She Believed She Could So She Did Bullet Journal
by Sasha Ann Good
Women's Roles During the American Civil War Women Patriots Grade 5 Children's Military Books
Fort Sumter (Rosen Real Readers) (Reading Room Collection: Social Studies)
by Ira Wood
Did Anything Good Come Out of the Civil War? (Innovation Through Adversity)
by Philip Steele
In addition to putting an end to the inhumane institution of slavery, the Civil War also spurred important inventions that improved people s lives, such as canned food, pocket watches, federal paper currency, and standard sizes for shoes. Although medical technology lagged behind the development of new weapons that could kill and maim more soldiers than ever, there were advances in amputation techniques and anesthesia delivery. Additionally, the railroad and telegraph systems were hugely benefic...
J is for Juneteenth
by Mariah Cross, Kimani Prince, and Ariyah Webster
The Big Book of American President Trivia illustrates each president's journey to the White House through facts, anecdotes, illustrations, photographs, inspirational quotes, and more!The president has been the figurehead of the United States since the time when our country was a small band of thirteen fledgling colonies until its current position as a world superpower. The forty-five leaders of our nation have had fascinating, exciting, and sometimes scandalous lives. Find out which president ha...
The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls (Young Palmetto Books)
by Louise Meriwether
A brief biography of the slave who escaped to freedom with his family and other runaway slaves on a captured Confederate gunboat.
Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction, Grades 6 - 12 (American History (Mark Twain Media))
by Cindy Barden
Great Women of the Civil War (We the People (Compass Point Books Paperback)) (We the People (Compass Point Books Hardcover))
by Lucia Raatma
That's How It Really Happened During the Civil War (This Is How It Really Happened History)
Frederick Douglass (Famous African Americans) (Great African Americans S.)
by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack
Describes the life and work of the man who escaped slavery to become an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement of the nineteenth century.
From award-winning author-illustrator Don Tate comes a remarkable picture book biography of William Still, known as Father of the Underground Railroad. William Still's parents escaped slavery but had to leave two of their children behind, a tragedy that haunted the family. As a young man, William went to work for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, where he raised money, planned rescues, and helped freedom seekers who had traveled north. One day, a strangely familiar man came into William's...
This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great - the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. In this new board book format, the very youngest readers can learn about one of America’s icons in the series’s signature lively, conversational style. The short text focuses on drawing inspiration from these iconic heroes, and includes an interactive element and factual tidbits that young kids will be able to connect with. This volume...
Born in Connecticut in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, author, and playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to help escaped slaves head north towards freedom. The publication of her book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a scathing anti-slavery novel, fanned the flames that started the Civil War. The book’s emotional portrayal of the impact of slavery captured the nation’s attention. A best-seller in its time, Uncle Tom’s C...
Tracking an Assassin! Nickolas Flux and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (Nickolas Flux History Chronicles)
by Nel Yomtov
From the author of Lincoln: A Photobiography, comes a clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they intersected at a critical moment in U.S. history. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were both self-taught, both great readers and believers in the importance of literacy, both men born poor who by their own efforts reached positions of power and prominence. Lincoln as president of the United States and Douglass as the most famous and influential A...
If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad (If You)
by Ebony Wilkins
Emancipation Proclamation (Documents of American Democracy)
by Ryan Nagelhout
