We the People! (Big Ideas That Changed the World #4)

by Don Brown (Author)

We the People! (Big Ideas That Changed the World #4)

Award-winning author Don Brown explores the history of democracy in the United States in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series

The Greek word democracy comes from demos (people) and kratos (rule)--meaning "the people hold power." In this timely graphic novel, acclaimed author-illustrator Don Brown explores the history of democracy--from civilization's beginnings as hunter-gatherers to the birth of monarchies and vast empires, and from the earliest republics to our present-day government.

Narrated by Abigail Adams, We the People! explores how Athenian and Greek assemblies inspired our legislative and judiciary branches; how Enlightenment ideals of reason, toleration, and human progress shaped our founding fathers' thinking; how Mali's Manden Charter and England's Magna Carta influenced our Bill of Rights; and how the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy directly shaped the US Constitution. Explaining the fundamentals of democracy--liberty, equality, and justice for all--in a kid-friendly way, We the People! is a powerful reminder that power rests in the people's hands.

Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true.

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Starred Review
Engagingly informal, more cogent than ever, and rich in rare facts and insights.

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Don Brown

Don Brown is a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction- and Sibert Honor award-winning creator of nonfiction teen graphic novels. Praised for his resonant storytelling and evocative, delicate watercolor paintings, Brown "has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies, says School Library Journal. He lives in New York.
www.booksbybrown.com
Instagram: @donsart

Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781419757389
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Amulet Books
Publication date
October 04, 2022
Series
Big Ideas That Changed the World
BISAC categories
JNF043000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science | Politics & Government
JNF025170 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States/General
JNF062020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | History
JNF062040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Social Topics
Library of Congress categories
History
United States
Politics and government
Cartoons and comics
Comics (Graphic works)
Historical comics
Nonfiction comics
Adams, Abigail
Democracy
Political science

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