Doctoring Our View of the US Constitution

I like to tell my students that a textbook is a point of view both in what it says as well as what it leaves out.  Of course, it is based on essential knowledge developed by key states such as CA and TX.  This brings me to this excellent WashPost article based on a new book, Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention.   The book argues that Madison's Notes of the Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 (here is a great site that breaks down each day's events as well as giving you teacher resources and giving you information on all of the delegates) that Madison changed his notes over time as his political needs changed.  Since we have few documents other than Madison's notes, his changes have a profound influence on how we view the Constitution.

Above is a long discussion of the new book or again, you could read the WashPost article.