The We the People Bookshelf at EDSITEment
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for and use their We the People Bookshelf collections.
2010-2011: A More Perfect Union
The "More Perfect Union" Bookshelf Theme
The We
the People "A More Perfect Union" Bookshelf is the literary complement of NEED NEW COPY HERE in American history and culture. Readers
are invited to steer their way across the continent by river with Lewis
and Clark in.
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The Books and Resources
—Grades
K-3—
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Tico and the Golden Wings, Leo Lionni [©1964] (Knopf Books for young Readers, 2007) 1964)
ISBN-10: 0394817494 / ISBN-13: 978-0394817491
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When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Brian Selznik (ill.) (Scholastic Press, 2002)
ISBN-10: 0439269679 ISBN-13: 978-0439269674
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A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution, Betsy and Giulio Maestro (Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1987)
ISBN-10: 0688068391 / ISBN-13: 978-0688068394
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—Grades
4-6—
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Cesar: ¡Si, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!, Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, David Diaz (ill.) (Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books, 2005)
ISBN-10: 0761451722 / ISBN-13: 978-0761451723
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Darby, Jonathon Scott Fuqua (Candlewick, 2002)
ISBN-10: 0763622907 / ISBN-13: 978-0763622909
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Eagle Song, Joseph Bruchac (Dial, 1997)
ISBN-10: 0803719183 / ISBN-13: 978-0803719187
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The Great Little Madison, Jean Fritz (Putnam Juvenile, 1998) [©1989]
ISBN-10: 0399217681 / ISBN-13: 978-0399217685
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—Grades
7-8—
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Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2008)
ISBN-10: 1416905855 / ISBN-13: 978-1416905851
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Hitch, Jeanette Ingold (Harcourt Children’s Books, 1st ed., 2006)
ISBN-10: 0152047476 / ISBN-13: 978-0152047474
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Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Beals (1994)
first choice:
ISBN-10: 0671866389 / ISBN-13: 978-0671866389
second choice:
ISBN-10: 0671866397 / ISBN-13: 978-0671866396
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—Grades
9-12—
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American Creation: triumphs and tragedies at the founding of the republic, Joseph Ellis (Knopf, 2007)
ISBN-10: 030726369X / ISBN-13: 978-0307263698
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Killer Angels, Michael Shaara (Ballantine Books, 2001) [Ó 1974]
ISBN-10: 0345444124 / ISBN-13: 978-0345444127
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Lincoln in His Own Words, Milton Meltzer, Stephen Alcorn (ill.) (1993)
First choice:
Harcourt; 1st edition (October 1, 1993) ISBN-10: 0152454373 / ISBN-13: 978-0152454371
Second choice:
Sandpiper; Reprint edition (January 1, 2009) ISBN-10: 0152064362 / ISBN-13: 978-0152064365
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Carver: A Life in Poems, Marilyn Nelson (Front Street imprint of Boyds Mill Press, 1st ed., 2001)
ISBN-10: 1886910537 / ISBN-13: 978-1886910539
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Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose (Penguin Classics, 2006) [written in 1954]
ISBN-10: 0143104403 / ISBN-13: 978-0143104407
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The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. DuBois (Oxford University Press, 2007) [written in 1903]
ISBN-10: 0192806785 / ISBN-13: 978-0192806789
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—Bonus—
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The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns ( DVD set released 2004)
(to be purchased directly at a discount from PBS)
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The Civil War: An Illustrated History, Geoffrey Ward, Ric Burns, Ken Burns (1990)
ISBN-10: 0394562852 / ISBN-13: 978-0394562858
(to be reprinted and purchased directly at a discount from Random House)
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Declaring Independence: The Origin and Influence of America’s Founding Document, ed. Christian Y. Dupont (University of Virginia Press, 2008)
(to be reprinted and purchased by National Trust for the Humanities)
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