Let's Chat About Democracy: exploring forms of government in a treehouse

by Michelle A. Balconi, Arthur B Laffer, Mary Cindrich (Illustrator)

Overview

It's Memorial Day weekend when Danny and Maria move to a new town with a giant treehouse. The children spend long summer days with their new friends in the community park but are challenged to find a fair way for everyone to enjoy the treehouse. With a little guidance from Mrs. Quinn, the ever-present park volunteer, Danny, Maria and their friends explore monarchy, anarchy, dictatorship and communism only to find that these options lack freedom and choice. Through their own experiences the children decide that democracy is truly the best form of governing the treehouse and celebrate their newly-found freedom on Independence Day!

Let's Chat About Democracy is an enthusiastic and patriotic story for both children and adults. In addition to a delightful story set in a treehouse, readers are provided with the Pledge of Allegiance, Preamble to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Written for families of elementary-age children, Let's Chat About Democracy is the second book in the Let's Chat About series from Michelle Balconi, economist Dr. Arthur Laffer and illustrator Mary Cindrich. This series of books provides a framework based upon fun stories and real terms for adults and young children to discuss economics, democracy and immigration and then continue these conversations throughout life. Learn more at www.letschatbooks.com

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990684640
Publisher:	Gichigami Press
Publication date:	01/15/2018
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	780,721
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.13(d)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: New Frontier 1

Chapter 2: Monarchy 4

Chapter 3: Anarchy 9

Chapter 4: Dictatorship 13

Chapter 5: Communism 17

Chapter 6: Democracy 21

The Pledge of Allegiance 28

Preamble to the United States 29

United States Bill of Rights 30

Glossary of Terms 35

About the Authors & Illustrator 38

Editorial Reviews

History tells us the path to democracy usually has grassroots beginnings, but in this case the birthplace of democracy has tree roots. The children in Let's Chat About Democracy discover the inherent weaknesses in other forms of government and settle on democracy as the best way to govern themselves. My children and I intended to read a chapter every evening, but couldn't wait to find out what happened next at the treehouse and finished the book the next day!

Derek D'Angelo, President, Michigan Council on Economic Education

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