Fun Fact File: Founding Fathers

The men responsible for creating the United States were certainly not boring. Some were inventors, lawyers, or owned lots of land. Others, like George Washington, were famous military leaders, and many went on to become the nation’s president. Some—like Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, were bitter rivals! From duels and policy fights to battles for the White House itself, these American icons led exciting lives full of fun facts. Readers will discover just what made these founding fathers so special through colorful images and illustrations paired with unique facts in the latest iteration of this long-running series.

• Charts, timelines, and other graphic organizers relate even more fun facts
• Engaging format appeals to reluctant readers 
• Understanding connections between historical events is a key idea of the Common Core Informational Text standards