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1) Citizenship
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Language
English
Description
"Teaches young learners the importance of being a good citizen by helping out neighbors and other areas of the community, obeying the laws, and learning about voting."--
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Most of human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, or tribes. The concept of the "citizen," an idea we take for granted, is historically quite rare-and was, until recently, amongst America's most profoundly cherished ideals. But without shock treatment, warns historian and conservative political commentator Victor Davis Hanson, American citizenship as we have known it for well over two centuries may soon vanish. In The Dying Citizen,...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Building on his own extensive experience as a writer and activist on various aspects of inner and institutional life, Parker J. Palmer explores the soulful dynamics of American politics. What he did for educators in The Courage to Teach he does for citizens here, exploring the dynamics of our inner lives for clues to reclaiming our national unity. In Healing the Heart of Democracy, he points the way to a politics worthy of the human spirit, rooted...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Image
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The current political climate has left many of us wondering how our government actually operates. Sure, we learned about it in school, but if put to the test, how many of us can correctly explain the branches of government? The history of politics? The differences and connections between local government and federal government? Enter How to Be an American. While author and illustrator Silvia Hidalgo was studying for her citizenship test, she quickly...
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"For many Americans, the birth certificate is a mundane piece of paper, unearthed from deep storage when applying for a driver's license, verifying information for new employers, or claiming state and federal benefits. Yet as Donald Trump and his fellow 'birthers' reminded us when they claimed that Barack Obama wasn't an American citizen, it plays a central role in determining identity and citizenship. Here, award-winning historian Susan J. Pearson...
13) We are citizens
Author
Publisher
Children Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
What does it take to be a good citizen? Find out in this appealing new book.
15) Citizenship
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Pub. Group
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the rights, duties, and responsibilities of citizens and notes some citizens who "made a difference."
Author
Series
Marvin Redpost ; 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Even though they have all come to school in holey clothes, Marvin and his third grade class manage to impress their surprise visitor--the President of the United States.
19) Immigration
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of essays that discuss a variety of points of view on the debate about immigration and illegal aliens.
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Publisher
Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[1978]
Language
English
Description
he concept of citizenship that achieved full legal form and force in mid-nineteenth-century America had English roots in the sense that it was the product of a theoretical and legal development that extended over three hundred years. This prize-winning volume describes and explains the process by which the cirumstances of life in the New World transformed the quasi-medieval ideas of seventeenth-century English jurists about subjectship, community,...
