Penguin Random House, 2018. — 112 p. We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for...
DK Publishing, 2016. — 362 p. — ISBN 9780241238929. The American Revolution will transport you back in time and onto the frontlines. This complete overview of the war brings all the action to life, from the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party to the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Paris. Beginning with the first stirrings of colonial resistance, The American...
Nomad Press, 2011. — 27 p. What were towns like in Colonial America? How did people travel around town and between towns without cars, trains, and planes? Were colonial towns different from one area of the country to another? How were colonial towns different from Native American villages? Find out the answers to these questions and more. Map & Timeline. Busy Towns. Getting...
ABDO Kids, 2014. — 26 p. This title will introduce little readers to the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton. Readers will gather basic, biographical information about Clinton through easy-to-read, simple text. Theyll also love the historical photographs, the More Facts section, and bolded glossary terms. Translated by native Spanish speakers.
Penguin, 2013. — 112 p. Learn more about the history of the feast that started off as a harvest celebration and has now become a national holiday. After their first harvest in 1621, the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors. Of course, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag didn’t know it at the time, but they were making history.
Penguin Random House, 2015. — 112 p. Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion: it was...
Penguin, 2018. — 112 p. The story of Girl Power! Learn about the remarkable women who changed US history. From Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Gloria Steinem and Hillary Clinton, women throughout US history have fought for equality. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, women were demanding the right to vote. During the 1960s, equal rights and...
DK Publishing, 2016. — 362 p. — ISBN10: 1465446079;* ISBN13: 978-1465446077. The American Revolution will transport you back in time and onto the frontlines. This complete overview of the war brings all the action to life, from the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party to the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Paris. Beginning with the first stirrings of colonial...
Penguin Group (USA), 2013. — 108 p. Remember the Alamo!" is still a rallying cry more than 175 years after the siege in Texas, where a small band of men held off about two thousand soldiers of the Mexican Army for twelve days. The Alamo was a crucial turning point in the Texas Revolution, and led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. With 80 black-and-white illustrations...
Penguin Group (USA), 2014. — 108 p. When Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the "Corp of Discovery" left St. Louis, Missouri, on May 21, 1804, their mission was to explore the vast, unknown territory acquired a year earlier in the Louisiana Purchase. The travelers hoped to find a waterway that crossed the western half of the United States. They didn't. However, young readers...
DK Children, 2020. — 48 p. Reading level : 5 - 9 years. Discover the real history behind the Mayflower in this illustrated nonfiction storybook for kids ages 7 to 9, timed to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims' famous voyage to the Americas. Step on board the Mayflower and meet the amazing crew and passengers, from burly sailors to pilgrims, servants, orphaned...
Vero Beach: Rourke Educational Media, 2014. — 52 p. — (Historia de Estados Unidos).
Life in America's first settlements was dangerous. Wars between colonies, native tribes, disease, and food shortages made survival a challenge. Features primary sources, historical images, chart, and maps.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 1996. — 52 p. — ISBN: 0292716842. A Learning and Activity Book. Color your own guide to the Indians that once roamed Texas Here is an entertaining and educational activity book for children from six to twelve on the always-popular topic of American Indians—except that the subject has been narrowed to only those Native Americans known to have...
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