Votes for Women! (Movements and Moments That Changed America)
by Larry A Van Meter
The Muckrakers: Ida Tarbell Takes on Big Business (Hidden Heroes)
by Valerie Bodden
In the mid- to late-nineteenth century, a burgeoning science called electricity promised to shine new light on a rousing nation. Inventive and ambitious minds were hard at work. Soon that spark was fanned, and a fiery war was under way to be the first to light - and run - the world with electricity. Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of direct current (DC), engaged in a brutal battle with Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, the inventors of alternating current (AC). There would be no ties in thi...
“Lively . . . Defiant . . . Pulling back the curtain on 100 years of struggle . . . The women who shaped the American narrative come to life with refreshing attention to detail.”—The New York Times Book Review For nearly 150 years, American women did not have the right to vote. On August 18, 1920, they won that right, when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified at last. To achieve that victory, some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested, and sometimes...
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History The American West, c1835–c1895 Student Book (EDEXCEL GCSE HISTORY (9-1))
by Rob Bircher
Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Series Editor: Angela Leonard This Student Book: covers the essential content in the new specification in an engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material uses the 'Thinking Historically' approach and activities to help develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, throug...
Examining Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth (American Debates and Speeches)
by Alex David
In the spring of 1851 two women met on a street corner in Seneca Falls, New York - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a thirty-five year old mother of four boys, and Susan B. Anthony, a thirty-one year old, unmarried, former school teacher. Immediately drawn to each other, they formed an everlasting and legendary friendship. Together, they challenged entrenched beliefs, customs, and laws that oppressed women and spearheaded the fight to gain legal rights, including the right to vote despite fierce oppositi...
A biography of the runaway slave who became an abolitionist, a crusader for women's rights, and an advisor to Abraham Lincoln.
Historical Sources on Westward Expansion (America's Story)
by Chet'la Sebree
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Foundation The American West, c1835–c1895 Student Book (Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Foundation History)
by Rob Bircher
We’ve worked with teachers to develop versions of our core textbooks that feature reduced content and language level, providing greater support and enabling students of all abilities to progress. Now available for the seven most popular options, these foundation versions help make the GCSE content more accessible and are designed to be easy-to-use alongside the core textbooks in a mixed ability classroom and are also ideal for home learning. How have we made them more accessible? We’v...
Oxford Revise: Edexcel GCSE History: The American West, c1835-c1895
by James Ball
Oxford Revise Edexcel GCSE History: The American West, c1835-c1895 is a complete revision and practice book covering the full topic specification, with everything you need to know to revise for this choice of period topic. Each area is clearly covered, from the beliefs of indigenous peoples to changes to their way of life. You will build your confidence for the exam across all topics. By working through the Knowledge - Retrieval - Practice sections, you will be using proven ways to revise, c...
Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights (Scholastic Focus)
by Lawrence Goldstone
The latest from acclaimed author Gail Jarrow reveals how magicians—including Harry Houdini and his team of investigators—exposed fake mediums who exploited the vulnerable and gullible in the early twentieth century. After millions of people died during World War I and from the 1918 influenza pandemic, the popularity of Spiritualism soared. Desperate to communicate with their dead loved ones, the bereaved fell prey to extortion by fraudulent mediums and fortune-tellers. But magician Harry Houd...
"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...
My Story: A Picture of Freedom is a tale based on the real-life memoirs of Clotee Henley, a young slave who helped over 150 slaves escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad. It's 1859 and Clotee is a slave in a Virginia plantation. It's illegal for slaves to read and write, but Clotee is teaching herself in secret. 'Freedom' is just another word she's learned to write. Then she finds out about the Underground Railroad, a network of people who he...
Yellow Journalism, Sensationalism, and Circulation Wars (Fourth Estate: Journalism in North America)
by Brett Griffin