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The We the People Bookshelf at EDSITEmentIntroductionEDSITEment and the National Endowment for the Humanities, offers resources to help libraries apply for and use their We the People Bookshelf collections. 2008-2009: Created EqualThe "Created Equal" Bookshelf ThemeThe American nation, observed Abraham Lincoln, was “conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” The “Created Equal” Bookshelf provides opportunities for young people to explore what the Revolutionary generation meant when it declared that “all men are created equal.” What challenges has America faced, and where has it shown progress, in its efforts to live up to the ideal of universal human equality? How did Abraham Lincoln, whose bicentennial we celebrate in 2009, contribute to the idea and the reality of human equality in America? —Grades K-3—The Ugly Duckling — Hans Christian Andersen
The Gettysburg Address — Abraham Lincoln
Pink Y Say — Patricia Polacco
—Grades 4-6—Saturnalia — Paul Fleischman
Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of
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