Bibliography
This is the book that helped me to understand what was at work in the American conscious during our countries early years
Prevent Genocide International.
http://www.preventgenocide.org/law/convention/text.htm
This activist group defines the conditions for the crime to exist.
Hakim, Joy. A History of US. Revised, 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press,2006.
Fabulous! Reads like a good bedtime story. Hakim has a great sense of humor. Wonderful for students.
Prucha, Francis Paul. American Indian Treaties: The History of a Political Anomaly. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
Excellent reading. Not boring. Makes what could be tedious reading very interesting.
Wood, Gordon S.. Revolutionary characters: what made the founders different. New York: Penguin Press, 2006.
This is where I found out what Thomas Jefferson thought about Andrew Jackson. There are more stories of interest that will delight the reader.
Cooper, Michael L. Indian School: Teaching the White Man's Way. New York: Clarion Books, 1999.Wonderful book on the schools that the federal government set up for Indian children. Does not mince words when handling difficult material.
Meacham, Jon. American lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. New York: Random House, 2008.
The definitive book on Andrew Jackson. It gave me the background information I needed to understand how his life as a youngster on the eve of the Revolution shaped his later years and his ideas and decisions.
"National Archives and Records Administration." National Archives and Records Administration. http://nara.gov
Contains all the federal records of the interactions between the federal government and Indians. Loaded with primary sources. Locate analysis worksheets here.
Prucha, Francis Paul. Documents of United States Indian Policy . Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1975.
An excellent resource book. Should be on every 8th grade teacher's desk.
Satz, Ronald N. American Indian Policy in the Jacksonian Era. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 19741975.
This is a wonderful book, which tells the "story" not only of the policies the U.S. developed for American Indians but gives the background and the human interaction. Definitely not a dry read!
Takaki, Ronald T.. A Different Mirror: a History of Multicultural America. Boston:Little,Brown & Co., 1993.
This is a valuable and interesting resource for locating people's earlier histories in an easy to read format. Helps to "connect the dots".
West, Elliott. The Way to the West: Essays on the Central Plains. Albuquerque, N.M.: University of New Mexico Press, 1995.
I had the pleasure of sitting in seminar with this delightful professor and was awed by his vast knowledge about what life was like on the Great Plains. His book is as interesting to read as he is to listen to.
Williams, Yohuru R.. Teaching U.S. History Beyond the Textbook: Six Investigative Strategies Grades 5-12. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2009.
Wow! What can I say here? These strategies turn the kids into history "detectives" and really grabs them and makes them want to go out and "solve" the case.
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