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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The 20th century saw many new inventions. Changes came fast and made life easier. Cars, planes, TVs, and cell phones were all invented in the 1900s. What other important things were invented during this time? From electricity to emoji, this nonfiction book will keep students engaged in reading as they build their literacy, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. Important text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents. The Reader's Guide...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Dive deep into financial literacy with this social studies book that teaches students everything they need to know about personal finances and how to save money. It features primary sources that pique students’ curiosity about the subject while giving them meaningful insights and personal connections. This 32-page book includes text features that help students increase reading comprehension and their understanding of the subject. Packed with interesting...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The U.S. economy affects you every day. How does it work? Learn about this complex system with this social studies book that piques students’ curiosity about history through dynamic primary sources. Primary sources give students unique insights and personal connections to history. Examples of primary sources include a 1920s advertisement and a 1943 image of Americans lining up for ration books. This 32-page book includes text features that help...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Explore the history of America's national parks. The parks balance conservation with tourism. Nature and wildlife are protected there. The next time you visit a park site, think of the efforts of the people who saved these special places for future generations. This nonfiction book includes important text features such as a glossary, index, and table of contents to engage students in reading as they develop their comprehension, vocabulary, and literacy...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Rights are things that make life fair for everyone. But sometimes people are treated unfairly. When this happens, we have to stand up for what is right. We have to become civil rights champions! This full-color nonfiction book will teach students about civil rights, and introduces them to new vocabulary terms and concepts. Important text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents to engage students in reading as they develop their comprehension,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
Invite readers to see what goes on behind the scenes at a school carnival! With informational, Spanish-translated text, vibrant photos and helpful charts, children are engaged from cover to cover while utilizing mathematical skills to learn the basics of planning, income, estimates, and budgeting.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Before May 31, 1921, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a thriving neighborhood of 10,000 Black residents. There, Black families found success and community. They ran their own businesses, including barbershops, clothing stores, jewelers, restaurants, movie theaters, and more. There also were Black doctors, dentists, and lawyers to serve the neighborhood. Then, in one weekend, all of this was lost. A racist mob tore through the streets,...
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Language
English
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Description
"Travel back in time to the 1920s and 1930s to the sounds of jazz in nightclubs and the 24-hours-a-day bustle of the famous Black neighborhood of Harlem in uptown Manhattan. It was a dazzling time when there was an outpouring of the arts of African Americans--the poetry of Langston Hughes, the novels of Zora Neale Hurston, the sculptures of Augusta Savage, and that brand-new music called jazz as only Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong could play it....
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and was raised by his grandmother, who told him many stories of the Black American experience and taught him to be proud of his race from a young age. With her guidance, Langston became a talented writer in high school, creating dramatic plays, poetry, and articles for the school paper. His career as a writer would continue to blossom. Langston pioneered jazz poetry and published nearly twenty poetry...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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This book is about the Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous, often violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBTQ+) community in reaction to a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The Riots are attributed as the spark that ignited the LGBTQ+ Movement. The author describes American gay history leading up to the Riots,...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
What do set design, sound effects, and showmanship have to do with winning World War II? Meet the Ghost Army that played a surprising role in helping to deceive — and defeat — the Nazis. In his third book about deception during war, Paul B. Janeczko focuses his lens on World War II and the operations carried out by the Twenty-Third Headquarters Special Troops, aka the Ghost Army. This remarkable unit included actors, camouflage experts, sound...
13) The Titanic Sinks! (Totally True Adventures): How the Unsinkable Ship Met with Shocking Disaster
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Here is the exciting true story about the "unsinkable" Titanic! Dramatic accounts, white-knuckle suspense, and fast-paced action of how the world's biggest, safest ship sank on its maiden voyage. Includes black-and-white photos and full-color underwater photos of the wreck.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City burst into flames. The factory was crowded. The doors were locked to ensure workers stay inside. One hundred forty-six people-mostly women-perished; it was one of the most lethal workplace fires in American history until September 11, 2001.But the story of the fire is not the story of one accidental moment in time. It is a story of immigration and hard work to make it in a...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Born to Fly Just nine years after American women finally got the right to vote, a group of trailblazers soared to new heights in the 1929 Air Derby, the first women's air race across the U.S. Follow the incredible lives of legend Amelia Earhart, who has captivated generations; Marvel Crosson, who built a plane before she even learned how to fly; Louise Thaden, who shattered jaw-dropping altitude records; and Elinor Smith, who at age seventeen made...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Blast off and experience humankind's first steps on the moon in this new biography about Buzz Aldrin. You'll learn about astronaut Aldrin's life -- his childhood, his work on NASA's Apollo 11 mission, and his dream to get humans to Mars. This biography tells a true hero's story. In addition to running text about his remarkable life and achievements, readers will find fun facts, quotes from Aldrin, and lots of amazing photographs. It's sure to captivate...
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