Power of Print

Bang! Boom! Zing! There are fireworks, parades and picnics – it must be the 4th of July! Every year we celebrate our nation’s independence on the 4th of July, the day that we, as a nation, adopted the Declaration of Independence. We celebrate the freedom that we fought for and won. One aspect of that freedom is the freedom of the press. The freedom of the press protects our right to the published word. Today in the United States, this freedom is used and enjoyed by everyone. Explore this freedom with Project Learning Tree’s “Power of Print”. Read opposing viewpoints on environmental issues, write your own opinion and celebrate the freedom to express yourself!

Family Fun:
After the fireworks have ended and the sparklers all gone search your yard for fireflies, natures own sparklers! Put a few in a jar to observe for the evening and watch them light up the night. Before you go to bed, give them their freedom!

Book List
Grades PreK-2
Anderson, L.H. and M. Faulkner. 2008. Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
Herbert, J. 2002. The American Revolution for Kids: A History with 21 Activities. Chicago Review Press, Inc
Lakin, P., B. Dacey and D. Bandelin. 2006. Abigail Adams: First Lady of the American Revolution. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
Maestro, B. and G. Maestro. 2005. Liberty or Death: The American Revolution 1763-1783. HarperCollins Publishers.
Moore, K. and D. O’Leary. 1998. If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution. Scholastic, Inc.
Osborne, M.P. and S. Murdocca. 2000. Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House Series #22). Random House Children’s Books.
Osborne, M.P., N.P. Boyce, and S. Murdocca. 2004. American Revolution: A Nonfiction Companion to Revolutionary War on Wednesday. Random House Children’s Books.

Grades 3-5
Anderson, L.H. and M. Faulkner. 2008. Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
Davis, B. and E.W. Brooke. 1992. Black Heroes of the American Revolution. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Hakin, J. 2007. History of the US Volume 3: From Colonies to Country 1735-1791. Oxford University Press.
Herbert, J. 2002. The American Revolution for Kids: A History with 21 Activities. Chicago Review Press, Inc.
Maestro, B. and G. Maestro. 2005. Liberty or Death: The American Revolution 1763-1783. HarperCollins Publishers.
Micklos, J. 2008. African Americans and American Indians Fighting in the Revolutionary War. Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Moore, K. and D. O’Leary. 1998. If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution. Scholastic, Inc.
Murray, S. 2005. American Revolution (Eyewitness Books Series). DK Publishing.
Osborne, M.P. and S. Murdocca. 2000. Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House Series #22). Random House Children’s Books.
Osborne, M.P., N.P. Boyce, and S. Murdocca. 2004. American Revolution: A Nonfiction Companion to Revolutionary War on Wednesday. Random House Children’s Books.

Grades 6-8
Anderson, L.H. and M. Faulkner. 2008. Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
Brown Reference Group. 2009. Revolutionary War. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
Friedman, I.C. 2005. Freedom of Speech and the Press. Facts on File, Inc.
Davis, B. and E.W. Brooke. 1992. Black Heroes of the American Revolution. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Hakin, J. 2007. History of the US Volume 3: From Colonies to Country 1735-1791. Oxford University Press.
Herbert, J. 2002. The American Revolution for Kids: A History with 21 Activities. Chicago Review Press, Inc
Maestro, B. and G. Maestro. 2005. Liberty or Death: The American Revolution 1763-1783. HarperCollins Publishers.
Micklos, J. 2008. African Americans and American Indians Fighting in the Revolutionary War. Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Murray, S. 2005. American Revolution (Eyewitness Books Series). DK Publishing.
Sheinkin, S. and T. Robinson. 2008. King George: What Was His Problem? Everything Your Textbooks Didn’t Tell You About the American Revolution. Roaring Brook Press.

Grades 9-12
Hebert, D.L. 2005. Freedom of the Press. Cengage Gale.
Schomp, V. 2003. The Revolutionary War. Marshall Cavendish, Inc.
Sheinkin, S. and T. Robinson. 2008. King George: What Was His Problem? Everything Your Textbooks Didn’t Tell You About the American Revolution. Roaring Brook Press.