{"id":2025,"date":"2009-11-16T18:31:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T23:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2025"},"modified":"2009-11-16T18:31:04","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T23:31:04","slug":"teaching-civics-with-childrens-literature-thomas-jefferson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/16\/teaching-civics-with-childrens-literature-thomas-jefferson\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Civics with Children&#8217;s Literature: Thomas Jefferson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/pic.jpg\" title=\"pic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/pic.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"pic.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Introduction <\/strong>As the main author of the Declaration of Independence, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Thomas-Jefferson-History-Makers-Bios\/dp\/082250197X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1258390269&amp;sr=8-1\">Thomas Jefferson<\/a>\u00a0not only created the single most important piece of American literature, he also served as a United States secretary of state, vice president and eventually president. Victoria Sherrow did an outstanding job of writing this book based on Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s accomplishments and life journey. This book will educate all of those who read it on everything from Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s birthplace; Shadwell, to Thomas Jefferson &#8220;devoting many hours to his garden and\u00a0acquiring a green thumb&#8221; (p. 40). Victoria Sherrow does an excellent job using easy to read language mixed with a colorful mixture of pictures and photos.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Curriculum Connections<br \/>\n<\/strong>This book would be an excellent source when introducing Thomas Jefferson into the curriculum. SOL 3.11 B discusses the contributions of many important individuals related to the foundation of America including Thomas Jefferson. This book could also be utilized when children are assigned to a reading station and are to answer questions about Thomas Jefferson.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Additional Resources <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiokids.org\/games\/ah\/s05f.html\">Puzzle<\/a>\u00a0is a fun game for younger children who are to rearrange the tiles to form a picture of Thomas Jefferson.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funtrivia.com\/playquiz\/quiz123057e18800.html\">Trivia <\/a>is a fun trivia game that is focused on Thomas Jefferson fun facts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americaslibrary.kids.us\/meet\/story.htm\">Meet TJ<\/a>\u00a0is an excellent online source for a child to learn everything there is to know about Thomas Jefferson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book: <\/strong>Thomas Jefferson<strong><br \/>\nAuthor: <\/strong>Victoria Sherrow<strong><br \/>\nIllustrator:\u00a0<\/strong>Tim Parlin<strong><br \/>\nPublisher:<\/strong> Lerner Publications Company<strong><br \/>\nPublication Date: <\/strong>2002<strong><br \/>\nPages:<\/strong> 48 pages<strong><br \/>\nGrade Range:<\/strong> K-3<strong><br \/>\nISBN:<\/strong> 0-8225-0197-X<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction As the main author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson\u00a0not only created the single most important piece of American literature, he also served as a United States secretary of state, vice president and eventually president. Victoria Sherrow did &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/16\/teaching-civics-with-childrens-literature-thomas-jefferson\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,50,848],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","category-book-review","category-civics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}