Women’s suffrage. World War I. The Great Depression. The Dust Bowl. Americans confronted these trials of the first half of the twentieth century with great courage and determination. The fifth chapter of Our White House, “Part V. With Courage and Determination,” explores these topics and more through fiction, nonfiction, a comic strip, poetry, and breathtaking original illustrations.

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To print the Education Resource Guide that includes activities and discussion questions regarding the content included in Part V of Our White House, click here.

The table of contents for Part V of Our White House is listed below. To the right of each article or illustration title, in the “Read More” column, are links to relevant, supplemental content on this website to help you expand the educational potential of the book’s contents.

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WITH COURAGE AND DETERMINATION
Illustration by Emily Arnold McCully
Eyewitness to History
by Stephanie S. Tolan
Woodrow Wilson’s Work Without End
by Jeannine Atkins
illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Hoover’s One Term
written and illustrated by Matt Phelan
A Rainmaker in the White House
by Michael Cooper
PORTRAIT OF FDR
illustration by Barry Moser
The Four Freedoms: From Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Address to Congress, January 6, 1941
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
illustration by Calef Brown
Presidential Fact Files: Franklin D. Roosevelt
FREEDOM OF WORSHIP
illustration by Peter Sis
Presidential Fact Files: Franklin D. Roosevelt
FREEDOM FROM WANT
illustration by Ed Young
Presidential Fact Files: Franklin D. Roosevelt
FREEDOM FROM FEAR
illustration by Stephen Alcorn
Presidential Fact Files: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hands
by Patricia MacLachlan
illustrated by P.J. Lynch
A Perfect Image
by Linda Sue Park
illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch
A Note for the President
by Jerry Spinelli
illustrated by Terry Widener
The House Haunts
by M.T. Anderson
illustrated by Mark Teague
A Prayer for Peace: From Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the Nation
Good Nights
by Lee Bennett Hopkins
illustrated by William Low