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By Linda Granfield, Steve Björkman. 2003
Explains the U.S. presidential election process including its history, the role of political parties, becoming a candidate, campaign finance, voting…
fraud, the electoral college, and casting ballots. Emphasizes the right and the responsibility of citizens to vote. For grades 4-7. 2003By Stewart Ross. 2003
A brief history of the United Nations and its goals to promote peace and human rights in all countries. Discusses…
its functions, structure, and role in various international conflicts. Also reviews the work of some particular UN agencies, such as the World Health Organization. For grades 6-9. 2003By Wilborn Hampton. 2003
Describes the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center and relates personal experiences of New Yorkers who lived…
through the collapse of the Twin Towers, including blind Omar Rivera, who walked down from the seventy-first floor with his guide dog to safety. For grades 6-9. 2003By Diana K Sergis, Diana K. Sergis. 2003
Discusses the 2000 Supreme Court landmark decision that resulted in Texas governor George W. Bush becoming the forty-third U.S. president.…
Describes the contested ballot recounts in Florida, battles in state and federal courts, and constitutional arguments presented to the nation's highest court by Bush and his challenger, Vice President Albert Gore. For senior high and older readers. 2003By Martha S Hewson, Martha S. Hewson. 2002
Discusses the electoral college procedure for choosing United States presidents that gives each state the same number of votes as…
its representatives and senators in Congress. Reviews conflicts arising during the disputed elections of 1876, 1888, and especially 2000. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2002By Darren Rhym. 2002
An overview of the oldest African American civil rights group in the U.S.--the National Association for the Advancement of Colored…
People (NAACP). Describes its development, goals, and accomplishments since its establishment in 1909. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2002By Mitch Frank. 2002
Explains the historical and religious issues that motivated terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. Includes information…
on Islam, the Taliban, and Osama bin Laden; the significance of the Middle East and Afghanistan; and the changes in America since the attacks. For grades 6-9. 2002By Heather Lehr Wagner. 2002
Discusses the rivalry between the Muslim country of Pakistan and its neighbor, the majority-Hindu country of India. Tracing the region's…
history, focuses on the 1947 creation of two separate nations and the continuing conflicts between them. For grades 6-9. 2002By Kathleen Krull, Anna DiVito. 1999
Examines the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution--the Bill of Rights--explaining what the additions mean, how they have…
been applied, and the rights they guarantee. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1999By Pat Lalley, Patrick Daley. 2002
Describes the horror of the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center and the events leading up to…
it. Discusses the history of the New York City landmark, extremist Islamic fundamentalism, and America's reactions to terrorism. For grades 4-7. 2002By David A Adler, David A. Adler, Colin Bootman. 2001
By William Banks, William H. Banks. 1997
Traces the history of organized African American nationalism, including the work of Marcus Garvey and Noble Drew. Describes the Nation…
of Islam's development from Wallace Fard and Elijah Muhammad through Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan. Looks at the 1995 Million Man March. For junior and senior high readers. 1997By Ann Gaines, Austin Sarat, Ann Graham Gaines. 1999
Focuses on terrorism in the Middle East and how it affects the United States. Discusses the origins and motivations of…
the organizations and individuals involved. Explores how America can combat violence without impinging on traditional freedoms. For senior high and older readers. 1999By Thomas Streissguth. 2001
Presents the controversy about gun control laws in the United States including the history behind the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment.…
Discusses the position of the National Rifle Association and its opponents. For grades 6-9. 2001By Kathiann M Kowalski, Kathiann M. Kowalski. 2000
Examines the election process in the United States, including both fair and unfair campaign practices, and the prospects for reform.…
Uses examples of past races and discusses the roles of political parties and the media. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2000By Janet Majure. 1996
Describes the history of the election process in the United States. Discusses the influence of the media and big money,…
political parties, voting practices, and proposals for change. For grades 6-9. 1996By Susan Campbell Bartoletti. 1999
Examines the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century workplace, the treatment working children received, and the conditions that drove them to rebel. Describes…
a protest in a Massachusetts mill, coal mine strikes in Pennsylvania, and sweatshop problems in New York, among other situations in which children were exploited. For grades 5-8. 1999By Jeremy Byman. 1998
Provides an account of Albright's life, from her childhood in Czechoslovakia to adulthood in the United States. Traces Albright's career…
as she becomes interested in politics, earns a political science degree, raises a family, gets involved in the Democratic Party, and is appointed secretary of state. For junior and senior high readersBy Nathan Aaseng. 1994
To illustrate the scope and limitations of presidential power, this book reenacts eight crises requiring a president of the United…
States to make a decision. The reader has the benefit of summaries, expert advice, and several options, and in the end is responsible for making a choice. Then the reader learns what the real president did, what resulted, and how his decision fared in history. For junior and senior high and older readersBy Doreen Rappaport, John J. Palencar. 1993
By 1965, 200,000 Americans were fighting in a war in Vietnam. Many Americans did not support the war. In Des…
Moines, Iowa, a dozen high school students were suspended for protesting the war, and three sued school officials for violating their right to free speech. Briefs and testimonies from the case, which reached the Supreme Court, are provided to challenge critical thinking. For grades 5-8 and older readers