Historical Sources on the Revolutionary War (America's Story)
by Chet'la Sebree
A massacre in Boston. A tea party. A shot heard around the world. But who was the first casualty of the massacre? How did the tea get to Boston Harbor? What was the Battle of Concord like for a Minute Man? Colonial Comics: New England, 1750-1775 expands the frame of this important period of American history. Unconventional characters come to life, including gravedigging medical students, counterfeiters, female playwrights, instigators of civil disobedience, newspaper editors, college students, r...
The Life of a Soldier During the Revolutionary War - Us History Lessons for Kids Children's American History
by Baby Professor
American Battlefield of a European War: The French and Indian War - Us History Elementary Children's American Revolution History
by Baby Professor
The Revolutionary War (Making of America S.)
The Mason-Dixon Line’s history, replete with property disputes, persecution, and ideological conflicts, traverses our country’s history from its founding to today. We live in a world of boundaries — geographic, scientific, cultural, and religious. One of America’s most enduring boundaries is the Mason-Dixon Line, most associated with the divide between the North and the South and the right to freedom for all people. Sibert Medal–winning author Sally M. Walker traces the tale of the Mason-Dixon...
Examining Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry (American Debates and Speeches)
by Alex David
"A fresh lens for viewing Jacob Lawrence's art: through the perspective of teens of color. . . . An invaluable resource amplifying marginalized teen voices and conveying Lawrence's relevance to their own lives." —Kirkus Reviews In the mid-1950s, as Brown v. Board of Education felled the ideology of “separate but equal,” the great African-American artist Jacob Lawrence saw the need for a version of American history that reckoned with its complexities and contradictions yet was shared by all its c...
The Spies, Codes and Secret Organizations during the American Revolution - History Stories for Children Children's History Books
by Baby Professor
The Most Incredible Exploration Stories Ever Told
by Jonathan Hunt
Life in Numbers: The Electoral College (Time(r) Informational Text) (Exploring Reading)
by Margaret King
The Electoral College is a complex system influenced by various factors in the United States' rich history. Some of the ideas behind the Electoral College--such as ensuring that smaller states were given a vote--still apply today. However, the Electoral College has changed over the years in ways that the framers of the Constitution did not anticipate. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Electoral College with this full-color informational text that explores contemporary issues thr...
Colonial and Early American Journalism (Fourth Estate: Journalism in North America)
by Patrice Sherman
President Thomas Jefferson: Father of the Declaration of Independence - Us History for Kids 3rd Grade Children's American History
by Baby Professor
The Boston Tea Party - Us History for Kids Children's American History
by Baby Professor
The Role of Women in the American Revolution (Warrior Women in American History)
by Hallie Murray
"Journey into Mohawk Country" is a graphic novel adaptation of the journal of Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, a 22 year old Dutch trader who, during the winter 1634-1635, travelled from the Dutch colony of New Netherland (a tiny outpost on the southern tip of what is now Manhattan) deep into New York State. The journal entries are kept verbatim and the artwork serves to breathe new life into a remarkable historical document. At a time when the Mohawk tribe was the greatest military power in t...
Learn more about the men who inspired Hamilton: The Musical in this fascinating look at the historical friends turned revolutionary rivals!In curiously parallel lives, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were both orphaned at an early age. Both were brilliant students who attended college--one at Princeton, the other at Columbia--and studied law. Both were young staff officers under General George Washington, and both became war heroes. Politics beckoned them, and each served in the newly formed g...
The American Revolution (Major U.S. Historical Wars)
by John Ziff