Cadoozles Starters Mechanical Pencils is a new generation of mechanical pencil with which kids can discover a new world of writing, drawing, and coloring. The 2.0mm thick lead can hold up to the pressures of the beginning writer and features a triangular barrel to promote proper grip. Plus it won't roll off the table!

• Bold lead is hard to break and long lasting
• Great beginners pencil, triangular barrel is easy to hold
• Never needs sharpening

• think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history.
• participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizing facts and a writer's interpretations.
• integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen their understanding of historical events.
• experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.

• Cartoon showing a boxing match between King George III and James Madison - makes fun of British naval losses early in the War of 1812 - published 1813
• Portrait of William Henry Harrison, U.S. Army general during the War of 1812 and 9th President of the United States - 1813
• Illustration of the ruins of the U.S. Capitol after the British burned Washington, D.C., in August 1814
• Letter written by First Lady Dolley Madison to her sister - when the British invaded Washington, D.C., Dolley stayed in the White House to help retrieve a valuable portrait of George Washington - 1814
• Wood engraving showing Washington, D.C., under attack by British forces in August 1814 - published October 1814
• Copy of broadside printing of "Defence of Fort McHenry," the poem that later became the national anthem of the United States - 1814
• Painting titled The Signing of the Treaty of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814 by Am»d»e Forestier - 1914
• Cover for sheet music for the "Star-Spangled Banner" - circa 1861
• Engraving of the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815
• Wood engraving depicting the American warship Hornet sinking the HMS Peacock during 1813 battle - sailors are seen in rowboats abandoning ship - published circa 1815
• Lithograph depicting the 1813 Battle of the Thames and the death of Tecumseh - published 1833
• Lithograph of General Andrew Jackson, the hero of the Battle of New Orleans - circa 1835
• Lithograph showing portraits of War of 1812 naval officers around a vignette of the Battle of Lake Champlain - published 1846
• Engraving depicting a soldier's wife lifting cannon balls in an artillery bunker during a battle at Fort Niagara, New York - published 1860
• Photograph of the flag that flew over Fort McHenry in 1814 and inspired the lyrics of America's national anthem - photo taken 1873
• Painting titled Battle of Lake Erie by William Henry Powell - shows Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry transferring from the USS Lawrence to the USS Niagara during the 1813 battle - 1873
• Illustration depicting British officers inspecting a group of American sailors for impressment into the British navy - published 1884
• Photograph shows montage of portraits of Lawrence Swinyer, who served in the War of 1812, and his eight sons who served in the Civil War
• U.S. Navy engraved portrait of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry - published 1917
• Photograph of Boy Scouts setting a flag on tomb at Arlington National Cemetery holding 14 veterans of the War of 1812 - photo taken 1925