American Election Book List

With the United States Presidential election just a few weeks away, it's a great time to revisit some stories about American history and government.

Our Playful Pioneers Volume 1 and Playful PIoneers Volume 2 gives children an overview of American history through stories of people and events in our nation's past told from diverse viewpoints.

Free American Government Booklist

If you want to give your children a quick education on what it means to be a Constitutional Republic, these books from the list are a great place to start.
 
I've linked them here to Youtube so you can watch them with your children even if they aren't in your home library.

American Government Picture Books

• The Buck Stops Here by Alice Provensen
  This recording is not amazing, but it's a great book!

• A More Perfect Union by Betsy and Giulio Maestro

• Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? by Jean Fritz

  

Some great political speeches to watch with your kiddos

• Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You, John F. Kennedy

• The Man in the Arena by Teddy Roosevelt

• Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry

And a few American government videos just for kids

• Schoolhouse Rock, The Preamble

• Schoolhouse Rock, Three Branches of Governement

If you want to teach your children more about America's first presidents, check out the Mid-Atlantic Guide. It's month two from our 50 states resource, Playful PIoneers Volume 2, and it covers

• Early U.S. Presidents and Founding Fathers
• Poetry by Samuel Adams
• The Declaration of Independence
• George Washington's Rules of Civility
• Revolutionary War Timeline
• and more!