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Book Synopsis Our Nation's Capital: Washington, DC by : Kelly Rodgers
Download or read book Our Nation's Capital: Washington, DC written by Kelly Rodgers and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teach students the significance of the capital of the United States, Washington, DC. This nonfiction book introduces children to important buildings and monuments in Washington, DC and helps students understand the city's connection to American history. Primary source images, supporting text, a table of contents, glossary, and an index all work together to engage young learners as they build literacy skills and social studies content knowledge.
Book Synopsis Chocolate City by : Chris Myers Asch
Download or read book Chocolate City written by Chris Myers Asch and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's capital. Emblematic of the ongoing tensions between America's expansive democratic promises and its enduring racial realities, Washington often has served as a national battleground for contentious issues, including slavery, segregation, civil rights, the drug war, and gentrification. But D.C. is more than just a seat of government, and authors Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove also highlight the city's rich history of local activism as Washingtonians of all races have struggled to make their voices heard in an undemocratic city where residents lack full political rights. Tracing D.C.'s massive transformations--from a sparsely inhabited plantation society into a diverse metropolis, from a center of the slave trade to the nation's first black-majority city, from "Chocolate City" to "Latte City--Asch and Musgrove offer an engaging narrative peppered with unforgettable characters, a history of deep racial division but also one of hope, resilience, and interracial cooperation.
Book Synopsis Our Nation's Capital, Washington by : Bernadine Bailey
Download or read book Our Nation's Capital, Washington written by Bernadine Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis N Is for Our Nation's Capital by : Roland Smith
Download or read book N Is for Our Nation's Capital written by Roland Smith and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bursting with history like no other city in the world, Washington DC is a tribute to the United States, its people and even the world. Monuments spot the landscape, tourists spot the monuments and their legends are learned. The story of DC doesn't stop there. Look beyond the monuments. That's exactly the Washington DC readers will discover with N is for our Nation's Capital: A Washington DC Alphabet. From Abigail Adams to the National Zoo and all the cherry blossoms, flags, houses and presidents in between, N is for Our Nation's Capital is like a field trip in a binding. Rhymes capture readers' interest and expository text expands on those points and others with little-known but fascinating facts. Did you know the cherry blossom trees that are an integral part of DC's scenery were gifts from Japan? Or that Mrs. Taft planted the first two? Readers will eagerly turn the pages to learn more true facts like these. Wonderfully written in engaging rhymes for young readers backed with expository text that reveals even more for the more inquisitive reader make N is for our Nation's Capital the perfect keepsake and tribute to Washington DC. Authored by the husband and wife team of Roland and Marie Smith and backed by Barbara Gibson's stylish illustrations, N is for our Nation's Capital is a perfect fit on any bookshelf. This great exploration into our country's nerve center will have teachers and parents excited and help introduce one of the world's most important cities to children from sea to shining sea.
Author :United States. National Capital Planning Commission Publisher :JHU Press ISBN 13 :9780801883286 Total Pages :456 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (832 download)
Book Synopsis Worthy of the Nation by : United States. National Capital Planning Commission
Download or read book Worthy of the Nation written by United States. National Capital Planning Commission and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-11-19 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with plans, maps, and new and historic photographs, the second edition of Worthy of the Nation provides researchers and general readers with an appealing and authoritative view of the planning and evolution of the federal district.
Book Synopsis Our Nation's Capitol by : Elizabeth F. Russell
Download or read book Our Nation's Capitol written by Elizabeth F. Russell and published by Scholastic Teaching Resources. This book was released on 1997-02-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to bring alive Washington, D.C. for your students. The activities are designed to involve and stimulate the student.
