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: |
|
Creating a Classroom Magazine
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/create_class_zine.pdf
|
K-W-L Instruction Strategy
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
|
Matrices or Charts
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf
|
Strategies to Support Collaboration
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/strategies_collab.pdf
|
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword |
|