Category: Childrens History Nonfiction

  • Download California in the 20th Century (Primary Source Readers) by Nicole M. Korte PDF

    By Nicole M. Korte

    notable issues occurred in California in the course of the 20th century. humans got here from worldwide to settle within the Golden kingdom. this present day, it's domestic to greater than 38 million humans, and the state's economic climate is without doubt one of the greatest on the earth. discover California's heritage with this first resource reader that builds literacy and social reviews content material wisdom. by way of learning basic assets like maps, ancient cartoons, letters, and photographs, scholars should be brought on to invite questions, and inspired to think about bias and the validity and reliability of resources. Aligned to the nationwide Council for Social reports (NCSS) and different nationwide and kingdom criteria, the publication is leveled to help above-, below-, and on-level novices. learn and reply immerses scholars within the content material via varied, attractive actions on the topic of the content material. The Your flip! task demanding situations scholars to hook up with a prime resource via a writing task. With crucial textual content positive aspects like a thesaurus, index, captions, sidebars, and desk of contents, this informational textual content will interact scholars in interpreting approximately California's wealthy history.
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  • Download Soviet Historians and Perestroika: The First Phase: The by Donald J. Raleigh PDF

    By Donald J. Raleigh

    The Soviet old occupation is in ferment. for many years it used to be relegated to the duty of obfuscating the previous, gilding the established order and papering over the "blank spots" in Soviet heritage - occasions that confounded even the main brazen makes an attempt at falsification. at the present time it's engaged in a frequently painful means of self-examination. before everything particularly timid, the inner dialogue used to be quickly propelled via exterior occasions - the scuttling of heritage textbooks, reliable disclosures of previously "classified" proof and the explosion of candour within the depictions of the previous in memoirs, journalistic writing and fiction. This quantity offers voice to the lead actors within the "first section" of this method - the senior historians, their journalistic "challengers" and people charged with responsiblity for the associations of analysis, education and e-book within the box of history.
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  • Download Cordelia Harvey: Civil War Angel (Badger Biographies Series) by Bob Kann PDF

    By Bob Kann

    Cordelia Harvey: Civil conflict Angel tells the tale of an iconic determine from Wisconsin’s Civil struggle background. because the spouse of a promising younger governor, Cordelia Harvey appeared destined for excellent issues. Then tragedy struck: her husband, Louis Harvey, drowned, and Cordelia came upon herself widowed and on my own. Like Louis had, Cordelia cared deeply in regards to the Wisconsin squaddies battling within the Civil warfare, and he or she jumped at a task supply from the recent governor: operating because the sanitary agent for Wisconsin. during this place, Cordelia may perhaps struggle for the healthiness of the state’s males and boys wounded in battle.

     

    Young readers will stick to Cordelia on her travels up and down the Mississippi to go to Wisconsin squaddies in army hospitals. In her efforts to ensure infantrymen have been good cared for, Cordelia wrote to the governor approximately their want for healthy nutrients, fresh provides, and clean air. ultimately, she might commute to Washington to plead with President Lincoln for a Soldier’s domestic sanatorium in Wisconsin. whilst Cordelia lower back domestic after the battle, she persisted her humanitarian paintings through beginning an orphanage for the youngsters of fallen Civil struggle soldiers.

     

    Cordelia Harvey: Civil struggle Angel contains sidebars on treatment, early nursing, and army prisons. A timeline, thesaurus of phrases, and recommendations for actions and dialogue around out this lively narrative.
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  • Download Vietnam: A History of the War by Russell Freedman PDF

    By Russell Freedman

    In a charming ebook, Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman offers a succinct account of probably the main confusing and contentious of America’s wars. Describing how a superpower stuck up in chilly battle politics grew to become more and more enmeshed in a clash over 8,000 miles away, he then explains why 20 years later an go out used to be so tricky. In phrases and pictures he chronicles the unfolding occasions in Vietnam and at domestic as expanding numbers of younger males have been despatched into the jungles to struggle. After assessing the catastrophic harm, Freedman concludes the e-book with a hopeful epilogue on Vietnam at the present time. A word list, resource notes, bibliography and index are included.
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  • Download The U.S. Constitution: Discover How Democracy Works With 25 by Carla Mooney,Tom Casteel PDF

    By Carla Mooney,Tom Casteel

    Where did the yank democratic culture start? From historic civilizations in Greece and Rome to the Enlightenment in Europe, democratic principles all through time have prompted the improvement of democracy within the United States.

    In The U.S. structure: detect How Democracy Works, young ones a while nine via 12 find out about the basis of democracy and the way the records crafted thousands of years in the past nonetheless impact our state this day. They discover the announcement of Independence, U.S. structure, and the invoice of Rights, between others. those files supply a framework with which we make the legislation and procedures that aid preserve democracy an essential paradigm.

    Through hands-on tasks, which come with studying how the guarantees made within the Preamble of the structure have been placed into perform and investigating easy methods to stability the liberty of speech within the electronic age, scholars examine how American democracy operates. With colourful illustrations, fascinating sidebars, and hyperlinks to on-line basic assets, this publication asks readers to contemplate the influence of know-how on democracy and make predictions approximately destiny records that might be vital to the upkeep of democracy round the world.
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  • Download The Silk Road: Explore the World's Most Famous Trade Route by Kathy Ceceri PDF

    By Kathy Ceceri

    Shedding gentle on a mythical passage among the Mediterranean Sea and China, this evaluation outlines the historical past, geography, and folks of the Silk highway sector. Spanning from Roman occasions till the Age of Exploration, this noteworthy direction helped unfold diverse kinds of know-how, a variety of cultural traditions, or even educational theories throughout continents and past. The retailers, conquerors, pilgrims, and diplomats who set out at the fabled direction looking for wealth, energy, and knowledge—including Marco Polo himself—are additionally documented, illustrating the great deserts, towering mountain peaks, warring tribes, and marauding bandits they persisted. via interesting activities that use daily fabrics, this consultant allows teenagers to re-create the garments and meals of the nomadic tribes and town dwellers who made their houses alongside the ancient Silk street. Illuminating a mysterious and extra vague a part of the area, this narrative celebrates the Silk Road’s very important position within the improvement of human civilization.

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  • Download The Droopys World Travels: Part 1 by Birgit Kingham PDF

    By Birgit Kingham

    Meet the Droopys, a contented kinfolk of raindrops who stay above sizeable Ben and are able to discover all that fab Britain and past has to supply. there is Papa Droopy, Mama Droopy, their youngsters, Karla, Fred and naturally we shouldn't omit, child Droopy. they start all their trips at the cloud road with marvelous perspectives and bumping into pals like Mr. Rainbow and Mr. famous person alongside the way in which. One morning, after breakfast, Papa Droopy indicates they move and stopover at their buddy, the Queen for afternoon tea. they've got this kind of great time, they choose to move on extra travels and also you will not are looking to wait to show the web page, to determine the place they cross subsequent. aimed toward childrens elderly five - 7, this booklet is filled with adventures and mind's eye when nonetheless dealing with to be academic for any baby attracted to the realm surrounding them.
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