Book Synopsis Democracy’s Capital by : Lauren Pearlman
Download or read book Democracy’s Capital written by Lauren Pearlman and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its 1790 founding until 1974, Washington, D.C.--capital of "the land of the free--lacked democratically elected city leadership. Fed up with governance dictated by white stakeholders, federal officials, and unelected representatives, local D.C. activists catalyzed a new phase of the fight for home rule. Amid the upheavals of the 1960s, they gave expression to the frustrations of black residents and wrestled for control of their city. Bringing together histories of the carceral and welfare states, as well as the civil rights and Black Power movements, Lauren Pearlman narrates this struggle for self-determination in the nation's capital. She captures the transition from black protest to black political power under the Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon administrations and against the backdrop of local battles over the War on Poverty and the War on Crime. Through intense clashes over funds and programming, Washington residents pushed for greater participatory democracy and community control. However, the anticrime apparatus built by the Johnson and Nixon administrations curbed efforts to achieve true home rule. As Pearlman reveals, this conflict laid the foundation for the next fifty years of D.C. governance, connecting issues of civil rights, law and order, and urban renewal.
Book Synopsis The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital by : David Ovason
Download or read book The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital written by David Ovason and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, there are more than twenty complete zodiacs in Washington, D.C., each one pointing to an extraordinary mystery. David Ovason, who has studied these astrological devices for ten years, now reveals why they have been placed in such abundance in the center of our nation's capital and explains their interconnections. His richly illustrated text tells the story of how Washington, from its foundation in 1791, was linked with the zodiac, with the meaning of certain stars, and with a hidden cosmological symbolism that he uncovers here for the first time. Fascinating and thoroughly researched, The Secret Architecture of Our Nation 's Capital is an engrossing book that raises provocative questions and otters complex insights into the meanings behind the mysterious symbols in Washington.
Book Synopsis By Broad Potomac's Shore by : Kim Roberts
Download or read book By Broad Potomac's Shore written by Kim Roberts and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following her successful Literary Guide to Washington, DC, which Library Journal called "the perfect accompaniment for a literature-inspired vacation in the US capital," Kim Roberts returns with a comprehensive anthology of poems by both well-known and overlooked poets working and living in the capital from the city’s founding in 1800 to 1930. Roberts expertly presents the work of 132 poets, including poems by celebrated DC writers such as Francis Scott Key, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ambrose Bierce, Henry Adams, and James Weldon Johnson, as well as the work of lesser-known poets—especially women, writers of color, and working-class writers. A significant number of the poems are by writers who were born enslaved, such as Fanny Jackson Coppin, T. Thomas Fortune, and John Sella Martin. The book is arranged thematically, representing the poetic work happening in our nation’s capital from its founding through the Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, and the beginnings of literary modernism. The city has always been home to prominent poets—including presidents and congressmen, lawyers and Supreme Court judges, foreign diplomats, US poets laureate, professors, and inventors—as well as writers from across the country who came to Washington as correspondents. A broad range of voices is represented in this incomparable volume.
Book Synopsis Marlon Bundo's Day in the Nation's Capital by : Charlotte Pence
Download or read book Marlon Bundo's Day in the Nation's Capital written by Charlotte Pence and published by Regnery Kids. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Marlon Bundo is the adorable bunny that should bring us all together.”— PARENTS.COM "The rabbit's romp through Washington takes him to places meant to illustrate the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance." — USA Today With the help of his “Grandma” Karen Pence, Marlon Bundo—also known as BOTUS (Bunny of the United States)—learns the true meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance as he tours the landmarks of our nation’s capital. On his adventure, he learns what makes our country so very special—and so will you! Join Marlon as he spends his day hopping around our nation’s beautiful capital, visiting historical monuments and memorials like the US Capitol, the White House, and the Lincoln Memorial. You’ll get a bunny’s eye view into the founding principles that made and make America so special. Written by Charlotte Pence and illustrated by the “second lady” Karen Pence, this mother-daughter duo has created yet another delightfully unique experience for readers of all ages, both entertaining and educational! Marlon Bundo is sure to hop right into your heart—again!
