This book discusses the brutal battles that divided the United States during the Civil War. Each 48-page title in The History Of America Collection delves into complex narratives in history. Concise, but comprehensive, these titles are very approachable for transitioning readers and learners beginning to recognize detail orientation and how to analyze text. Each book in this series features photographs, timelines, discussion questions, and more, to fully engage transitioning readers. The History Of America Collection engages students in major historical events with fascinating facts, photographs, and more. Readers are able to gauge their own understanding with before-reading questions that help build background knowledge and end-of-book comprehension and extension activities.
Readers will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Exploring The Great Lakes. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events.
Readers will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Columbus And The Journey To The New World. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events.
Readers will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Building The Transcontinental Railroad. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events.
Readers will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Building The Erie Canal. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events.
Readers will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Battle At The Alamo. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events.
Readers will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Building An Empire: The Louisiana Purchase. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events.
Readers will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read America Enters The Industrial Revolution. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events.
Readers will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read America's First Settlements. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events.
Aprende todo acerca de los primeros asentamientos de Estados Unidos, las batallas y personas que hicieron de ese país lo que es hoy en día.
Historia de los diferentes grupos de inmigrantes que han llegado a los Estados Unidos.
En el libro se explica cómo algunas colonias del Imperio Español del siglo XVI pasaron a formar parte de Estados Unidos.
En el libro se registran las adquisiciones territoriales de Estados Unidos a lo largo de la historia.
Con la compra de Luisiana en 1803, Estados Unidos adquirió un gran territorio que pertenecía a Francia, duplicando así su tamaño y por lo que el presidente Thomas Jefferson tuvo un logro considerable.
Durante la colonización, los Grandes Lagos y sus ríos eran el único medio práctico de transporte de carga y personas en esa zona. Conoce cómo se exploró esta importante región de América del Norte con la llegada de los colonizadores europeos.
Explores the battlegrounds of Lebanon, its history, and the years of war that the country has endured.
Explores Sudan's conflict and hunger, internal division, civil wars and terror, as well as the uncertain peace. Discusses Darfur and beyond.
Presents the history of Iraq from the Sumerians to modern times, focusing on the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, its causes, and its consequences.
Explores the island nation of Indonesia, its outside influences, colonial rule, its troubled independence, reform, and an uncertain future.
This book profiles the discoveries and adventures of famous trappers and mountain men in American history, including Jedediah Smith, Lewis and Clark, and John Jacob Astor.
This book describes the history of whaling in America from its beginnings with Native Americans to its demise in 1924.
This book describes the events leading up to the battle between Santa Anna's Mexican army and Texas volunteers at the Alamo and how that battle helped to shape the future of America.
This book describes the history of Spanish missions in the Old West and how they helped to shape the development of the region.
This book chronicles the acquisition and settlement of the various territories that have not become states but are governed by the United States.
This book chronicles the Louisiana Purchase, the territory which reached from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, in 1803.