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Books in Decades of American History series

  • The Great Depression: Opposing Viewpoints

    William Dudley

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Pr, Jan. 1, 1994)
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  • Exploring The Territories Of The United States

    Linda Thompson

    Paperback (Rourke Educational Media, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Young learners will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Exploring The Territories Of The United States. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events. Each 48-page title in The History Of America Collection delves into complex narratives in history. Concise, but comprehensive, these titles are very approachable for transitioning readers and learners beginning to recognize detail orientation and how to analyze text. Each book in this series features photographs, timelines, discussion questions, and more, to fully engage transitioning readers. The History Of America Collection engages students in major historical events with fascinating facts, photographs, and more. Readers are able to gauge their own understanding with before-reading questions that help build background knowledge and end-of-book comprehension and extension activities.
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  • Prohibition: Social Movement and Controversial Amendment

    Joan Stoltman

    Paperback (Lucent Books, Aug. 15, 2018)
    The story of Prohibition in the United States is one of extremes, with temperance crusaders on one side working to ban alcohol across America and bootleggers and organized crime rings on the other side illegally transporting alcohol into speakeasies and homes. Readers explore both sides of this controversial period in American history as they learn the fascinating facts behind the passage and repeal of the 18th Amendment. The captivating main text is supplemented by a helpful timeline, relevant primary sources, informative sidebars, and annotated quotations from historical figures and scholars.
  • Protests and Riots That Changed America

    Joan Stoltman

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Aug. 15, 2018)
    The right to peaceably assemble is one of the freedoms granted to Americans under the First Amendment. However, those peaceful protests sometimes erupt into violent riots. Both protests and riots have changed the course of American history, highlighting sources of unrest, inequality, and tension in the nation from its earliest days. Readers explore the fascinating history of these protests and riots, from the Whiskey Rebellion to the Women's March, through engaging main text featuring annotated historical and contemporary quotes. Details of these marches and demonstrations are made further memorable for readers through fact-filled sidebars, primary source images, maps, and a detailed timeline.
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  • The Salem Witch Trials: A Crisis in Puritan New England

    Tanya Dellacio, Don Nardo

    Library Binding (Lucent Press, March 1, 2017)
    Mass hysteria in the late 17th century led to trials of people suspected to be witches in Salem, Massachusetts. Anyone could be accused of causing mysterious maladies or unfortunate occurrences, such as the death of cattle. Readers discover important facts and captivating details about this fascinating time in American history. The dangers of leveling accusations without proof and succumbing to panic are discussed in this engaging text, which is supplemented with a fact-filled timeline, full-color photographs, and primary sources.
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  • Spanish In Early America

    Linda Thompson

    Paperback (Rourke Educational Media, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Young learners will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read The Spanish in Early America. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events.Each 48-page title in The History Of America Collection delves into complex narratives in history. Concise, but comprehensive, these titles are very approachable for transitioning readers and learners beginning to recognize detail orientation and how to analyze text. Each book in this series features photographs, timelines, discussion questions, and more, to fully engage transitioning readers. The History Of America Collection engages students in major historical events with fascinating facts, photographs, and more. Readers are able to gauge their own understanding with before-reading questions that help build background knowledge and end-of-book comprehension and extension activities.
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  • America's First Settlements

    Linda Thompson

    Paperback (Rourke Educational Media, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Young learners will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read America's First Settlements. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events. Each 48-page title in The History Of America Collection delves into complex narratives in history. Concise, but comprehensive, these titles are very approachable for transitioning readers and learners beginning to recognize detail orientation and how to analyze text. Each book in this series features photographs, timelines, discussion questions, and more, to fully engage transitioning readers. The History Of America Collection engages students in major historical events with fascinating facts, photographs, and more. Readers are able to gauge their own understanding with before-reading questions that help build background knowledge and end-of-book comprehension and extension activities.
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  • The Civil War

    Anne Devereaux Jordan, Virginia Schomp

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Nov. 1, 2006)
    Describes the role of African Americans during the Civil War, 1861-1865.
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  • The Constitution and Founding of America

    John M. Dunn

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Aug. 10, 2007)
    Discusses how the influx of immigrants to the thirteen original colonies helped found an identity separate from the English that ruled them and describes the struggle for independence and the impetus for the Constitution.
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  • Traveling The Santa Fe Trail

    Linda Thompson

    Library Binding (Rourke Educational Media, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Young learners will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Traveling The Santa Fe Trail. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events. Each 48-page title in The History Of America Collection delves into complex narratives in history. Concise, but comprehensive, these titles are very approachable for transitioning readers and learners beginning to recognize detail orientation and how to analyze text. Each book in this series features photographs, timelines, discussion questions, and more, to fully engage transitioning readers. The History Of America Collection engages students in major historical events with fascinating facts, photographs, and more. Readers are able to gauge their own understanding with before-reading questions that help build background knowledge and end-of-book comprehension and extension activities.
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  • Twentieth-Century Immigration to the United States

    Stuart A. Kallen

    Hardcover (Lucent Books, July 27, 2007)
    An account of immigration to the U.S.A. in the twentieth century.
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  • The Industrial Revolution

    Kevin Hillstrom

    Hardcover (Lucent Books, Nov. 21, 2008)
    Examines the technological developments that brought about the great economic and social changes that came to be called the Industrial Revolution.
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