Resources & Bios

Suggested reading or reading/listening using the books or books on CD

• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis, New York: Random House, 2000.
• The History of US by Joy Hakim: Book 3. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
  • Chapter #29 “The States Write Constitutions” (Grades 5-12)
  • Chapter #39 “Just What is a Constitution?” (Grades 5-12)
  • Chapter #40 “Good Words and Bad” (Grades 5-12)
  • Chapter #42 “If You Can Keep It” (Grades 5-12)

Web Site Resources

• Lesson Plan example: Creating a Classroom Constitution Lesson Plan
• Lesson Plan Resource: teachingamericanhistory.org

Biographies

• Biographies of the Major Characters