Freedom from Want

by Bryon Cahill

Overview

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" is a quote from the U.S. Constitution most Americans know by heart. The right to have a healthy peacetime life-- to be free from want, hunger, disease -- is one of the rights that defines happiness. Read why this right is important for young people today. Learn how societies around the world fare in providing freedom from want to all people. And discover ways to help deliver critical basic needs to others. Book features: Table of Contents; Glossary; Additional Resources including books, web sites, interactive sites, and source notes; Index; Photos and captions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937529932
Publisher:	Red Chair Press
Publication date:	08/01/2013
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)
Lexile:	720L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Bryon Cahill has been writing for young people for over a decade. As editor of Weekly Reader's READ magazine, Bryon wrote short fiction, nonfiction, and reader's theater plays, created award-winning literary web sites, and spearheaded an experimental theater adaptation of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing live on Facebook. In 2012, Bryon launched Literary Wonderland (www.literarywonderland.com). An avid reader, he also enjoys running and playing tennis at home in Morristown, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Meaning of Want 4

Chapter 1 Freedom in America 8

Chapter 2 Free Around the World 16

Chapter 3 Helping Hands 22

Glossary 28

In FDR's Words 29

Additional Resources 30

Index 32

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2013
Gr 4–6—As the world descended into global war in 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared four universal human rights worthy of support and defense. Each book defines a freedom, places it into the context of American history, and then gives international examples of how it has been adopted or restricted. Cahill uses examples to illustrate trends and patterns, all too many of which reveal that the four freedoms are far from universal and the struggle to secure them continues. Brief sidebars, "Did You Know?" fact boxes, and large photos, many of children, supplement the texts. It is disappointing that only one of the iconic Norman Rockwell paintings inspired by the four freedoms, Freedom from Want, is included in the set. Although these books don't provide extensive background or geopolitical analysis, they do introduce readers to the importance of basic human rights, making them first purchases.

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