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1) Voting
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces voting to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
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Learn how Americans cast their votes and make their voices heard in national, state, and local elections. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled captions and sidebars, detailed photographs, informational diagrams, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author. Our nation was founded on the notion that a government should be ruled by and for the people. So how...
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"Accusations of voter fraud and voter suppression have been widespread in the 21st century, but the facts are often obscured. How much of a problem is voter fraud? What should be done to combat it-and will proposed measures be helpful or harmful to most voters? Informative text and engaging fact boxes explore voting rights issues, giving readers a better understanding of the facts surrounding this politically charged topic. A list of ways young people...
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2019.
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First edition.
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"...explains the concept of choosing, individually, and as a group, from making a simple choice: "Which do you like better, apples or oranges?", to selecting a class pet, to even more complicated decisions, like electing community representatives." -- amazon.com
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"In Get Out and Vote!, discover how voting affects everyone's life, what election day looks like, why some people don’t cast a ballot and more. Did you know a ping-pong ball once decided an election or that the government in Ancient Greece voted by shouting? From elections and politics to voter suppression and accessible ballots, there is so much to explore when it comes to voting. With profiles of young people who are making the vote count, this...
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2022.
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First edition.
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"Stacey Abrams, politician and Nobel peace prize nominee, is brought to life in this poetic picture book biography that follows Abrams's fight for voters' rights. Narrated by Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Septima Clark, and Fannie Lou Hamer, this powerful story tells how Abrams's work was inspired by those luminaries before her." --
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2019.
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"The election system in the United States has evolved throughout history. Readers are presented with facts about the origins of the election system, how elections have changed over the years, and how elections currently function. The accessible text touches on different types of elections, how elections are described in the Constitution, the Electoral College system, the popular vote versus the electoral vote, and a person's eligibility to vote" --...
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2020.
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Young readers' edition.
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"Did you know that voting in any election--from mayor to president--is a privilege and a right? Americans eighteen and older are allowed to vote! But this hasn't always been the case for everyone. From the founders of this country to Jim Crow to women's suffrage to gerrymandering--and everything in between--Erin Geiger Smith takes an in-depth look at the fascinating and complex history of voting in the United States. Learn the history, discover what...
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