Grade Level: 2-3 Age Level: 7-8 Listening Level: Grades 4-6 The Library of American Lives and Times™ Biographies For Grades 4-8 Correlated to the Curriculum Extend the learning through this new biography series. The Library of American Lives and Times use extensive primary resources as it brings American history to life for your students. Learn about some of the greatest players who helped in shaping America as it grew from a colony to a world super power. Through a chronological narrative, enriched with diary entries, letters, and other primary documents, students will learn about the various stages of our nation's development, as well as learning to think about history from the perspective of both individuals and society. By learning about history from a particular and unique biographical perspective, each student will learn about the following themes that form the framework for the social studies standards: Culture; People, Places, and Environments; Individual Development and Identity; Individuals, Groups, and Institutions; Power, Authority, and Governance; Production, Distribution, and Consumption; Global Connections: Civic Ideals and Practices. These books are comprehensive biographical treatments of important Americans, emphasizing not just their lives, but the times in which they lived. British-born Thomas Paine came to Philadelphia in 1774. He clearly heard the colonists’ cries for liberty. They stirred his own political philosophy and ideals for freedom. He committed the powerful mixture to print with revolutionary pamphlets such as Common Sense. Paine helped set the stage for the Declaration of Independence and profoundly influenced the course of our nation’s history and ideology. "These attractive titles serve not only as quality report sources, but also as a general interest titles." - School Library Journal
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Adequate Intro to Life, Thought, & Times of Thomas Paine,
This review is from: Thomas Paine: Common Sense and Revolutionary Pamphleteering (The Library of American Lives and Times) (Library Binding)
This slim volume is a fair introduction (or refresher) to the subject for middle-schoolers on up.
The chapter titles are as follows: Introduction 1. Courage Under Fire 2. English Born 3. Understanding the Nature of Things 4. The Adventure Begins 5. A Journeyman's Search 6. A Crisis in the Colonies 7. The Power of Revolutionary Prose 8. The Birth of American Freedom 9. Setting the World on Fire 10. A Citizen of the New World 11. Paine's Legacy After the brief introduction and first chapter telling who Paine was and why he is important, McCartin devotes a chapter to placing Paine firmly in the societal & political context of 18th-century England. From there, he proceeds with Paine's life in a more-or-less chronological manner. We read a bit about Paine's boyhood (mostly via life in general in the town of Thetford, England), early education, and apprenticeship as a staymaker. We learn of Paine's move to London, a brief flirtation with privateering, his intense interest in science, and a growing interest in socio-political issues, leading to his becoming a community leader and labor activist. As chapter 6 begins, it is 1774 and Paine is going through both personal and professional hardship, so he sails off to America. The narrative slows down quite a bit from here on, as McCartin spends the bulk of the remaining chapters on Paine's significant contributions to both the American Revolution and the French Revolution. Many excerpts are quoted or reproduced from Common Sense, An American Crisis, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, etc. All the while, McCartin explains and comments on the evolution of Paine's thoughts on human rights, government, & society, as well as what influenced Paine along the way and what influence Paine's work in turn had on others. While the author ably weaves in various personal elements throughout (e.g., two marriages, various jobs, entrepreneurial endeavors, deaths of his parents), they are woefully brief and too few. I realize that Paine is a central character during this time in the history of Western civilization, and his writings still serve to inspire and be liberally quoted from today. But, even (or especially) in a brief biography such as this, I would have liked to read a few more details about the man himself. With a few less quotes from Paine's pamphlets & papers, and if a few maps/sketches/sidebars were removed (e.g., why a full page on Ben Franklin?), there would have been room for more info about his personality, youth, friendships, marriages, business activities, etc. McCartin's writing flows quite well and is appropriate to his primary audience. I noticed no instances of awkward phrasing or redundant text, as I have in a couple other volumes in the series, and typos are practically nonexistent. Unfortunately, characteristic of this series (as well as many other short and/or youth-oriented books), there are no end/footnotes. There is a 'Timeline' of Paine's life at the end of the book, as well as a helpful Glossary. There is also a short list of 'Additional Resources', a Bibliography, and a brief index. There are several photos and reproductions of paintings, documents, etc. (many color, others B&W), which I really appreciated. But, as indicated above, and as has been the case with other volumes I've read in the series, there are a couple pictures or side-boxes here & there that are only marginally relevant or interesting and whose space could have been better filled with more text. Overall, a satisfactory addition to the LALT series. Content: 3 Style & Structure: 3.75 Average: 3.38, rounded down to 3
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We have it in our power to make the world over again,
This review is from: Thomas Paine: Common Sense and Revolutionary Pamphleteering (The Library of American Lives and Times) (Library Binding)
This was a required reading for a graduate humanities class. John Keane's biography succinctly showed that Tom Paine (1737-1809) was the consummate revolutionary and a daring adventurer. Not only was he an important figure in the American Revolution, but he also traveled to France in 1791 to give that revolution a push. Paine traveled from England, just in time to stoke the flames of the revolution with his pamphlet Common Sense, in January 1776. To call Common Sense a sensation in the colonies is actually a bit of an understatement. It was an unparallel sensation and monumental work of Enlightenment rhetoric that quickly fanned the flames of rebellion throughout the colonies. In four months, over 120,000 copies were printed in the colonies--over 500,000 copies by years end. No other pamphlet printed in seventeenth century America came close to its success. Most importantly, Common Sense served to get the colonial patriots to drop their fear of open rebellion, and also emboldened those delegates who favored declaring independence from Britain. The delegates now had the confidence that a large segment of the colonists would support rebellion. Similar to the Declaration of Independence, the philosophical ideas in Common Sense are primarily from the English philosopher, John Locke (1632-1704). The most moving quote from the pamphlet became quite prophetic, when one considers the impact it ultimately had on the delegates in the congress, the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, and on the world. "We have it in our power to begin the world over again."
As a graduate student in philosophy and history, I heartily recommend this timeless classic to anyone who is interested in political philosophy, and history.
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