US History

Ages 14+ This guide is designed to reinforce and enhance a student's understanding of the subject matter presented in the primer book World War I: The Rest of the Story and How It Affects You Today.   Comprehension Questions are given for each...

Ages 14+ This guide is designed to reinforce and enhance a student's understanding of the subject matter presented in the primer book World War II: The Rest of the Story and How It Affects You Today. Comprehension Questions are given for each...

The Newbery Award-winning author of Up a Road Slowly presents the unforgettable story of Jethro Creighton--a brave boy who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War. In 1861, America is on the cusp of war, and young Jethro Creighton is...

Meet the All-of-a-Kind Family -- Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie -- who live with their parents in New York City at the turn of the century. Together they share adventures that find them searching for hidden buttons while dusting Mama's front...

The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty. SKU (ISBN): 9780140341584Author: Yates,...

Included In: America the Beautiful Literature Package Assigned In: Units 12-13 In a starred review of this fact-based tale of nine-year-old Mary Ellen and her family's dramatic 1852 journey along the Oregon Trail, PW said, "The contrast between the...

Newbery Honor-winning author, Jean Fritz, takes us on a journey to the Underground Railroad. Brady has never been trusted with secrets, until now. When he discovers an Underground Railroad station near his family's farm, he is forced to make his own...

An autobiographical account of the boyhood of Ohiyesa, also known as Charles Eastman, a member of the Dakota nation. Edited and illustrated by Charlene Notgrass. Paperback.   Used for Notgrass "America the Beautiful" curriculum. Grade Level: 5th -...

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; where houses are built in a day; and where a boy named Homer Price can foil four slick bandits using nothing but his wits and a pet skunk. The comic genius...

It’s time for a new adventure! Katy Porter is nervous and excited about beginning her first year of homeschooling. The day before school starts, Katy asks her dad if she can keep the empty box he is about to throw away. Katy puts keepsakes from her...

Laura is almost fifteen. The long winter is over. With spring socials dances, and "Literaries." There is also work to be done. Laura spends many hours each day sewing shirts to help send Mary to a college for the blind. But, in the evenings, Laura...

Product Description "The Thousand Year War in the Mideast" explains how events on the other side of the world a thousand years ago can affect us more than events in our own hometowns today. The events of the Thousand Year War have been the cause of great...