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How America works : understanding your government and how you can get involved

2020

Format:	Book
Title:	How America works : understanding your government and how you can get involved / Elliott Rebhun, editor.
Publisher, Date:	New York, N.Y. : Scholastic Inc., [2020]
Description:	240 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm
Summary:	"Go behind the scenes to see how our government works, why it's so important, and how young people can get involved in the issues that matter most to them. ... Even complex civics topics are easy to understand in 10 stand-alone units: from the foundational principles of the Consitution and Bill of Rights, to current issues such as immigration, civil rights, the Supreme Court, and media literacy."--Back cover
Subjects:	Civics -- Juvenile literature. Political science -- United States -- Juvenile literature. United States -- Politics and government -- Juvenile literature. United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Genre:	Instructional and educational works.
Other Author:	Rebhun, Elliott, editor.
Other Title:	Scholastic's guide to civics. How America works : understanding your government and how you can get involved
Notes:	At head of title: Scholastic's guide to civics. "Your consitution, critical Supreme Court cases, Electoral College, impeachment, every vote counts, immigration: who gets to be an American?, fighting for civil rights, 2nd Amendment, media literacy, could you pass the U.S. citizenship test?. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Unit 1. The Declaration of Independence -- Unit 2. The Constitution -- Unit 3. The Bill of Rights -- Unit 4. How Washington works -- Unit 5. Supreme Court cases every student should know -- Unit 6. The presidency -- Unit 7. Why voting matters -- Unit 8. The long struggle for civil rights -- Unit 9. Immigration: who gets to be an American? -- Unit 10. You and the media -- Appendix. Could you pass America's citizenship test?
ISBN:	9781338702316 1338702319
Other Number:	1164346222
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	992761
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Call Number:	320.473 How Amer

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