Book excerpt: Build literacy skills and social studies content-area knowledge with this nonfiction title! This 6-Pack offers an integrated English language arts approach that specifically addresses California content standards for history-social science, as well as reading, writing, and English language development standards. This nonfiction reader explores some of the ideas and opinions of what the country should do with the rising tension among the American Colonies and Great Britain, and also examines the Constitution of the United States, the Connecticut Compromise, and Bill of Rights. This nonfiction reader features primary source materials that offer students a snapshot of what life was like back then. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan that aligns to California's History-Social Science Content Standards.