Nation's Capital
A young country had the opportunity to do what no other country has had; choose a new place for the capital city instead of picking an established city. How did the Founding Fathers do?
| Resources--books | Resources--web sites | Projects | Writing assignments |
Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
 | A Capital for the Nation by Stan Hoig (Cobblehill Books, 1990; ISBN 05256550342) |
| Building the Capital City by Marlene Targ Brill, Cornerstones of freedom series (Children's Press, 1996; ISBN 0516066331) |
| Capital by Lynn Curlee (Atheneum Books, 2003; ISBN 0689849478) KR |
| It Happened in the White House by Kathleen Karr, Illustrated by Paul Meisel (Hyperion, 2000; ISBN 078680369X) |
| No Better Hope by Brent Ashabranner, Great American memorials series (Twenty-First Century, 2001; ISBN 0761315233) |
| Our Nationals Capital by Richard Steins, I Know America series (Millbrook Press, 1994; ISBN 156294498) |
| Pennsylvania Avenue, America's Main Street by Carol M. Highsmith and Ted Landphair (The American Institute of Architects Press, 1988: ISBN 1558350004) |
| The Changing White House by Barbara Silberdick Feinberg, Cornerstone of freedom series (Children's Press, 2000: ISBN 0515216511) KR |
| The Lincoln Memorial by Deborah Kent, Cornerstones of freedom series (Children's Press, 1996; ISBN 0516200062) |
| The Statue; Abraham Lincoln by Ernest Goldstein (Lerner, 1997; ISBN 0822520672) |
| The Washington Monument by Brent Ashabranner, Great American memorials series (Twenty-First Century, 2002; ISBN 0761315241) |
| The Washington Monument by Craig A. Doherty and Katherine M. Doherty (Blackbirch, 1995; ISBN 1567111106) |
| The Washington Monument by Hal Marcovitz, American symbols and their meanings series (Mason Crest Publishers, 2003; ISBN 1590840283) |
| The White House by Leonard Everett Fisher (Holiday House, 1989; ISBN 0823407748) |
| The White House by Paula Guzzetti Places in American history series (Dillon Press, 1996 ISBN 0382391756) |
| The White House by Hal Marcovitz, American symbols and their meanings series (Mason Crest Publishers, 2003; ISBN 590840240) |
| Washington, D.C. (Kids Discovery, 2002; ISSN 10542868 |
| Washington, D.C. by Dan Elish, Celebrate the States series (Benchmark Book, 1998; ISBN 0761404236) |
| Washington, D.C. by Acton Figueroa, World almanac library of the states series (World Almanac, 2003; ISBN 083685334) |
| Washington, D.C. by Elina Furman, From sea to shining sea series (Children's Press, 2002; ISBN 0516223194) KR |
| Washington, D.C. by Jason Glaser, Land of liberty series (Capstone Press, 2004; ISBN 0736822046) |
| Washington, D.C. by Ann Heinrichs, This land is your land series (Compass Point, 2003; ISBN 0756503353) |
| Washington, D.C. by Joyce Johnston, Hello U.S.A. series (Lerner, 2003; ISBN 0822507986) |
| Washington, D.C. by R. Conrad Stein, Celebrate the states series (Children's Press, 1999, ISBN 0516211927) |
| Washington, D.C. by R. Conrad Stein, America the
beautiful series (Children's Press, 1999, ISBN 0516210467) |
Activity Books:
| Great States! by Cindy Barden, illustrated by Chris Nye (Teaching and Learning Co., 1995; ISBN 1573100188)* |
Web sites
Please see The 50 States for more links.
Please see Maryland for more links.
National Parks in Washington, D.C. from the National Park Service
| Teaching with Historic Places from the National Park System |
| National Mall from the national Park Service |
| President's Park (White House) from the National Park Service |
| Lincoln Memorial from the National Park Service |
| Washington Monument from the National Park Service |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial from the National Park Service |
| Thomas Jefferson Memorial from the National Park Service (history from a pagewise) |
| Vietnam Veteran Memorial from the National Park Service (history from pagewise) |
| Korean War Veterans Memorial from the National Park Service |
| National World War II Memorial from the National Park Service |
| Constitution Gardens from the National Park Service |
| Ford's Theatre from the National Park Service |
| Frederick Douglass from the National Park Service |
| LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac from the National Park Service |
| National Mall from the National Park Service |
| Rock Creek Park from the National Park Service |
| Theodore Roosevelt Island from the National Park Service |
| District of Columbia Park guide from the National Park Service |
Projects
| Make a monument to a famous American that doesn't have a memorial yet. |
| Make a monument to a non-famous American that has changed your life. |
| Plan a trip to Washington, D.C. (You have five days.) |
Writing assignments
| Write a plan to help the District of Columbia become the 51st state "New Columbia." |
| Write a poem about something that happened in the White House. |
| Write a report on one of the famous monuments. |
Take a look at the other states
Completed January, 2005
Visited
November, 2006
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