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Liberty Lee's Tail of Independence
Gr 1–3—In rhyming text, Liberty Lee, a mouse, presents a highly simplified version of the early history of the United States and how the Declaration of Independence was written...
The House That George Built
Gr 1–3—Following the framework of "This Is the House That Jack Built," this cumulative story describes how George Washington chose the design for what would become the White House and supervised its construction...
Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops
K-Gr 2—Biden takes inspiration from her own family in relating this story about a five-year-old girl coping with her father's military deployment...
Under the Baobab Tree
PreS-Gr 2—In an unspecified African country, a brother and sister walk to their village, wondering who will gather today under the baobab tree...
How the U.S. Government Works
Gr 3–5—The first book describes the makeup and functions of the three branches of government and includes updates on how a bill becomes a law and on the many departments and agencies of the Executive branch...
Women Explorers
Gr 3–6—At a time when "even the idea of women wearing pants was scandalous," Louise Boyd explored the Arctic; Ynes Mexia lived with headhunters while collecting plant specimens in the Amazon; Alexandrine Tinné searched for the source of the Nile River; and the knowledge gained by Freya Stark's travels into remote areas of the Middle East benefited the British War Office during World War II...
What Are the Articles of Confederation?
Gr 4–7—When people consider the founding of the United States, many students start with the Declaration of Independence in 1776, then move to the ratification of the Constitution in 1789, without full comprehension of the enormous achievements of the intervening years, including the Articles of Confederation...
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