one of our favorite studies this year. This book contains the Constitution in its entirety, but broken into manageable portions. Each section was explained and expounded upon, and--though somewhat dated in its references to social media--examples were given through the lens of modern culture. Written for teenagers by a teenager, some of the asides were occasionally juvenile but not inappropriate. I did notice frequent repeating of information within the same section, which was a bit tedious but easy enough to skim and skip the redundant parts.
Included were ample quotations by the Framers themselves, as well as some brief histories of origins of parts of different articles. For example, it mentioned the British roots for some of the laws, as well as explanations illustrating why the Framers decided to provide for freedoms that were then lacking for British citizens.
Overall, this is a great resource and one that I am pleased to have read with my students; not only for their Constitutional literacy, but for my own. This is my first time reading through the entire Constitution and actually gaining a general (if imperfect) understanding of it. What a blessing to have such a document as this for our nation's supreme law of the land; its genius--and, I believe, Providence--is clear to those who study it.
Included were ample quotations by the Framers themselves, as well as some brief histories of origins of parts of different articles. For example, it mentioned the British roots for some of the laws, as well as explanations illustrating why the Framers decided to provide for freedoms that were then lacking for British citizens.
Overall, this is a great resource and one that I am pleased to have read with my students; not only for their Constitutional literacy, but for my own. This is my first time reading through the entire Constitution and actually gaining a general (if imperfect) understanding of it. What a blessing to have such a document as this for our nation's supreme law of the land; its genius--and, I believe, Providence--is clear to those who study it.
February 18, 2020
The fun part about this book os I picked it up when I visited one of the Presidential Libraries, which are super interesting for living history. This book took me a bit to get through, it seems they do a decent job walking through the Constitution, felt a little political leaning one way but overall not bad. It gave reasons why the information is still relevant today, great way to reinforce relevancy for the kids who read this.
March 26, 2026
What a great book to break things down and make them easier to understand. Helped me so much in teaching
May 9, 2018
it is a little boring. It also seems to repeat information a lot though each chapter.
June 5, 2019
Passionately written!
February 9, 2021
Excellent guide through the Constitution! We used it in our homeschool.
September 3, 2023
Kinda hated this book but my mom made me read it 🤩
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October 16, 2016Our Constitution Rocks by Juliette Turner, A Non-Fiction novel about our constitution simplified for teenagers. This book is not the first of its kind it's a re-imagined version of the U.S. Constitution for again teenagers and some adults if they need it that badly. Juliette turner's one of two books which is "Our Presidents Rock" This book is really good for getting a deeper understanding of the importance of the U.S. Constitution. I thought it was a really neat book to read if you don't know anything about our country and its document without it who knows what we could be. The story starts off introducing the articles of the document and what the failed Articles of Confederation was made and how big of a task it was to create such an important document, with excerpts from the real Founding Fathers! and every single article and amendment the U.S. Constitution has to offer. The book affected me in a positive way, because taking several law classes it has helped me get a deeper understanding of a lot of what this country has been built upon and what the country could be if we never made this document. I will admit, this book is not for everyone but is an excellent source of information on our country and it won't make you look uneducated if you ever get intoa conversation about this topic. Juliette Turner has succeeded in getting the constitution across in a more simplified and quite frankly, easier to read book. I very much enjoyed the book and it really helped me out on what the future of our nation is going to be. Again, it's not for everyone though people who dislike politics would get really bored as it tends to just go one after the other on laws in place. Everyone should read this book or at least the U.S. Constitution for a better understanding.
October 17, 2012
Fourteen-year-old Juliette Turner, writer speaker and daughter of conservative talk radio host Janine Turner, released “Our Constitution Rocks” in September. The book’s “kid-friendly” format teaches about our nation’s founding documents, the participants who wrote them and why. She engages her audience’s interest with “fun facts,” at times laugh-out-loud quotes, witty cartoons and succinct comments from “actual debates.”
Juliette, who knows her target audience, breaks the information into bite-size pieces, “clause by clause.” Although that sounds boring her layout is fascinating, fun and easy-to-read, one that will attract the interest of teachers and young readers, especially those in the home-school market.
Materials include concise phrases of information in comic strip style balloons that float over heads of caricatured statesmen such as John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry or Benjamin Franklin. In addition to half-page summaries with colorful page inserts.
She uses a pedigree analogy to explain how a family’s genealogical tree is similar to “America’s genealogical tree.” Only our nation’s American tree was shaped by “founding fathers and mothers who planted great ideas into the soil” instead of genetic material. Those ideas, “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”…Full Review: http://tinyurl.com/chza8rp
Juliette, who knows her target audience, breaks the information into bite-size pieces, “clause by clause.” Although that sounds boring her layout is fascinating, fun and easy-to-read, one that will attract the interest of teachers and young readers, especially those in the home-school market.
Materials include concise phrases of information in comic strip style balloons that float over heads of caricatured statesmen such as John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry or Benjamin Franklin. In addition to half-page summaries with colorful page inserts.
She uses a pedigree analogy to explain how a family’s genealogical tree is similar to “America’s genealogical tree.” Only our nation’s American tree was shaped by “founding fathers and mothers who planted great ideas into the soil” instead of genetic material. Those ideas, “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”…Full Review: http://tinyurl.com/chza8rp
July 23, 2015
We're starting to study U.S. History at home and I was looking for something about the Constitution that would be approachable. This does a great job of breaking the constitution down article by article and including some additional snippets of historical context, how various clauses have been applied and historical anecdotes. It's still probably not the most enthralling read for kids in elementary school, but it's a start.
February 8, 2016
A reference to keep on your bookshelf to read and reread! This book is a great resource for kids and adults and easy to read. I love that is breaks down each article within the Constitution and each clause with in the article and tells you what it means. Many great facts about how the Constitution came to be written. And amazing this book was the idea of a 14 year old! I bought a this book for my child's 5th grade teacher to be used in the classroom.
March 22, 2016
Every American should read this! A point-by-point breakdown of the U.S. Constitution and the 27 amendments in simple language and examples that tie in the importance of these documents to our lives today. Authored by an incredibly smart and talented.... 14 year old! (Includes plenty of pictures for the visually stimulated =D)
March 14, 2013
Got this for my child, but it turned out to be a little above their level....so I read it instead. Really liked the extra info and fun facts this author added. Lays out the constitution in a way anyone could understand.
October 20, 2014
Juliette Turner has done a great job in laying out the Constitution in a way that anyone can understand. I love the extra information that is offered.
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November 14, 2018THIS IS A SHITTY ASS BOOK THAT SHOULD BURN IN HELL
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