The following books are suggested readings to enrich students learning of the chapter content.

 

Chapter 3 Citizenship

 

• Generation Fix: Young Ideas for a Better World, by Elizabeth Rusch (Grade 6 reading level)
• We Are Americans: Voice of the Immigrant Experience, by Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler (Grade 7 reading level)
• Bound for America: The Story of the European Immigrants, by Milton Meltzer (Grade 8 reading level)

 

Chapter 4 American Colonies and their Government

 

• The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence, by Dennis Brindell Fradin (Grade 6 reading level)
• A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620, by Kathryn Lasky (Grade 7 reading level)
• John Winthrop, Oliver Cromwell, and the Land of Promise, by Marc Aronson (Grade 8 reading level)

 

Chapter 5 The Constitution

 

• Constitution Translated for Kids, by Cathy Travis (Grade 6 reading level)
• Creating the Constitution: 1787, by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier (Grade 7 reading level)
• The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation, by Jonathan Hennessey and Aaron McConnell (Grade 8 reading level)

 

Chapter 6 The Bill of Rights

 

• You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?, by Jean Fritz (Grade 6 reading level)
• Dred and Harriet Scott: A Family’s Struggle for Freedom, by Gwenyth Swain (Grade 7 reading level)
• A Kid’s Guide to America’s Bill of Rights, by Kathleen Krull (Grade 8 reading level)

 

Chapter 7 The Legislative Branch

 

• Is There a Woman in the House . . . or Senate?, by Bryna J. Fireside (Grade 6 reading level)
• Henry B. Gonzalez: Congressman of the People, by Brenda Haugen (Grade 7 reading level)
• Political Profiles: John Lewis, byKerrily Sapet (Grade 8 reading level)

 

Chapter 8 The Executive Branch

 

• Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (And What the Neighbors Thought), by Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Jewitt (Grade 6 reading level)
• The White House: An Illustrated History, by Catherine O’Neill Grace (Grade 7 reading level)
• Our Country’s Presidents, by Ann Bausum (Grade 8 reading level)

 

Chapter 9 The Judicial Branch

 

• Thurgood Marshall: Civil Rights Attorney and Supreme Court Justice, by Mark Rowh (Grade 6 reading level)
• The Judicial Branch: Interpreting America’s Laws, by Hamed Medani (Grade 7 reading level)
• The Terrorist Trail of the 1993 Bombing of the World Trade Center: A Headline Court Case, by Michael J. Pellowski (Grade 8 reading level)

 

Chapter 10 Political Parties

 

• Friendly Foes: A Look at Political Parties, by Elaine Landau (Grade 6 reading level)
• The History of Third Parties, by Vicki Cox (Grade 7 reading level)
• Ralph Nader: Man With a Mission, by Nancy Bowen (Grade 8 reading level)

 

Chapter 11 Voting and Elections

 

• As If Being 12 ¾ Isn’t Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President, by Donna Gephart (Grade 6 reading level)
• See How They Run: Campaign Dreams, Election Schemes, and the Race to the White House, by Susan E. Goodman (Grade 7 reading level)
• The Encyclopedia of U.S. Presidential Elections, by David C. Saffell (editor) and Richard C. Remy (contributor) (Grade 8 reading level)

 

Chapter 12 Public Opinion

 

• Mastering Media: The News Never Stops, by John DiConsiglio (Grade 6 reading level)
• Nobody Particular: One Woman’s Fight to Save the Bays, by Molly Bang (Grade 7 reading level)
• With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman’s Right to Vote, by Ann Bausum (Grade 8 reading level)

 

Chapter 13 State Government

 

• Government: How Local, State, and Federal Government Works, by Mark D. Friedman (Grade 6 reading level)
• State Government, by Ernestine Giesecke (Grade 7 reading level)
• The Executive Branch of State Government: People, Process, and Politics, by Margaret R. Ferguson, ed. (Grade 8 reading level

 

Chapter 14 Local Government

 

• Hope Was Here, by Joan Bauer (Grade 6 reading level)
• The Iroquois Constitution, by Dekanawida (Grade 7 reading level)
• We W on’t Back Down: Severita Lara’s Rise from Student Leader to Mayor, by José Angel Gutiérrez (Grade 8 reading level)

 

Chapter 15 Citizens and the Law

 

• Miranda v. Arizona: The Rights of the Accused, by Liz Sonneborn (Grade 6 reading level)
• Demanding Justice: A Story About Mary Ann Shadd Cary, by Jeri Chase Ferris Grade 7 reading level)
• The Trial of the Scottsboro Boys, by David Aretha (Grade 8 reading level)

 

Chapter 16 Civil and Criminal Law

 

• Police and Policing, by Sandy Asirvatham (Grade 6 reading level)
• You Are the Juror, by Nathan Aaseng (Grade 7 reading level)
• Cons and Frauds, by Michael Benson (Grade 8 reading level)