Thomas Jefferson by Rebecca Aldridge: Biography and Chapter

This biography covers the life of Thomas Jefferson including the events his likes from when he was a young boy, to after he was the President of the United States. He was a student who would study about 15 hours a day at the College of William and Mary, where he was a law student, who ultimately took cases, involving slavery, divorce, and religious freedom without charge. On June 11, 1776, Congress chose Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence at age 33. It took him about two weeks to write a document that was continuously revised; 86 times to be exact. For a while, his role as author was kept a secret for protection purposes. This novel had excellent facts about the President and gave good details about his life. This is a book that I could definitely see using in a 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade classroom talking about civic duties and what this documentation means to our country.