We the People....
The information on this page deals with the symbols and words that made America. From the Stars and Stripes to the words of the Constitution. We use these books and web pages when we are working on citizenship and remembering why this country is the best place to live and be a citizen of.
Please also see Citizen in the Nation BSA Merit Badge.
| Resources--books | Resources--websites | Project | Writing Assignments |
Resources
Books
I have broken the book list into books on specific documents. I have included the activity books with the document.
General Information Declaration
of Independence Articles of
Confederation
US Constitution
Bill of Rights
The Pledge
of Allegiance The Star Spangled Banner
and Flag
America the
Beautiful
Non-Fiction--Information books:
General Information on the making of America:
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A More Perfect Union by Betsy and Giulio Maestro (Mulberry, 1987; ISBN 0688101925)* |
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America and the Restored Gospel by Glorianne Muggli (Muggli Graphics)* |
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America the Beautiful (Scholastic)* |
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House Mouse Senate Mouse by Peter W Barnes & Cheryl Shaw Barnes (Scholastic, 1996; ISBN 0439077680)* |
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Purple Mountain Majesties by Barbara Younger, illustrated by Stacey Schuett* |
Declaration of Independence:
| Declaration of Independence (History Speaks series) by Douglas M. Rife, illustrated by Bron Smith (Teaching & Learning Company, 1997; ISBN 1573100773)* |
| Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman (Holiday House, 2000; ISBN 0823414485)* |
| The Declaration of Independence (Let Freedom Ring series, Bridgestone Books) |
| The Declaration of Independence by Patricia Ryon Quiri (A True Book series, Children's Press, 1998; ISBN 0516264303) |
| The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States with introduction by Pauline Maier (Bantam Books, 1998; ISBN 0553214829) |
| The Declaration of Independence; The Story Behind America's Founding Document by Kerry A. Graves (Chelsea House, 2004:ISBN 0791073343) |
| The Declaration of Independence; The Words that Made America illustrated and inscribed by Sam Fink (Scholastic, 2002; ISBN 0439407001)* |
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The Signers - The 56 stories Behind the Declaration of Independence by Dennis Fradin |
Articles of Confederation:
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The Articles of Confederation by Kerry P. Callahan (Rosen, 2003; ISBN 0823937992) |
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The Articles of Confederation by Barbara Silberdick FeInberg (Twenty-First Century books, 20002; ISBN 076132114) |
US Constitution:
| A More Perfect Union; the Story of Our Constitution by Betsy and Giulio Maestro* |
| Bicentennial of the Constitution (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1987)* |
| Constitutional Amendments by Barbara Silberdick Feinberg (Twenty First Century Book, 1996; ISBN 0805046194) |
| Creating the Constitution by Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier (Benchmark, 1999; ISBN 0761407766) |
| Creating the Constitution: The People and Events That Formed the Nation by Daniel W. Weidner (Enslow, 2002; ISBN 0766019055) |
| If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution by Elizabeth Levy, illustrated by Joan Holub* |
| Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (History Speaks series) by Douglas M. Rife, illustrated by Bron Smith (Teaching & Learning Company, 1998; ISBN 157310129X)* |
| Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Frits, pictures by Tomie DePaola (Putman, 1987; ISBN 0399214038) |
| The Articles of Confederation by Barbara Silberdick Feinberg (Twenty First Century Books, 2002; ISBN 0761321144) |
| The Constitution by George H. Jenkins (Rourke, 1990; ISBN 0865930856) |
| The Constitution by Hal Marcovitz (Mason Crest, 2003; ISBN 1590840410) |
| The Constitution by Marilyn Prolman (Children's Press, 1995; ISBN 0516066927) |
| The Constitution by Patricia Ryon Quiri (Children's Press, 1998; ISBN 051620663X) |
| The Constitution; The Story Behind America's Governing Document by Kerry A. Graves (Chelsea House, 2004; ISBN 0791073335) |
| The Constitution; Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow by Barbara Silberdick Feinberg (Scholastic, 1987; ISBN 0590347713) |
| The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States with introduction by Pauline Maier (Bantam Books, 1998; ISBN 0553214829) |
| The Dictionary of the U.S. Constitution by Barbara Silberdick Feinberg (Franklin Watts, 1999; ISBN 0531115704) |
| The Framing of the Federal Constitution by Richard B. Morris (library of Congress, 1986; ISBN 09126700X) |
| The Meaning of the Constitution by Angela Roddey Holder (Barron, 1987; ISBN 0812038479) |
| The United States Constitution (Let Freedom Ring Series, Bridgestone Press) |
| The U.S. Constitution by Don Nardo (Kidhaven Press, 2002; ISBN 07377-7763) |
