Born: August 19, 1946, Hope, Arkansas
Presidential Term: 1993-2001
Three Interesting Facts (National Geographic Kids):
He plays the saxophone.
His nicknames are Comeback Kid and Bubba.
He met President Kennedy when he was in high school, which inspired him to become president.
Died: Living
Bill Clinton
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This title will introduce little readers to the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton. Readers will gather basic, biographical information about Clinton through easy-to-read, simple text. They'll also love the historical photographs, the More Facts section, and bolded glossary terms. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
Bill Clinton
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Bill Clinton was the 42nd president! Not only is he a successful politician, but he is also a talented saxophone player. Throughout this title for young readers, leveled text introduces Bill Clinton's journey to the presidency as well as some of the challenges and successes he had while leading the country. Additional features will highlight Clinton's birthplace, favorite things, and much more.
Bill Clinton
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This biography introduces readers to Bill Clinton, including his early political career and key events from Clinton's administration including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the 2000 Camp David Summit, and the Iraq Liberation Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Bill Clinton: a Short Biography
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Bill Clinton knew at an early age that he wanted to be in politics. Over time, his dream would become reality as he moved up the political ranks to become the 42nd President of the United States. During his college years, starting at Georgetown, then at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, and completing his law degree at Yale, Bill Clinton proved to be a quick study. While at Yale, he met his future wife, Hillary Rodham, who would become his closest adviser. As a member of the Democratic Party, he began his political career in Arkansas, where he was elected as attorney general and later governor. Though Clinton was a brilliant politician with several noteworthy accomplishments during his two terms as president, he had bitter enemies who would stop at nothing to destroy him-which they nearly did. He did bring the Democratic party back into the White House for two successive terms, a feat which hadn't been accomplished since Franklin Roosevelt guided the nation through the Great Depression and much of World War II. His political life didn't end with the presidency, as he was closely involved in his wife's two failed bids for the highest office in the land.Bill Clinton is a man of great contrasts and contradictions, a man whose presidency was disgraced by impeachment, but who remains one of the most popular presidents of the modern era. Read this short biography and see his journey unfold.
Explore a large assortment of resources designed for K-5 students to help them learn about Bill Clinton. Explora - Elementary contains relevant articles from children's magazines, ebooks, and reference materials about the president.
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Bill Clinton
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This title will introduce little readers to the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton. Readers will gather basic, biographical information about Clinton through easy-to-read, simple text. They'll also love the historical photographs, the More Facts section, and bolded glossary terms. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
Bill Clinton
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Graphic Planet is bringing the Presidents of the United States to BioGraphics! World-class art presents young readers a pictorial chronology of Bill Clinton's life, background on his campaign to be president, major influences on the country, and his influence on history. A timeline, Fast Facts, the president's cabinet, and a glossary provide report information for young readers. Bring the Oval Office to your classroom!
Discover a large collection of ebooks, articles, and reference materials all about Bill Clinton, perfect for middle and high school students. Below is a sample of available titles.
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42
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This book uses hundreds of hours of newly opened interviews and other sources to illuminate the life and times of the nation's forty-second president, Bill Clinton. Combining the authoritative perspective of these inside accounts with the analytic powers of some of America's most distinguished presidential scholars, the essays assembled here offer a major advance in our collective understanding of the Clinton White House. Included are path-breaking chapters on the major domestic and foreign policy initiatives of the Clinton years, as well as objective discussions of political success and failure. 42 is the first book to make extensive use of previously closed interviews collected for the Clinton Presidential History Project, conducted by the Presidential Oral History Program of the University of Virginia's Miller Center. These interviews, recorded by teams of scholars working under a veil of strict confidentiality, explored officials' memories of their service with President Clinton and their careers prior to joining the administration. Interviewees also offered political and leadership lessons they had gleaned as eyewitnesses to and shapers of history. Their spoken recollections provide invaluable detail about the inner history of the presidency in an age when personal diaries and discursive letters are seldom written. The authors producing this volume had first access to more than fifty of these cleared interviews, including sessions with White House chiefs of staff Mack McLarty and Leon Panetta, Secretaries of State Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright, National Security Advisors Anthony Lake and Sandy Berger, and a host of political advisors who guided Clinton into the White House and helped keep him there. This book thus provides a multidimensional portrait of Bill Clinton's administration, drawing largely on the observations of those who knew it best.ContributorsSpencer D. Bakich, University of RichmondBrendan J. Doherty, United States Naval AcademyPatrick T. Hickey, West Virginia UniversityElaine Kamarck, Center for Effective Public Management, Brookings InstitutionSidney M. Milkis, University of VirginiaMegan Moeller, University of Texas at AustinMichael Nelson, Rhodes College and the Miller Center, University of VirginiaBruce F. Nesmith, Coe CollegeBarbara A. Perry, Miller Center, University of VirginiaPaul J. Quirk, University of British ColumbiaRussell L. Riley, Miller Center, University of VirginiaAndrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin CollegeRobert A. Strong, Washington and Lee UniversitySean M. Theriault, University of Texas at Austin
Inside the Clinton White House
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The inner life of every White House is veiled in mystery. Only a select few partake in the sensitive discussions of the Oval Office or the casual banter about high policy and low politics conducted over the engine roar of Air Force One. The privilege of the president's confidence depends on the confidentiality of such exchanges while the president's term endures. Inside the Clinton White House provides a front-row seat to that previously unknown history of the 42nd presidency. In the decade after Bill Clinton left the White House, scores of his political advisors, senior White House staff, and cabinet officials recorded oral history interviews with scholars working with the acclaimed Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center. The content of these interviews is published for the first time in this volume.Inside the Clinton White House tracks Bill Clinton's emergence as a national political figure with the New Democrat movement, takes the reader inside the 1992 campaign, and then details life inside the Clinton White House as experienced by those who were there. Sections of the book are devoted to domestic policy (including reforms of the health care and welfare systems), foreign policy (including military interventions in Haiti and the Balkans), politics in the Clinton years (including impeachment), and the key personalities of the time (including chapters on Al Gore and Hillary Rodham Clinton). These candid spoken accounts--history "with the bark off" in Lyndon Johnson's phrase--add color and nuance to our understanding of Bill Clinton and his administration, sometimes confirming and sometimes upending the conventional wisdom.
Scholastic Teachables offers a variety of presidential lessons and clip art to supplement your classroom activities. Below is a sample of lessons on Bill Clinton.
Note: This video briefly references the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Read or listen to reference entries about Bill Clinton, plus see the correlated Missouri Learning Standards for each article. Also, browse art featuring the president. Select articles from World Book Kids for students in grades K-5, World Book Student for students in grades 6-12, and Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos for students in grades K-5.
Explore Bill Clinton's timeline from his birth through his wife, Hillary's, Democratic presidential nomination in World Book Timelines.
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The surprising story of his difficult childhood with an abusive stepfather.
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Through the dauntless pursuit of a dream or the unwavering belief in an idea, each of the individuals featured in these fascinating biographies has changed the world.
Bill Clinton (Cornerstones of Freedom: Third Series) (Library Edition)
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Learn about the events that made America what she is today.In 1993, William Jefferson Clinton was inaugurated as the 42nd president of the United States. During the course of his presidency, he led the nation to one of its most peaceful and prosperous periods in recent history. In addition to studying this remarkable presidency, readers will discover why Clinton became interested in politics as a young man, how he rose through the ranks of the Democratic party, and what he has done to improve the world since leaving office in 2001.