Children’s / Teenage general interest: Politics and government

Who are the leaders of our government?

What is a citizen?

What is a democracy?

What are the three branches of government?

What are rules?

What are elections?

Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was a man of contradictions.

Theodore Roosevelt was thrust into the presidency after William McKinley's assassination in 1901.

When John F.

By the time he became the fourth president of the United States in 1807, James Madison was already a legend.

In 1789, when George Washington took office as the nation's first president, the United States was an experiment that could easily fail.

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in 1932, the United States was in crisis.

In 1829 Andrew Jackson became the seventh president of the United States, the first who did not come from a wealthy, east coast family.

Abraham Lincoln was born to poor parents, in a log cabin on the western frontier of a young nation.

Why did Abraham Lincoln want to become president?

On election night, all eyes are on the ballot tallies to see which candidates come out on top.

When an election is coming up, you usually expect a face-off between the two major US political parties-Democrats and Republicans.

The frenzied news coverage during a political election is unstoppable.

Special interest groups, lobbyists, political action committees, campaign finance reform-if people on the news are arguing about these subjects, it's probably an election year.

It's time for music class!

Imagine being convicted of a crime you didn't commit and spending years behind bars.

On December 5, 2013, former South African President Nelson Mandela passed away at the age of 95.

Did you know that about 40 percent of the world's population lives without toilets?

Ice in the Arctic is disappearing-and opportunity is calling.

It's time for music class!

Trying to comprehend the US government can almost make your mind shut down.

Is it fair for another kid to keep a pen you lost, since he's the one who found it?

What is the best way to cheer up a friend?

What should you do if you see someone bullying another person at school?

How can you make your voice heard when you're not old enough to vote?

Trained to fight at sea, in the air, and on land, U.

Performing search-and-seizure missions, investigating enemy coastlines, and gathering secret information are just some of the duties that Marine Force Recon members take on.

Hunting down terrorists.

As the first fighters into battle, U.

The most secret and elite of special forces groups, U.

Parachuting from planes to rescue wounded soldiers.

On January 30, 1948, Mohandas Gandhi, the world's most revered champion of nonviolent civil disobedience, was murdered in cold blood by a man he'd never met.

Than Shwe was part of a military coup that took over Burma in the 1960s.

Omar al-Bashir came into power in 1989.

Muammar al-Qaddafi led a group of young army officers who overthrew the government of King Idris I in 1961.

Augusto Pinochet, commander-in-chief of Chile's army, rose to power in 1973 when he participated in a military coup to overthrow the president, Salvador Allende.

Hafez al-Assad became president of Syria in 1971, following a long line of military leaders.

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A fun, funny, and informative guide to the weird world of American politics How does the president get his job?

A fun, funny, and informative guide to the weird world of American politics How does the president get his job?

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2019, National Book Award, Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards and the YA Book PrizeIncludes an exclusive preview of The Silent Stars Go By by Sally NichollsThrough rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stricken slums of the East End, three courageous young women join the fight for the vote.

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018In three years I will be able to vote and I will still have less power than I did at the moment that I saw that email, which was such a tiny thing but look what happened.

Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela is the amazing story of a true hero of our times; his famous biography has been specially adapted for children in a beautiful illustrated picture book format.

An "e;accessible and engaging"e; biography of the U.