Explores the school day of a pioneer child. Details about the schoolteachers, schoolhouses and learning are described. Includes an activity to connect today’s reader with the past.
Discusses the school life of the Confederate children during the Civil War, including school lessons, Confederate books, military academies, and life during battles. Includes activities.
Discusses the school life of Northern children at the time of the Civil War, including lessons, books, teachers, examinations, and special days. Includes activities.
Discusses school life during the Great Depression, including schools, lessons, books, and teachers. Addresses social and economic life during the 1930s. Includes activities.
War is a timely topic, and early U.S. history is filled with decisive battles. Learn about these conflicts from the trenches as soldiers' lives unfold before readers.
Addresses social and economic life during the 1930s. Discusses the Great Depression’s effect on children and families. Includes an activity to connect today’s reader with the past.
Explores the school day of a pioneer child. Details about the schoolteachers, schoolhouses and learning are described. Includes an activity to connect today’s reader with the past.
Explains the meaning and historical context of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, also providing biographical information about Dr. King and discussing the civil rights movement.