Saturday

Government Unit Resources

Here's a list of the resources we used while completing our US Government Lapbooks...

Books:


We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution
My Senator and Me
Yo, Millard Filmore
Lives of the Presidents: Fame and Shame
What President's are Made of
George Washington (by Marian Leighton)
Who Was Thomas Jefferson
Presidents of the United States (Level 3 Reader)
Lyndon B. Johnson: Young Texan
How the US Government Works
Making a Law ( A True book)
The Supreme Court (A True Book)

Websites:

Informational:

Teaching the Constitution

Understanding Taxes

How a Bill Becomes a Law

Congress For Kids

Ben's Guide to the US Government for Kids

US Mint


Printables:

Barack Obama Presidential Notebooking pages

Presidents Coloring Book

What's Great About America- lesson plans and materials

Constitution Coloring Book

Bill of Rights


Games:

Branches of Power

Texas Law Focused Education

Name that President

Thinkquest- Presidents


**The ones we used for multiple topics were Ben's Guide and Congress for Kids**

And I should probably mention the website I used more than any: Google Image Search. It's a wonderful resource if you make your own lapbook templates and want more than cartoon-like clip art.



1 comment:

  1. WOW! "Thanks" from the Mama who is taking a look at trying some lapbooking. That's an impressive list of links there...

    Looks like fun! What do your boys think of lapbooking?

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