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Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of Thomas Jefferson with many color illustrations. Describes his boyhood on the plantation, his law career, his role in the American Revolution, and his presidency.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors...
5) Monticello
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history behind the home of Declaration of Independence writer and U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson. Reviewed All Aboard America takes kids on a fun-filled educational journey that highlights America's national landmarks. The easy-to-read text discusses why each monument was built, its historical significance, the architects involved, construction details, and monument features.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Maya and other students in Ms. Hopkins class study techniques used by Thomas Jefferson as they grow pea plants and compete to see whose will produce a bowl full of peas first. Includes an afterword about Jefferson.
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
Thomas Jefferson was a great American who helped the United States win its freedom from England. Jefferson helped write the Declaration of Independence, later went on to become the third president of the United States, and is now featured on famous Mount Rushmore! Readers will enjoy this biography that has been translated into Spanish and includes details of Jefferson's time as a lawyer, his membership in the House of Burgesses, and his role as Secretary...
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Thomas Jefferson was a great American who helped the United States win its freedom from England. Jefferson helped write the Declaration of Independence, later went on to become the third president of the United States, and is even featured on famous Mount Rushmore! Readers will enjoy this biography that includes details of Jefferson's time as a lawyer, his membership in the House of Burgesses, and his role as Secretary of State. The vivid images and...
10) Thomas Jefferson
Author
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2025]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Thomas Jefferson including his early political career and key events from Jefferson's administration, including the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Winter and Widener tell the story of James Madison Hemings's childhood at Monticello, and, in doing so, illuminate the many contradictions in Jefferson's life and legacy. Though Jefferson lived in a mansion, Hemings and his siblings lived in a single room. While Jefferson doted on his white grandchildren, he never showed affection to his enslaved children. Though he kept the Hemings boys from hard field labor instead sending them to work in the carpentry...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The third and fourth presidents have long been considered proper and noble gentlemen, with Thomas Jefferson's genius overshadowing James Madison's judgment and common sense. But in this revelatory book, both leaders are seen as men of their times, ruthless and hardboiled operatives in a gritty world of primal politics where they struggled for supremacy for more than fifty years.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Patsy Jefferson is the eldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Having run from their plantation Monticello to hide from the British in the Revolutionary War, she grows up as not only as the daughter of the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence, she matures as the daughter of the third President of the United States. Growing up, she lost her mother at the age of 10; lived in Paris during her coming out years and experienced the revolutionary fervor...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Examines how the educations of America's first four presidents, and in particular their scholarly devotion to ancient Greek and Roman classics, informed the beliefs and ideals that shaped the nation's constitution and government.
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Exploring more than 100 big ideas on topics as diverse as the rule of law, the extent of liberty, and the justification of warfare, [this book] takes you on a journey through the history of politics, from the influential theories of ancient Greece, Rome, and Asia to modern concepts voiced by today's brightest political thinkers."--Front jacket flap.
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