Each week, The Mini Page covers a different topic. The Mini Page will teach your readers about that week's topic using word puzzles, connect the dots, recipes, drawings and pictures.
Appearing in over 500 newspapers weekly, The Mini Page is loved by children, parents, teachers, and anyone who wants to learn a little more while having a lot of fun.
The Mini Page was created by Betty Debnam (UNC Class of 1952). Ms. Debnam gave her complete archive from the years she was creator and editor to the UNC Library and the financial support necessary to create this electronic archive.
An online finding aid with details about the contents of The Mini Page Archive is available at the Southern Historical Website.
In 1987, at the request of Chief Justice Burger, the chairman of the Commission of the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, Mini Page Editor Betty Debnam began a series about the Constitution. The award-winning series proved so popular that Mini Page readers have been ordering reprints of it ever since. Each four-page issue provides topical information on pages one and four and related fun activities on pages two and three.
1. Meeting at Mount Vernon
2. Our Country's First Laws
3. Our First Laws Were Weak
4. Meeting in 1787
5. Signers of the Constitution
6. The Great Compromise
7. Meet Chief Justice Burger
8. Adopting the Constitution
9. The Preamble
10. The Lawmaking Branch
11. The Executive Branch
12. The Judicial Branch
13. Separation of Powers
14. States and the Constitution
15. Changing the Constitution
16. The Bill of Rights -- Amendments 1, 2, and 3
17. The Bill of Rights -- Amendments 4 through 10
18. Amendments 11 through 26
19. Keeping the Constitution Safe
20. Let's Visit Independence Hall
21. Signing the Constitution
The 2006 series on the same topic was based on the first series:
1. Our Constitution
2. Our First Laws Were Weak
3. Page One of the Constitution
4. Page Two of the Constitution
5. Checks and Balances
6. Federalism
7. Signing the Constitution
8. The Bill of Rights
9. Amendments 11 Through 27
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