Barack Obama: First African American President is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.1.8 and Literacy.L.1.2. Beautiful photographs are paired with narrative nonfiction text, explaining the life and times of President Obama. A timeline is included. This book should be paired with "Meet President Obama (9781448890583) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.