Inquiry Unlimited
Teaching the U.S. Constitution through
Literature
Booklist: The U.S. Constitution –
in our lives daily
Juvenile
Fiction
- Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn. PapaŐs Mark. New York:
Holiday House, 2003.
- Bridges,
Ruby. Through My Eyes. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999.
- Celsi, Teresa. Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus
Boycott. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 1991.
- Cohn,
Janice. The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate. Morton
Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 1995.
- Colman,
Penny. Fannie Lou Hamer and the Fight For the
Vote. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 1993.
- Irons,
Peter. May It Please the Court: Courts, Kids, and the Constitution.
New York: New Press, 2000. (1 book and 4 sound cassettes)
- Lee,
Milly. Nim
and the War Effort. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
- Mochizuki,
Ken. Baseball Saved Us. New York: Lee & Low, 1993.
- Parkhurst, Liz. Under One Flag: A Year at Rohwer. Little Rock, AK: August House Publishers,
2005.
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Boycott Blues: How Rosa
Parks Inspired a Nation. New York: Greenwillow
Books, 2008.
- Polacco, Patricia. Aunt Chip and the Great Triple
Creek Dam Affair. New York: Philomel Books, 1996.
- Quackenbush, Robert. Stop the Presses, Nellie's Got
a Scoop: The Story of Nellie Bly. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992.
- Rappaport, Doreen. Trouble at the Mines. New
York: Crowell, 1987.
- Spiers, Peter. We the People. New York: Doubleday
Book for Young Readers, 1987.
Juvenile
Non-Fiction
- Alonso,
Karen. Korematsu v. United States:
Japanese-American Internment Camps. Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, 1998.
- Krull, Kathleen. A KidŐs Guide to AmericaŐs Bill of
Rights. New York: Avon, 1999.
- Persico, Deborah A. New
Jersey v. T.L.O. Drug Searches in Schools. New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, 1998.
- Trespacz, Karen L. Ferrell v. Dallas I.S.D.
Hairstyles in Schools. New Jersey: Enslow
Publishers, 1998.
- Weatherford, Carole Boston. Freedom on the Menu:
The Greensboro Sit-Ins. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2005.
Internet
resources:
- BenŐs
Guide to U.S. Government for Kids - http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/index.html
Created: December 24, 2008
Last modified: February 17, 2017.
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