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Grade 4: Trade Books*

• Governing New York: How Local, State, and National Governments Work by Magdalena Alagna (Rosen Classroom Books and Materials, 2003). ISBN: 0823984109.
• Red, White, Blue, and Uncle Who? The Stories Behind Some of America's Patriotic Symbols by Theresa Bateman (Holiday House, 2001). ISBN: 0823412857.
• Our Country's Presidents by Ann Bausum (National Geographic Society, 2001). ISBN: 0792272269.
• Let's Go to Independence Day by Mary Jo Borreson (Putnam and Sons, 1962).
• The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dagliesh (Econo-Clad Books, 1995). ISBN: 0808593056.
• What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? By Jean Fritz (Penguin Putnam Books, 1996). ISBN: 0698113721.
• Shh!! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz (G. P. Putnam & Sons, 1987). ISBN: 0399214046.
• We the People: The Way We Were 1783-1793 by Suzanne Hilton (Westminster, 1981). ISBN: 0664326854.
• Columbus Day: Celebrating a Famous Explorer by Elaine Landau (Enslow Publishers). ISBN: 0766015734.
• If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution by Elizabeth Levy (Scholastic, Inc., 1992). ISBN: 0590451596.
• The Birth of the Constitution by Edmund Lindop (Olympic Marketing Corp.) ISBN: 0894901583.
• A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution by Betsy and Giulio Maestro (Scott Foresman, 1990). ISBN: 0688101925.
• The Making of the United States Constitution by Helen Stone Peterson (Gerrard Publishing Company, 1974). ISBN: 0811665097.
• The Supreme Court in America's Story by Helen Stone Peterson (Gerrard Publishing Company, 1976). ISBN: 0811665119.
• The Story of the Constitution by Marilyn Prolman (Children's Press, 1969). ISBN: 0516046055.
• We the People: The Constitution of the United States by Peter Spier (Doubleday, 1991).
• The Pilgrims of Plymouth by Marcia Sewall (Atheneum, 1986).
• The First Amendment: Freedom of Speech, Religion, and the Press by Leah Farish (Enslow Publishers, 1998).
• Darkest Hours by Alden Carter (Franklin Watts, 1988). A historical account traces the events that led to the Declaration of Independence.
• The Declaration of Independence by Sam Fink (Scholastic, 2002).
• Give Me Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman (Holiday House, 2002).
• Stories of Our American Patriotic Songs by John H. Lyons (Vanguard Press, 1989).
• Songs and Stories of the American Revolution by Jerry Silverman (Millbrook, 1994).
• The Declaration of Independence by R. Conrad Stein (Cornerstones of Freedom series, Scholastic, 1995).
• Independence by Ronald Bruce Thomson (National Park Service, 1994).
• Carta De Derechos by Warren Colman (Children's Press, 1989). An easily understood Spanish text with photographs describing the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.
• The Constitution by Patricia Ryon Quiri (Children's Press, 1999).
• Letters of Liberty: A Documentary History of the United States Constitution by John Rhodehamel (Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1997) http://www.crf-usa.org
• The Presidency; The Congress; The Supreme Court by Patricia Ryon Quiri (Children's Press, 1999).
• The United States Senate (Cobblestone Publishing, November 1984).
• Woodrow, the White House Mouse by Cheryl Shaw and Peter W. Barnes (VSP, 1998).

(*Taken from: Social Studies Instructional Strategies and Resources: Prekindergarten Through Grade 6, New York State Education Department, 2003 and Education for Democracy: California Civic Education, Scope and Sequence, Los Angeles County Office of Education, 2003.)

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