Constitutional Issues
Personal Rights vs. The Common Good
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
PRINT RESOURCES: NON-FICTION
The American heritage history of the Bill of Rights Series
WCLS Link
Individual volumes cover individual amendments.
Native Issues (treaties, fishing, whaling, burial grounds)
Battlefields and burial grounds : the Indian struggle to protect ancestral graves in the United States / Roger C. Echo-Hawk and Walter R. Echo-Hawk.
WCLS Link
Booklist™ Gr. 7-10 "Despite repeated efforts of American Indians to stop this practice, the U.S. government has only recently begun to order ancestral remains, mostly held by museums, to be returned to their respective tribes...A solid work on a contemporary issue."
The rights of American Indians and their tribes / Stephen L. Pevar.
WCLS Link
"The writing is clear and straightforward, even though many of the concepts are convoluted and potentially confusing. Definitions for legal terms, or words not in common usage, are provided when needed, and many examples are used to clarify the laws and policies described. Occasional repetition is necessary to clarify different, but related situations." Gr. 6 and up School Library Journal Review
Let me be a free man : a documentary history of Indian resistance / compiled and edited by Jane B. Katz.
WCLS Link
"An anthology of Indian writings tracing the history of Indian resistance from 1607 through the Wounded Knee trial in 1974. Age level 11-17." BWI
The Indian Removal Act : forced relocation / by Mark Stewart.
WCLS Links
"...The book organizes a good deal of historical information into a cogent presentation of the events and issues leading to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which eventually forced thousands of Native Americans from their ancestral lands. Illustrations, many in color, include photos and maps as well as period engravings, portraits, and documents. The book concludes with a time line, a glossary, source notes, and bibliographies. Age 10-12" Copyright Booklist™ - 2007
Native Americans and the U.S. government / Martha Blakely.
WCLS Link
"Discusses the less-than-honorable behavior exhibited by the U.S. government, military, and citizens in their attempts to wrest the land from Native Americans in the nineteenth century." BWI Age 10-17
Native American testimony : an anthology of Indian and White relations ; first encounter to dispossession / edited by Peter Nabokov ; pref. by Vine Deloria, Jr.
WCLS Link
Primary Sources: "A collection of documents in which native Americans describe their responses to the explorers, traders, missionaries, settlers, and government diplomats and soldiers seeking dominion over their ancient homeland." Description from WCLS catalog.
Grandmothers march to raise treaty awareness by J. McNeel. Indian Country Today,p. 6-7. (2008, October 29) ISSN: 10665501
Proquest Full Text (WCLS card required)
Abstract from Proquest: "A treaty is a contract, but it's never been lived up to by the U.S. government. We want to give these papers to everybody because it's all backed up with facts and truths, and it's informational," she said, holding several pages of information. "Anything to do with treaty rights, that's what we're fighting for and we're fighting against all the government agents who do not honor their oath of office.".
Indian-White Relations in the United States, 1900 to the Present. / Frederick E. Hoxie, ed.. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. Encyclopedia of North American Indians
The Encyclopedia contains "Contains... (1) descriptions of 100 tribes; smaller native communities are discussed in regional entries. (2) 100 biographies, selected to provide representation from differentregions & eras as well as to introduce readers to the many arenas in which American Indians have had significant careers. (3) nearly 100 interpretive entries that present brief overviews of significant topics, historical eras, & cultural (from BWI)" Geared for adults however the brevity of the entries and the format of the encyclopedia may make this a suitable resource.
Environmental Issues (logging, fishing)
Labour Issues (immigration, child labor, constitutional rights of students in schools, voting age, drinking age)
Do We Have a Right to Privacy? (What Do You Think?)
Amazon Link
Summary: "Introduces students to the controversy over whether or not Americans have a right to basic privacies and whether or not the government can infringe on people's privacy in the name of national security, examining both sides of the argument and providing information to support both viewpoints." BWI Age 11-13
Farewell, John Barleycorn : prohibition in the United States / Martin Hintz
WCLS Link
"Gr 4-6 A brief history of drinking in America introduces this overview of the "noble experiment." The rise of the Temperance movement is traced and some attempt is made to explain the reasons for it. The emphasis, however, is on the problems of enforcing the Volstead Act. Striking parallels to our own time are brought out and thoughtful readers will ask whether we should legalize drugs. Period photos and quotations add interest and authenticity. An above-average presentation, attractively packaged." School Library Journal
"Balancing students' constitutional rights: school officials have considerable latitude in maintaining a school environment conducive to learning. But they must also honor students' rights in the process." Cambron-McCabe, Nelda. Phi Delta Kappan. Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. 2009. AccessMyLibrary. 27 Feb. 2010.
Quote: "Students must learn how to become responsible citizens, and few places are more significant in developing those skills of citizenship than the public schools. However, if students are going to learn to become responsible citizens in a democracy, they must be able to exercise their constitutional rights"
ONLINE RESOURCES
Native Issues (treaties, fishing, whaling, burial grounds)
The Makah Tribe: People of the Sea and the Forest. Essay by Ann M. Renker, Ph.D.
http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/renker.html
"This study essay presents information about Makah people, history, and culture so that K-12 teachers, students, and other interested visitors can learn about Makah life through the millennia." © University of Washington Libraries
Voting
OTHER GENERAL RESOURCES
National Archives
http://archives.gov/research
A great source for primary documents. You may wish to look up key documents by searching on the home page.
Sustainabillity
http://www.facingthefuture.org
Gates Foundation funded curriculum "think tank" that designs curriculum for classroom use based on issues of sustainability.
Washington State History Website
http://www.historylink.org/
A free on-line encyclopedia of Washington State History that is also accessible through the WCLS website. Has a fantastic database of biographies, photos, slideshows, interactive "cybertours" and essays about the people and places in Washington's history.
Notes: A lot of the subtopics in the CBA could be expanded upon.
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