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For which we stand : how our government works and why it matters / written by Jeff Foster ; illustrated by Julie McLaughlin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Scholastic, [2020]Copyright date: copyright 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 175 pages : illustrations (mostly color), color maps, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781338643091
  • 1338643096
  • 9781338643084 (pbk.)
  • 1338643088 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.473 23
LOC classification:
  • JK40 .F67 2020
Summary: Provides a comprehensive and entertaining guide that answers questions like what the Constitution is, what the branches of the government are, what the Electoral College is, what the political parties are, and what the different responsibilities of the city, state, and federal governments are, and discusses the complete backstory on some of our government's most important moments, including why we wrote the Declaration of Independence, and how people since then have worked with -- and protested against -- the government to improve the lives of all Americans.
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Beverly Middle School 320.473 Available 690199

3-7.

8-12.

1130 Lexile.

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Provides a comprehensive and entertaining guide that answers questions like what the Constitution is, what the branches of the government are, what the Electoral College is, what the political parties are, and what the different responsibilities of the city, state, and federal governments are, and discusses the complete backstory on some of our government's most important moments, including why we wrote the Declaration of Independence, and how people since then have worked with -- and protested against -- the government to improve the lives of all Americans.

Includes index.