Fault lines in the constitution : the framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today by Levinson, Cynthia 

BTSB Prebound(Peachtree, 2017)

BTSB #: 567428 Available

Dewey: 342.7302/NAges: 11-15   
AR: 8.8 MG+RC: 10.5 6-8 Lexile: 1110 F&P: Z

Genres:

Subjects: Constitutional law - United States Civics United States - Politics and government

Summary: Examines the Constitutional origins of modern-day political problems and outlines solutions for these issues.

Fault lines in the constitution : the framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today by Levinson, Cynthia 

Paperback(Peachtree, 2017)

BTSB #: 567436 Available

Dewey: 342.7302/NAges: 11-15   
AR: 8.8 MG+RC: 10.5 6-8 Lexile: 1110 F&P: Z

Genres:

Subjects: Constitutional law - United States Civics United States - Politics and government

Summary: Examines the Constitutional origins of modern-day political problems and outlines solutions for these issues.

Unpunished murder : massacre at Colfax and the quest for justice by Goldstone, Lawrence 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Focus, 2018)

BTSB #: 384819 Available

Dewey: 976.3/NAges: 12-18   
AR: 9.1 UG RC: 12.9 6-8 Lexile: 1260

Genres:

Subjects: United States.|bSupreme Court United States.|bSupreme Court African Americans - Colfax (Louisiana) Massacres - Colfax (Louisiana) Reconstruction (1865-1876) Constitutional law - United States

Summary: On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish, Louisiana, and massacred over one hundred unarmed African Americans. The court case that followed would reach the highest court in the land. Yet, not a single person was convicted. The opinion issued by the Supreme Court in US v. Cruikshank set in motion a process that would help implement Jim Crow and two-tiered justice.

We have a constitution [Rookie Read-About Civics]by Bonwill, Ann 

Paperback(Children's Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 134044 Available

Dewey: 342.7302/NAges: 6-8   
Lexile: 710

Genres:

Subjects: Constitutional law - United States

Summary: The Constitution is more than words on paper--it influences our lives every day, even the lives of kids! In We Have a Constitution readers will examine important ideas like compromise and law, learn about this document's history and discover its enduring relevance.