Book Detail

Founders, The

Publication Information
Author:  Fradin, Dennis Illustrator:  McCurdy, Michael
Title:  Founders, The Date:  2005
Publisher:  Walker City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-8027-8972-2 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:  

General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography, nonfiction

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
Brief biographies of the people who signed the Constitution are accompanied by brief descriptions of the 13 colonies at the time of signing. The Constitution is printed at end of the book.

Teaching Ideas:
The Introduction and Afterword are excellent overviews of the writing of the Constitution but remaining chapters might be best excerpted. Groups of students could explore individual states and signers from those states. Students could research WWW for photos and information on Philadelphia: http://www.ushistory.org/tour/,and http://philadelphia.about.com/cs/history/a/top_historic.htm.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Creating a Classroom Magazine
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bullet K-W-L Instruction Strategy
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
bullet Matrices or Charts
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bullet Strategies to Support Collaboration
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Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > leadership
bullet Government/Civics > Constitution
bullet History > region > U.S. history > founding of the country
bullet History > time period > 20th Century > 1960's


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