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  • Pilgrims

    L.L. Owens

    Paperback (Rourke Educational Media, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Young learners will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Pilgrims. 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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  • Steck-Vaughn Stories of America: Student Reader To Fly with Swallows , Story Book

    STECK-VAUGHN

    Paperback (STECK-VAUGHN, June 18, 2009)
    A biography of the woman who became California's first native-born nun, describing a life that spanned the transitional period from Spanish rule to American statehood.
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  • Wovoka

    Mel Boring

    Library Binding (Dillon Pr, July 1, 1981)
    A biography of the Paiute messiah whose vision of a land free from white domination led to the Ghost Dance religion and was ultimately shattered by the Wounded Knee Massacre.
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  • The Tenement Writer: An Immigrant's Story

    Ben Sonder, Meryl Rosner

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Aug. 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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  • A Matter of Conscience: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson

    Joan Kane Nichols, Dan Krovatin

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Recounts Anne Hutchinson's struggle with the Puritan Church over its rigid theocratic control of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, her trial for heresy and sedition, and banishment from the colony.
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  • The Story of the Texas Rangers

    Adele Richardson

    Library Binding (Creative Educ, July 1, 2007)
    Presents the history of the Texas Rangers baseball team, from their origins as the Washington Senators, through their name change and move to Texas in 1972, to winning the American League West title in 1996.
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  • The Story of the Kansas City Royals

    Sara Gilbert

    Library Binding (Creative Educ, July 1, 2007)
    Presents a history of the Kansas City Royals baseball team that also includes detailed information and statistics on one all-time great player from each position.
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  • The Story of the New York Yankees

    Michael E. Goodman

    Library Binding (Creative Educ, Aug. 31, 2007)
    A history of the New York Yankees highlights the key players and memorable games of the baseball team
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  • Days of Courage: The Little Rock Story

    Richard Kelso, Alex Haley, Mel Williges

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Aug. 16, 1993)
    Describes the experiences of the "Little Rock Nine," the first Black students to begin the integration of schools in Arkansas in 1957
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  • Steck-Vaughn Stories of America: Student Reader These Lands are Ours , Story Book

    STECK-VAUGHN

    Paperback (STECK-VAUGHN, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Discusses the life of the Shawnee warrior, orator, and leader who united a confederacy of Indians in an effort to save Indian land from the advance of white soldiers and settlers.
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  • A Flag for Our Country

    Eve Spencer, Alex Haley, Michael Eagle

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Relates how a Philadelphia seamstress helped design and make the first flag to represent the United States of America
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  • The Story of the St. Louis Cardinals

    Mike O'Hearn

    Library Binding (Creative Educ, July 1, 2007)
    A history of the St. Louis Cardinals highlights the key players and memorable games of the baseball team.
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