Book Synopsis Washington Schlepped Here by : Christopher Buckley
Download or read book Washington Schlepped Here written by Christopher Buckley and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The father of our country slept with Martha, but schlepped in the District. Now in the great man’s footsteps comes humorist and twenty-year Washington resident Christopher Buckley with the real story of the city’s founding. Well, not really. We’re just trying to get you to buy the book. But we can say with justification that there’s never been a more enjoyable, funny, and informative tour guide to the city than Buckley. His delight as he points out things of interest is con-tagious, and his frequent digressions about his own adventures as a White House staffer are often hilarious. In Washington Schlepped Here, Buckley takes us along for several walks around the town and shares with us a bit of his “other” Washington. They include “Dante’s Paradiso” (Union Station); the “Zero Milestone of American democracy” (the U.S. Capitol); the “Almost Pink House” (the White House); and many other historical (and often hysterical) journeys. Buckley is the sort of wonderful guide who pries loose the abalone-like clichés that cling to a place as mythic as D.C. Wonderfully insightful and eminently practical, Washington Schlepped Here shows us that even a city whose chief industry is government bureaucracy is a lot funnier and more surprising than its media-ready image might let on. From the Hardcover edition.
Download or read book Washington written by Tom Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breathing life into the men and women who struggled to help the city realize its full potential, he introduces us to the mercurial French artist who created an ornate plan for the city 'en grande'; members of the nearly forgotten anti-Catholic political party who halted construction of the Washington monument for a quarter century; and the cadre of congressmen who maintained segregation and blocked the city's progress for decades. In the twentieth century Washington's Mall and streets would witness a Ku Klux Klan march, the violent end to the encampment of World War I 'Bonus Army' veterans, the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and the painful rebuilding of the city in the wake of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination.
Book Synopsis Washington D.C. From A-Z by : Alan Schroeder
Download or read book Washington D.C. From A-Z written by Alan Schroeder and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See our nation's capital like never before! In almost 100 entries from A to Z discover little-known lore, hidden history, and quotable quotes about Washington D.C. Throughout the book, humorous full-color cartoons enhance the funny, strange, and intriguing details behind important landmarks and the people who have come to the capital to run the nation’s business, celebrate, protest, live in the thick of it or just visit. From the aluminum tip of the towering Washington Monument to the marble bathtubs in the Capital building’s basement, this book offers a top to bottom look at Washington D.C. and its eclectic history that will enchant visitors and locals alike. The end papers feature a comprehensive map of the District showing locations of key buildings including The White House, The Washington Monument, The Lincoln Memorial, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and The Capitol building as well as many other important locations. A Junior Library Guild selection!
Download or read book Washington D. C. written by and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division Publisher :JHU Press ISBN 13 :0801872324 Total Pages :276 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (18 download)
Book Synopsis Capital Drawings by : Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division
Download or read book Capital Drawings written by Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2005-12-09 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This elegant volume, a guide to the Library of Congress's massive collection of architectural drawings, offers a celebration of the ambitious project of designing the nation's capital. Each of its "capital drawings" reflects some aspect of the lives, history, and values of the building's creators and sponsors. 55 color illustrations. 123 halftones.
Book Synopsis Capital Speculations by : Sarah Luria
Download or read book Capital Speculations written by Sarah Luria and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2006 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative analysis of the interplay between rhetoric and physical space in the creation of the nation's capital.
Book Synopsis The Evolution of Washington, DC by : James M. Goode
Download or read book The Evolution of Washington, DC written by James M. Goode and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Evolution of Washington, DC is a striking volume featuring select pieces of the extraordinary collection of Washingtoniana donated by Albert H. Small to the George Washington University in 2011. It showcases treasures such as an 1860 lithograph of the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in front of the White House and a contemporary print of old Potomac River steamboats. Other unique pieces include early designs for the White House, the Capitol, and the Washington Monument as well as presidential portraits and Civil War memorabilia. Each object--from architectural plans and topographical maps to letters and advertisements--tells a fascinating story, and together they illustrate the history of our nation's capital and indeed our nation itself.
