Research Bibliography & WebSites for Students

General References 

• Bennett, William J., ed., Our Country’s Founders, A Book of Advice for Young People, Simon and Schuster. 1998.
• Bober, Natalie S. Thomas Jefferson, Man on a Mountain. 1988.
• Bruns, Roger. Thomas Jefferson. World Leaders Past and Present Series. 1986.
• Santrey, Laurence. Thomas Jefferson.1985.
• Severance, John B. Thomas Jefferson, Architect of Democracy. 1998
• “American Revolution”, Kids Discover. Volume 8, Issue 9, September 1998, New York.
• “Jefferson,” Kids Discover. Volume 8, Issue 1, January 1999, New York.
• “Road To Revolution,” Jr. Scholastic. September 15, 1995, Special Issue.

Slavery-General

• Lester, Julius. To Be a Slave. 1968.
• Nardo, Don. Braving the New World. 1995.
• Sisson, Mary. The Gathering Storm. 1997.

Websites to Visit 

• Declaration of Independence, National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration.html

• Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson http://www.monticello.org

• Independence National Historic Park http://www.nps.gov/inde
• White House, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/categrs/govn6.htm 
• Adams National Historical Park http://www.nps.gov/adam/
• Massachusetts Historical Society http://www.masshist.org
  • Adams Papers http://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/aea/index.html
  • Adams Quotes http://www.masshist.org/adams/quotes.cfm
  • Adams Biographical Sketches http://www.masshist.org/adams/biographical.cfm
  • Adams Time Line http://www.masshist.org/adams/timeline.cfm
• Colonial Williamsburg http://www.history.org
  • Thomas Jefferson http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/jeffhdr.htm
  • Lesson Plan: Eighteenth-Century and Twentieth-Century Forms Of Resistance http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrtwo.cfm
• The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents
  • The White House
  • John Adams
  • Thomas Jefferson