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Reviewed on January 1, 2011 | Video/DVD
Gr 3–8—The titles in this series offer highly entertaining vignettes of U.S. leaders grouped by historical periods. This volume will grab viewer attention from the first strains of "Hail to the Chief." Covering our presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin D. Roosevelt, students get a clear picture of the cause and effect of important events on each presidency and on world history. More importantly, the hard questions are debated, not glossed over. Among the questions discussed are "Why do we keep getting into wars?" and "How much power should a wartime president have?" Students are en...Log In or Sign Up to Read More