| We the Kids; the Preamble to the Constitution of the US illustrated by David Catrow (Scholastic 2002; ISBN 0439458072)* |
Bill of Rights:
| The Bill of Rights by David & Patricia Armentrout (Rourke, 2005; ISBN 1595152342) KR |
The Pledge of Allegiance:
| I Pledge Allegiance by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson, illustrated by Chris Raschka (Candlewick, 2002; ISBN 0763616486) |
| Pledge of Allegiance (History Speaks series) by Douglas M. Rife, illustrated by Bron Smith (Teaching & Learning Company, 1998; ISBN 1573101281)* |
| The Pledge of Allegiance by Scholastic* |
| The Pledge of Allegiance; The Story Behind our Patriotic Promise by Liz Sonneborn (Chelsea House, 2004; ISBN 079107336X) |
The Star Spangled Banner and Flag:
| Francis Scott Key, Patriotic Poet by Susan R. Gregson (Bridgesone Books, 2003; ISBN 0736815546) |
| Red, White and Blue; the Story of the American Flag by John Herman illustrated by Robin Roraback* |
| Take Your Hat Off When the Flag Goes By! by Janeen Brady, illustrated by Evan Twede (Brite) |
| The Biggest (and Best) Flag That Ever Flew by Rebecca C. Jones, illustrated by Charles Geer (Tidewater, 1988; ISBN 087033381X) |
| The Flag maker by Susan Campbell Martoletti, illustrated by Claire A. Nivola (Houghton, 2004; ISBN 0618267573) |
| The Flag, the Poet & the song; The True Story of the Star-Spangled Banner by Irvin Molotsky (Dutton, 2001; ISBN 0525946004) |
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The Flag We Love by Ram Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Ralph Masiello (Scholastic, 1996; ISBN 043925292X)* |
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The Star-Spangled Banner (History Speaks series) by Douglas M. Rife, illustrated by Bron Smith (Teaching & Learning Company, 1998; ISBN 1573101303)* |
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The Star Spangled Banner illustrated by Peter Spier* |
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The Star-Spngled Banner; the Story Behind Our National Anthem by Liz Sonneborn (Chelsea Club, 2004; ISBN 0791073378) |
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The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner; By the Dawn’s Early Light by Steven Kroll illustrated by Dan Andreasen* |
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The Writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Sabrina Crews & Scott Ingram (Gareth Stevens, 2005: ISBN 0836834097) |
America the Beautiful
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America the Beautiful; The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation's Favorite Song by Lynn Sherr (Public Affairs, 2001; ISBN 1586480855) |
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America the Beautiful; The Story Behind Our National Hymn by Liz Sonneborn (Chelsea House, 2004; ISBN 0791073327) |
Audio/visual:
| Liberty Kids The Learning Company CDRom and PBS show |
Websites
| Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government (for Kids) has a teacher and educators page. |
| National Center for Constitutional Studies |
| Primary Source The American Colonist's Library tons of "original documents" |
| Katharine Lee Bates "America the Beautiful" |
| The USA Page from Canton Public Library a bunch of great links |
| National Trails US History Award for Scouts |
| FirstGov The US Governments Official Web page |
| Institute for American Liberty |
| Bill of Rights day from Utah State University (December 15th) |
| NARA "The Charters of Freedom" please see the fine print for each of the Making of America documents |
| Declaration of Independence from UShistory.org |
| Library of Congress link to American documents |
| Liberty bell from UShistory.org |
| Signers of the Declaration from Colonialhall.com |
| The new state department from state.gov or this one |
| Documents from the Continental Congress 1774-1789 from the Library of Congress |
| Documents of Freedom from ushistory.org |
The Constitution
| Index to the Constitution |
| They Price They Paid, the signers of The Constitution |
| Constitution Society constitution.org |
| The US Constitution on line |
| US Constitution's Birthday from SpecialEd.com |
| US Constitution from the US Department of Defense |
The National Anthem
| Information on the National Anthem |
The Pledge
| A Short History of the Pledge |
| Red Skelton skit on the Pledge of Allegiance and audio |
| History of the Pledge of Allegiance |
The Flag
| Flag Education Etiquette |
| The American Legion "Our Flag" page |
| U.S. Scouting Service Project info on the flag |
Links to
| Wolf Achievement; |
| Wolf Elective 11 Sing Along |
| Bear Achievement, |
| Webelos activity Pin. |
| Citizen in the Nation Merit Badge |
Project
| Earning the different Cub and Boy Scout badges, pins and arrow points. |
Writing assignments
The activity books have many writing assignments already, but to add to the unit a few assignments were:
| Poem on different documents |
| "If I were a fly on the wall in the Senate....." |
Completed: 2004 & 2006
Last update: March, 2007
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