Everything You Need to Know about The US Voting System - Government Books for Kids Children's Government Books
by Baby Professor
Rosen Verified: The Bill of Rights (Rosen Verified: The Bill of Rights)
Amy Chan Zhou’s searing memoir about growing up in rural Communist China features descriptions of pastoral beauty and tales of the simple joys of raising farm animals or catching fish in a local river. However, her childhood is scarred by the primitive conditions, her family’s everyday struggle to obtain food, and the horror of witnessing relatives being tortured on a stage during “public denouncing” meetings. As the Communists take control of China in 1949, we follow the harrowing experienc...
Fidel Castro: Cuban President & Revolutionary (Essential Lives Set 3) (Essential Lives)
by Katie Marsico
Describes the passage of the 1947 law that helped define the rights of labor and management, and describes the conditions of the labor force before and after the act.
Black Heroes Who Have Made Us a Better America Activists and rap stars, abolitionists and pioneers, inventors and scientists surge with life throughout this thrilling and comprehensive work.” ―Jennifer Maritza McCauley, National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and author of Scar On / Scar Off #1 Best Seller in Teen & Young Adult 21st Century U.S. History Black Americans who have shaped their country and beyond. We are familiar with a handful of African Americans who are mentioned in American his...
John F. Kennedy (Words That Changed America)
by John F Kennedy
Holt McDougal United States Government: Principles in Practice (Holt McDougal United States Government: Principles in Practi)
Malcolm X (Rebels with a Cause) (American Rebels)
by Jeff Burlingame
Malcolm X faced many injustices growing up as an African American in the early twentieth century. Funneling his anger over systemic racism into activism, Malcolm X became a leader of the civil rights movement as well as one of the best-known spokesmen for the Nation of Islam. In this engaging biography, students will learn about Malcolm X's trials, tribulations, and victories in the battle for civil rights. Students will be guided through the reading with historical context and primary source do...
In an oligarchy, political power rests with a small privileged group. Oligarchs may exercise power directly or indirectly, but they often act out of selfish or corrupt motives. This book examines the history of oligarchy, which was first described by the ancient Greeks more than 2,300 years ago. The book also asks whether today's superrich constitute a new oligarchy that threatens to undermine American democracy.
Opposing Viewpoints (Spring 2024): Set 1 (Opposing Viewpoints)
Opposing Viewpoints (Spring 2024): Set 1 (Opposing Viewpoints)