We the people! [Big Ideas That Changed The World Volume: #4]by Brown, Don 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 162444 Available

Dewey: 321.86/NAges: 10-14   
F&P: X

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Subjects: Democracy - History Constitutional history Representative government and representation

Summary: Explores how Athenian and Greek assemblies inspired our legislative and judiciary branches; how the 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. In graphic novel format.

What is a parliamentary government? [Understanding political systems]by Kenney, Karen Latchana 

BTSB Prebound(Gareth Stevens, 2014)

BTSB #: 513956 Available

Dewey: 328/NAges: 11-14   


Genres:

Subjects: Legislative bodies Representative government and representation

Summary: An introduction to parliamentary government, similar and very different from democracy in the United States.