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  • The new Americans: Colonial times, 1620-1689

    Betsy Maestro

    Unknown Binding (Scholastic Inc, March 15, 1999)
    This ongoing series introduces our country's history to young readers in an appealing picture-book format. Clear, simple texts combine with informative, accurate illustrations to help young people develop an understanding of America's past and present. The New Americans is the story of the colonists -- the more than two hundred thousand new Americans -- who came over from Europe and struggled to build a home for themselves in a new world.
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  • Steck-Vaughn Stories of America: Student Reader Building a Dream , Story Book

    STECK-VAUGHN

    Paperback (STECK-VAUGHN, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Describes Mary Bethune's struggle to establish a school for black children in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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  • The Manson Family Murders

    Tom Streissguth

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Dec. 15, 2019)
    The Manson Family Murders explores all sides of these famous killings. It discusses police investigations, conspiracy theories, societal impacts, and more related to Charles Manson and his Family's crimes. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

  • Immigration and Migration

    Greg Roza

    Paperback (Gareth Stevens Pub Learning library, Jan. 1, 2011)
    Discover just how important the movement of people to and across the United States has been throughout the nations history. Helpful photographs, fact boxes, and a timeline bring all the aspects of immigration and migration in America into sharp focus--from the bustling days of Ellis Island to the current debates about these issues.
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  • Steck-Vaughn Stories of America: Student Reader Osceola, Patriot and Warrior , Story Book

    STECK-VAUGHN

    Paperback (STECK-VAUGHN, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Describes the struggle of Seminole chief and warrior Osceola to save his people from being forced off their land in Florida.
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  • Steck-Vaughn Stories of America: Student Reader Coronado's Golden Quest , Story Book

    STECK-VAUGHN

    Paperback (STECK-VAUGHN, June 18, 2009)
    Describes Coronado's search for gold in the American Southwest and his interaction with the Native Americans there.
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  • Steck-Vaughn Stories of America: Student Reader Glorious Days, Dreadful Days , Story Book

    STECK-VAUGHN

    Paperback (STECK-VAUGHN, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Examines the events, aftermath, and significance of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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  • Steck-Vaughn Stories of America: Student Reader They Shall Be Heard , Story Book

    Kate Connell, Alex Haley, Barbara Kiwak

    Paperback (STECK-VAUGHN, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Describes the work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton for the women's suffrage movement.
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  • Steck-Vaughn Stories of America: Student Reader New Friends in a New Land , Story Book

    STECK-VAUGHN

    Paperback (STECK-VAUGHN, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Damaris, a young Pilgrim girl, is afraid of her new Plymouth home until she and the other Pilgrims become friends with their Native American neighbors and celebrate a thanksgiving feast together.
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  • Steck-Vaughn Stories of America: Student Reader We Want Jobs , Story Book

    STECK-VAUGHN

    Paperback (STECK-VAUGHN, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Uses the experiences of an unemployed steel worker and his family in Pittsburgh to descirbe the events of the economic depression that gripped the country from 1929 through 1933.
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  • The Gardner Museum Heist

    Michael Regan

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Dec. 15, 2019)
    The Gardner Museum Heistexplores all sides of this famously unsolved crime. It discusses police investigations, conspiracy theories, and more related to the biggest art heist in world history. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

  • Steck-Vaughn Stories of America: Student Reader Tenement Writer , Story Book

    STECK-VAUGHN

    Paperback (STECK-VAUGHN, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Follows a young Jewish immigrant from Poland as she struggles to build a new life in America and fulfill her dreams of becoming a writer.
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