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12 Incredible Facts About the Cuban Missile Crisis
Sue Bradford Edwards
Library Binding (12-Story Library, Jan. 1, 2016)Describes the Cuban Missile Crisis, providing information on both international and domestic events leading up to the limiting of nuclear power, such as the Bay of Pigs, and negotiations between Kennedy and Khrushchev.
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U.S. History, Grades 6 - 8: People Who Helped Make the Republic Great: 1620-Present
Victor Hicken
Paperback (Mark Twain Media, Dec. 19, 2005)Bring history to life for students in grades 6 and up using U.S. History: People Who Helped Make the Republic Great (1620–Present)! 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 historically famous personalities, such as Benjamin Franklin and Booker T. Washington, and the lesser-known figures, like Dorothea Lynde Dix. The book includes time lines and research questions and works perfectly as a full unit or classroom supplement. It supports NCSS standards and the National Standards for History.
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Jamestown, Virginia
Dennis B. Fradin
Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Aug. 15, 2006)Describes the colonization of America by England, and how its first successful colony, in Jamestown, Virginia, managed to survive and then thrive.
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Patrick McGrath
Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, July 1, 1985)An account of the 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition which explored the unknown Louisiana Purchase territory and the Pacific Northwest from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River.
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Hiroshima
Martin McPhillips
Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, Nov. 1, 1985)Discusses the development of the atomic bomb and examines the effects of the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima
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The Battle of Gettysburg
Vincent J Coffey
Unbound (Silver Burdett Co, March 15, 1985)Presents the events in the Civil War leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg and describes that clash and its aftermath.
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Turning Points in World History - Women's Suffrage
Brenda Stalcup
Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, March 1, 2000)The process of securing the right to vote for women was an important phase in feminism. Suffrage was first proposed as a part of a general declaration of the rights of women signed at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. Chapters in this anthology discuss the roots of the movement, its tactics and disagreements, opposition to the suffragists, and the impact of the Nineteenth Amendment on American society.
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The First Lunar Landing
Dennis B. Fradin
Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 2009)Covers the first manned lunar landing as a watershed event in U.S. history, influencing social, economic, and political policies that shaped the nation's future.
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California Gold Rush
Veronica B. Wilkins
Library Binding (Jump!, Inc., Jan. 1, 2020)"[Teaches] about the causes, main events, key players, and lasting impacts of the California gold rush"--
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The Decline and Fall of Ancient Greece
Don Nardo
Paperback (Greenhaven Pr, April 1, 2000)Debates the factors that may have been responsible for the fall of classical Greek civilization.
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Turning Points in World History - The Civil Rights Movement
Paul A. Winters
Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, Sept. 29, 1999)The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s was one of the most turbulent times in American history. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was eventually passed after years of conflict, demonstrations, and violence.
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The Black Death
Don Nardo
Library Binding (Greenhaven Pr, March 1, 1999)Articles by noted scholars discuss the plague that decimated the population of Europe in the mid-fourteenth-century, irrevocably changing the structure of medieval society