Standard 3 Archives
(Constitution and Government)
Master List
Literary Texts
 Who is Carrie? (James and Christopher Collier)
 The Winter Hero (James and Christopher Collier)
 We the Kids (David Catrow)
 Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation (Jacqueline Jules)
Informational Texts
 A New Nation: The United States, 1783-1815 (Betsy Maestro)
 The Constitution of the United States (Christine Taylor-Butler)
 The Bill of Rights (Christine Taylor-Butler)
 The Founders: The 39 Stories Behind the U.S. Constitution (Dennis Brindell
Fradin)
 Tales of Famous Americans (Peter Roop)
 History of US: From Colonies to Country, 1735-1791 (Joy Hakim)
 History of US: The New Nation, 1789-1859 (Joy Hakim)
 If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution (Elizabeth Levy)
 A More Perfect Union: The Story of our Constitution (Betsy Maestro)
Video
 Schoolhouse Rock (30th Anniversary Edition)
Documents
 Magna Carta http://law.jrank.org/pages/12303/Magna-Carta-Excerpt-fromMagna-Carta.html
 Iroquois Constitution http://www.constitution.org/cons/iroquois.htm
 Articles of Confederation
http://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=3&page=transcript
 Virginia Plan http://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=7&page=transcript
 New Jersey Plan
http://research.history.org/pf/documents/newJerseyPlan.cfm
 US Constitution
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
 Bill of Rights http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights.html
Art/Prints/Photographs
 Washington at Constitutional Convention of 1787
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Washington_Constitutional_Conve
ntion_1787.jpg
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James Madison quote from James Madison Building in DC
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2007687163/
James Madison portrait http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96522271/
Page One of the Constitution
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_zoom_1.html
Letters
 1787 Letter from James Madison
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/searchdisplay.cfm?ID=303
 1789 Letter from Mercy Otis Warren
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/searchdisplay.cfm?ID=320
Maps
 Map of Philadelphia, 1777 http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(g3824p+ar132
201))+@field(COLLID+armap))
 United States, 1793 http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(g3300+ct0012
18))+@field(COLLID+gnrlmap))
 The Nystrom Atlas of United States History (8th grade level) Pages 40-45
 The Nystrom Atlas of Our Country’s History (5th grade level) Pages 36-39
Journals
 September 17th entry from George Washington
http://www.myloc.gov/Exhibitions/creatingtheus/Constitution/Ratification
/ExhibitObjects/WashingtonsFrustrationsattheConvention.aspx
Newspapers
 Virginia State Convention ratifies the new Constitution
http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?ammem/bdsbib:@field(NUMBER+@band(bdsdcc+c1301))
Other
 Readings on various Constitutional topics
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?titleID=55