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  • The Oregon and Santa Fe Trails, Grades 4 - 7

    Cindy Barden

    Paperback (Mark Twain Media, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Provide challenging activities that enable students to explore history, geography, and social studies topics. Activities include word searches, fact or opinion, creative writing, and more. Answer keys, time lines, and suggested reading lists are included.
    U

  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    Vincent J. Coffey

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, June 1, 1985)
    None

  • Roaring Twenties and Great Depression, Grades 4 - 7

    Cindy Barden

    Paperback (Mark Twain Media, Jan. 1, 2002)
    Provide challenging activities that enable students to explore history, geography, and social studies topics. Activities include word searches, fact or opinion, creative writing, and more. Answer keys, time lines, and suggested reading lists are included.
    Y

  • The French Revolution

    Don Nardo

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Pr, Jan. 1, 1999)
    Essays discuss the causes, milestones, social and cultural aspects, and legacy of the French Revolution

  • The Mayflower Compact

    Dennis Brindell Fradin

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Oct. 1, 2006)
    Introduces the reasons for and highlights the details of the trip of the Pilgrims from England to America in the early 1600s, and describes the struggle of the new settlers to adjust to life in America.
    R

  • North American Indian Wars

    Don Nardo

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Pr, March 1, 1999)
    Essays discuss cultural differences between Native Americans and early white settlers, and look at warfare, forced relocation, exploitation, and current attempts at restitution
    X

  • The Battle of the Little Bighorn

    Charles Wills

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, Jan. 1, 1991)
    Describes the warfare between whites and Great Plains Indians in the nineteenth century, with an emphasis on the famous massacre at Little Bighorn

  • U.S. History, Grades 6 - 8: Inventors, Scientists, Artists, & Authors

    Victor Hicken

    Paperback (Mark Twain Media, Jan. 1, 2006)
    Bring history to life for students in grades 6 and up using U.S. History: Inventors, Scientists, Artists, and Authors! This 128-page book provides a full-spectrum view of some of the most fascinating and influential lives in U.S. history. It features biographical sketches of historical figures such as George Washington Carver, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Washington Irving, Mark Twain, Alexander Graham Bell, and Ernest Hemingway. The book includes time lines and reinforcement questions and works perfectly as a full unit or classroom supplement. It supports NCSS standards and the National Standards for History.
    W

  • A Day That Changed History: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    Tracey Kelly

    Library Binding (Smart Apple Media, Aug. 1, 2013)
    "Describes the life, accomplishments, and assassination of John F. Kennedy"--Provided by publisher.

  • Turning Points in History: The Fall of the Berlin Wall - The Cold War Ends

    Nigel Kelly

    Hardcover (Heinemann Library, )
    None

  • The Battle of Trenton

    Martin McPhillips

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Co, March 15, 1985)
    Presents the events in the Revolutionary War leading up to the Battle of Trenton and describes that clash and its aftermath.

  • The Britannica Guide to Explorers and Explorations That Changed the Modern World

    Kenneth Pletcher

    Library Binding (Rosen Education Service, Feb. 1, 2010)
    The nature of the maiden voyage is deeply captivating. Though the oceans still hold vast opportunities for uncharted exploration, our land resources have been bravely explored and charted for hundreds of years. Very few places remain mysterious and untamable to man, and this transformation is due to imaginative and fearless explorers. Readers will devour these tales of explorers who have pushed geographic and personal boundaries, leaving virtually no corner of the globe off limits.