What Is the Declaration of Independence?
by Michael C. Harris, Kevin McVeigh, and Jerry Hoare • Part of the Who Was? What Was? Where Is? Series
Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2016
Word Count 8,116
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 880L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 182534
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- 1775-1783
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science | Politics & Government
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- Politics and government
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- United States. Declaration of Independence--Juvenile literature
- United States
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politics & Government
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politi
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- 4th EL Module 3: The American Revolution
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