November 2008: Presidential Elections & U.S. Presidents
We offer you this monthly list of replacement titles for consideration when “weeding”—removing outdated materials from your school library collection. Our goal is to continue the tradition set by the recently discontinued SUNLINK Weed of the Month program. To be notified of each new Weed of the Month, be sure to sign up for our mailing list!
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Why Weed Titles on Presidential Elections and U.S. Presidents?
During the month of November, educators can seize upon our shared national excitement and develop innovative lessons on the electoral process, the presidency, and a multitude of related topics. The time is ripe for explaining primaries and caucuses. Review and evaluate campaign ads and political cartoons, explore the history of the White House, and watch the presidential inauguration in real time. Celebrate the teachable moment and update your collection with these Heinemann-Raintree titles! |
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Criteria for Weeding Titles on Presidential Elections and U.S. Presidents
- Check the 300s (the 329s for older titles-although the number is now unassigned, the 324s for titles on U.S. political parties and the election process, and the 352s for titles on the office of the president), check the 973s for titles offering an historical approach to the presidency and presidents.
- When evaluating materials that include information on elections, be mindful to eliminate titles that favor one party over another. Titles should present information in a balanced and non-biased manner.
- Review primary source materials and weed items that demonstrate impartial views on controversial issues.
- Weed titles that are misleading in explaining present issues and imply currency.
- If a title is an examination of all presidents, it must be current.
- As our perception of history evolves, be sure titles reflect modern perceptions of individual presidents.
- Weed materials that rarely circulate using the circulation statistics. However, be careful not to dispose of titles that contain valuable material. An item's circulation history is not always an accurate measure of the item's use. Students may use these titles to glean specific slices of information rather than as take-home reads.
- Titles should be free of gender and racial stereotypes.
- Weed materials that are worn, checking for:
- Soiled pages
- Brittle, yellowed paper
- Missing pages
- Worn edges or corners
- Broken spine
- Dirty cover
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Consider Weeding Titles Like:
The American Presidents: The Office and The Men [1986, LCCN: 85030338]
Electing a President [1963, LCCN: 63020489]
How American Votes in Presidential Elections [1968, LCCN: 68012641]
The Presidents of the United States: A New Appraisa [1960, LCCN: 60008159] |
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Consider Updating with These Heinemann-Raintree Library Titles:
from AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH PRIMARY SOURCES (Grades 4-7):
George Washington: Revolution and the New Nation
from AMERICAN LIVES (Grades 2-4):
John Adams
from FIRST BIOGRAPHIES (Grades PreK-1):
Abraham Lincoln,
George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson
(Also available in Spanish!)
from FIRST GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT (Grades 1-3):
What Are Elections?,
What's a President and Vice President?
(Also available in Spanish!)
from HOLIDAY HISTORIES (2nd Edition, Grades 1-3):
Election Day,
Presidents' Day
from LIFE IN THE TIME OF (Grades 1-3):
Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War,
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Great Depression,
George Washington and the Revolutionary War
(Also available in Spanish!)
from OUR GOVERNMENT (Grades 4-6):
National Elections and the Political Process,
The President and the Executive Branch
from SYMBOLS OF FREEDOM (Grades K-2):
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial,
The Lincoln Memorial,
Mount Rushmore,
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial,
The U.S. Capitol,
The Washington Monument,
The White House
from VOICES OF FREEDOM (Grades 3-5):
John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Speech |
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Or These Titles from Other Publishers:
Dwight D. Eisenhower [Lucia Raatma, c2003, ISBN: 978-0-7565-0279-9]
George Did It [Suzanne Tripp Jurmain; illustrated by Larry Day, c2006, ISBN: 978-0-525-47560-6]
How Do We Elect Our Leaders? [William David Thomas, c2008, ISBN: 978-0-8368-8865-2]
If I Ran for President [Catherine Stier; illustrated by Lynne Avril, c2007, ISBN: 978-0-8075-3544-8]
Ronald Reagan: A Twentieth-Century Life [James Sutherland, c2008, ISBN: 978-0-670-06345-1]
Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era [Bonnie L. Lukes, c2006, ISBN: 978-1-931798-79-2] |
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