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Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Why do we place our hand on our heart when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? Who wrote the original pledge? How has it changed over the years? Readers will learn the history and meaning behind these familiar words through easy-to-follow text and color photos. A follow-up activity encourages readers to research pledges and flags from around the world"--From the publisher's web site.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this volume of the World Citizen Comics series, Ian Rosenberg and Mike Cavallaro create a practical framework for appreciating where our free speech protections have come from and how they may develop in the future. Freedom of speech is fiercely defended in America and has been since the First Amendment was written. But how does it work, and what laws shape it? Drawing on parallels between ten seminal Supreme Court cases and current events, Free...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Between 1938 and 1946, the Supreme Court handed down 23 opinions involving civil liberties issues raised by Jehovah’s Witnesses. Explore two of those cases, both of which address whether or not Jehovah’s Witnesses can be forced to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. Learn why the Court came down first on one side of the issue, and then the other.
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Ellie May really wants to be her second-grade class's flag leader during the Pledge of Allegiance, however her enthusiasm and hyperactivity keep getting in the way, both in school and at home--but maybe learning everything about various presidents, dressing the part, or pleading her case will finally get her teacher to pick her, rather than the well-behaved Ava.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Comedian Red Skelton is known by many as one of America's great comedians. He is known for his his television program The Red Skelton Hour, which aired for 20 years. The show was the showcase for many of his popular characters, including Clem Kadiddlehopper, Freddie the Freeloader, San Fernando Red, Sheriff Deadeye, and Prof. Ludwig von Humperdoo. Features clips of some of Red Skelton's comedic hits, including his Pledge of Allegiance.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"An elegant, vibrant, startling coming-of-age novel, for anyone who's ever felt the shame of being alive Kenya Curtis is only eight years old, but she knows that she's different, even if she can't put her finger on how or why. It's not because she's Black--most of the other students in the fourth-grade class at her West Philadelphia elementary school are too. Maybe it's because she celebrates Kwanzaa, or because she's forbidden from reciting the Pledge...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
"We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the idea of 'Christian America' is an invention--and a relatively recent one at that. As Kruse argues, the belief that America is fundamentally and formally a Christian nation originated in the 1930s when businessmen enlisted religious activists in their fight against FDR's New Deal. Corporations...
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