Resources
Balconi, Michelle A., Arthur B. Laffer, and Mary A. Cindrich. Let’s Chat about Democracy!: Exploring Forms of Government in a Treehouse. Detroit, MI: Gichigami Press, 2018. The book is one of the mentor texts used throughout the teaching of the unit.
Catrow, David. We the Kids the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States. New York: Puffin, 2005. The picture book explains, in child-friendly terms, the phrases of the Preamble.
Cheney, Lynne V., and Greg Harlin. We the People: The Story of Our Constitution. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012. A factual and beautifully illustrated book about how and why our Constitution was created, including the compromises that had to be made for all the states to accept and ratify it.
Feldman, Noah. Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President. S.l.: Picador, 2020.
Fritz, Jean, and Tomie DePaola. Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution. New York: Puffin Books, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA), 2015. Used as the basis for activity four.
Hamilton, Alexander, John Jay, James Madison, and Ian Shapiro. The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay. New Haven (Conn.): Yale University Press, 2009.
Klarman, Michael J. Unfinished Business: Racial Equality in American History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Levy, Elizabeth, and Joan Holub. If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution. New York: Scholastic, 2006. This book has information on the Constitution as well as other parts of our early government. It is written in question and answer format.
Maestro, Betsy, and Giulio Maestro. A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution. New York: Collins, 2017. This book tells why and how the Constitution of the United States was created. Includes a map, a table of dates, and a summary of the Articles of the Constitution.
Russakoff, Dale. The Prize: Who’s in Charge of Americas Schools? Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2016.
Ryan, Alan. On Tocqueville - Democracy and America. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015.
Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America. New York: Random House, 2004.
Travis, Cathy. Constitution Translated for Kids. Washington, D.C.: We The Books, CT Bookshelf, LLC, 2016. This easy to comprehend book is a quite helpful if you are learning or teaching the constitution. The pages are split down the middle. On the left are the words of the Constitution, on the right is a reworded translation for children to easily understand the language without changing the meaning. It is very clear and concise.
“US Government.” Ducksters Educational Site, https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_government/democracy.php.
White, E. B., Martha White, and Jon Meacham. On Democracy. New York, NY: Harper, 2019. A collection of essays, letters and poems from centered on the subject of freedom and democracy in America.
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