Thomas Jefferson

Great American

By: Matt Doeden

Nonfiction

(Graphic Novel)

This graphic novel follows Thomas Jefferson's life from a teenage boy, where he helped his father with the farm and plantation, through his death at Monticello.  As a promise to his father, Thomas Jefferson continued his education through college, and then he returned home to work as a lawyer and a farmer before taking on other responsibilities.  Both Jefferson's accomplishments, such as the Declaration of Independence, as well as his struggles are discussed in this book.  Read this graphic novel to find out more about the life of Thomas Jefferson as a young child, a family man and a founding father, his triumph and tragedy, as well as his presidency.

After reading this graphic novel aloud to my class I would have them choose a President that they wanted to learn more about.  They would be given time in class to research their President choice using books, internet, and any other helpful research.  After the students had collected research, they would proceed to write a short research paper using the information they had collected about their President.