The Bill of Rights / Christine Taylor-Butler.
Recounts the origins of individual rights in the colonies and the effort to add explicitly stated rights to the Constitution, accomplished in its first ten amendments, and discusses their meaning and the extension of citizen's rights to all Americans.
Record details
- ISBN: 1442025883
- ISBN: 9781442025882
- ISBN: 0531126277
- ISBN: 0531147770
- Physical Description: 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Children's Press, 2008.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 44) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1 It's All About Rights: What's so special about rights? 7 -- 2 Running the United States: We've won the war. Now what do we do? 15 -- 3 It's Not Finished Yet!: They left rights out of the Constitution. How did they fix that? 23 -- Amending the Constitution: What if people try to change it in some wacky ways? 28 -- 4 Rights for the People: What's in the Bill of Rights, and why should we care about it? 30 -- True Statistics 43. |
| Target Audience Note: | 710L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.3 0.5 118812. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville Main Library | J 342.73085 TAY (Text) | 33114015949431 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
