American Documents: The Bill of Rights [Hardcover]

Judith Lloyd Yero (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: American Documents

Judith Lloyd Yero's thought-provoking text, coupled with carefully selected images from the past and present, challenge young readers to carefully examine and understand the Constitution's first ten Amendments, which guarantee their basic human rights. In addition to defining these rights, Yero puts them into the context of present-day life so that kids will recognize that the Bill of Rights is as important to their daily lives as it was to the lives of the first citizens of the newly independent United States.

Included in the back matter are the full text of the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Rights of the Stamp Act Congress, the Virginia Declaration of Rights, and the Miranda Rights.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5 Using a combination of text, primary documents and sidebars, and full-color photos and reproductions, these introductions offer basic facts in easy-to-understand language. Bill of Rights is neither interesting nor well done. In highlighting the individual tenets, the text includes many present-day comparisons. However, with the abundance of facts and photographs, it is easy to see readers getting bogged down and a little lost as to which amendment is being described. Declaration is much more successful. It highlights the events of the early 1770s and explains the why and how that led the colonists to fight for independence. Sidebars include portraits of the signers and interesting facts that help to bring these men to life. Both books contain the complete texts of the documents under discussion. However, including The Virginia Declaration of Rights (Bill of Rights) and Thomas Jefferson's rough draft (Declaration) is a bit of overkill for this audience. Susan Lissim, Dwight School, New York City
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About the Author

Judith Lloyd Yero is the author of Teaching in Mind: How Teacher Thinking Shapes Education. She lives in Hamilton, Montana.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books (June 13, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792253957
• ISBN-13: 978-0792253952
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 0.4 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,312,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)