MEET THE AUTHORS Youre the hosts of a popular podcast called Civics 101 (New Hampshire Public Radio), which inspired your book A Users Guide to Democracy. What gave you the idea to turn your podcast into a book? Hannah McCarthy: After years of crafting disparate lessons on democracy, the wish to put it all in one cohesive place (while keeping it nearly as portable as a podcast) was finally fulfilled in the opportunity to commit what weve learned about civics to writing. Never mind the fact that print is my first love and pursuit. Oh, the incomparable pleasure of the perfect footnote. Read more Who should read this book? Nick Capodice: This book is for anyone who looked at their state house and wondered, What are they doing in there? Its for anyone who, like me, is ashamed at the utter lack of retention from their 8th grade Social Studies class. Its the absolute basics of the rules of the game, and why they were written that way. Read more Illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro Read more <u>TABLE OF CONTENTS</u> The Powers That Be: The Legislative Branch, The Executive Branch, The Judicial Branch States of the Union: Federalism, Local Government A Government by the People: Elections and How They Work, The Electoral College, Political Parties, Voting The Documents: The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Amendments The Robes: Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know, Anticanon: Four Bad Supreme Court Decisions A Users Guide: How to Communicate with Your Legislators, How to Lobby for What You Believe In, How to Stage a Protest, How to Run for Office Pop Quiz! Presidential Fun Facts
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🗸 Author(s): Nick Capodice,Hannah McCarthy
🗸 Title: A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works
🗸 Rating : 4.8 from 5 stars (116 reviews)
🗸 Languange: English
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🗸 Supported Devices: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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