This Guide describes a sample of the resources that are available

on the U.S. Constitution

from the Educational Resource Center,

2nd Floor Maxwell Library

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Children's Nonfiction

« 342.7302 T779 Travis, Cathy. Constitution Translated for Kids.

« 342.73 M877 Morris, Richard Brandon. The First Book of the Constitution.

« 342.73 P485 Peterson, Helen Stone. The Making of the United States Constitution.

« 342.73 S755 Spier, Peter. We the People : the Constitution of the United States of America.

« 921 M182b Banfield, Susan. James Madison.

and more...

Young Adult Nonfiction

« 342.73 M112 Mabie, Margot C. J. The Constitution: Reflection of a Changing Nation.

« 342.73 F115 Faber, Doris. We the People: The Story of the United States Constitution Since 1787.

« 342.73 R598 Ritchie, Donald A. The U.S. Constitution.

« 973.313 C772 Cooke, Donald Ewin. Our Nation's Great Heritage: The Story of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

and more...

K-12 Text Books

« H 45 MGH ... Our Constitution and What It Means.

« H 41 PHI ... Magruder's American Government.

« H 21 PHI... The American Nation: Beginnings to 1877.

and more...

Dewey Decimal Numbers to Browse

323.4 - Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Press

323.4 - Free Speech

342.73 - United States - Constitution

973.3 - United States - Constitutional History

Keywords and Phrases for Searching:

Webster (Maxwell Library's On-line Catalog), the Library's Databases, etc...

• Constitution

• Continental Congress

• Bill of Rights

• Preamble to the Constitution

• Number of specific amendment, such as 18th Amendment

• Constitutional Convention

• Great Compromise

• Name of a signer of the Constitution

CONTACT INFORMATION

Educational Resource Center

mail to: erc@bridgew.edu

Telephone 508.531.1304

Clement C. Maxwell Library

2nd Floor