4-4.1 Links To Information For Teachers

Vocabulary

• Articles of Confederation
• Royal governors, king, and Parliament
• Colonial assemblies
• Sovereignty
• Authority rested with the state not with the people
• Confederation Congress
• Currency
• Levy taxes
• United States Constitution
• Authority from the people
• Federalism
• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch
• National Congress / Legislature
• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Population
• President
• National courts

Streamline SC

• SSSSSHHHHH We're Writing The Constitution
• This Is Our Government
• Washington D.C.

Suggestions

1. Ben's Guide to our Government(select grade level at top of page)
2. Make aInterlocking circle map to show the differences and the similarities between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.
3. Make sure that the students understand the meaning of each of the vocabulary words because this is the first time that many of these words are presented.
4. Links
   • Articles of Confederation
   • United States Constitution
   • Signing of the Constitution

Books

• The Creation of the US Constitution by Michael Burgan
• What Is A Constitution by William David Thomas
• The United States Capitol by Holly Karapetkova
• Ghost In The Capitol by Idella Bodie
• Building Washington DC: Measuring The Area of Rectangular Shapes by Barbara Linde
• The White House by Susan Gray
• A Spy In The White House by Ron Roy
• First Dog by Patrick Lewis