Featuring more than 1,000 photos, plus maps, charts, and profiles of famous Americans, this major reference is an essential resource for helping children relate today's news to the events of the past. Full color.
This pocket-sized book is the first osteopathic clinical manual to be organized by diagnoses in a two-page, quick-reference format. In the tradition of "The 5-Minute Consult Series", each diagnosis is presented on a two-page spread. The first page has a definition of the disease, a list of associated autonomic and motor innervations, and a list of ...
In Colonial Days, modern children spend a year in the life of the Mayhews, a colonial family of the Massachusetts colony. They'll follow Sara, Nathan, Benjamin, and Anne Mayhew through the year 1732. Along the way they'll get to try the crafts, chores, and games of colonial kids, like churning butter, dipping candles, playing Jack Straws, making ...
Pioneer Days introduces Liz and Sam Butler, two children living with their parents on the western frontier. Modern children will follow Liz and Sam through the year 1843, and along the way they'll do all the things the Butler kids did. They'll make pioneer "fast food", play games from the 1800s, learn crafts taught to Liz and Sam by their Native ...
With more than 100 full-color photographs and illustrations and detailed sidebars, these two new entries in DK's acclaimed Biography series celebrate two pioneers who changed how the world is viewed: scientist Charles Darwin and aviatrix Amelia Earhart.
* Master your short game - golf's own 'Red Zone' - from 100 yards to the pin * Akins and King offer simple, easy-to-adopt tips for improvement in wedges, bunker play, pitching, chipping, long and short putting By appraising themselves with this book's unique Red Zone test, readers can accurately assess their level of proficiency, their weaknesses ...
Now kids can find out how tough and exciting life was in America during World War II. This newest edition to the popular American Kids in History Series takes kids back to 1942 and introduces them to two fictional families, the Donatos and the Andersens. Kids can join 11-year-old Frank Donato in San Francisco as he makes a flashlight to use during ...
A collection of projects and activities that allow modern kids to experience the challenges of daily life for kids during the Revolutionary War by walking through a year in the life of two families.
The product of many years of deep research, this is a gripping and comprehensive collection of sightings of mysterious creatures in the waters in and around the British Isles. Every year, millions of people flock to places where sightings have been reported, such is the willingness to believe in the existence of these monsters. Whilst few will ...
Confidence in American government has been declining for three decades. Three-quarters of Americans said they trusted the Federal government to do the right thing in 1964. Today, only a quarter do. Why the decline? Is this mistrust a healthy reflection of America's long-lasting skepticism of a strong state? Is mistrust a problem for the future of ...
A fascinating collection of primary source documents in American history Original source documents provide a fascinating window on the day-to-day life of those who came before us and help students understand historic events. This latest volume in the American Heritage American Voices series offers dozens of documents covering America's westward ...
For most bills in American legislature, the issue of turf - or which committee has jurisdiction over a bill - is crucial. This study explains how jurisdictional areas for committees are created and changed in Congress, and dissects the politics of "turf-grabbing". Political scientists have long maintained that jurisdictions are relatively static, ...
Children can discover the richness of the Victorian period in America as they follow the lives of the Hobarts and the Kadinskys of New York City. Children will be able to try 30 fun and easy projects, recipes, activities and games.
In the days following the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., public trust and confidence in the federal government soared, despite a catastrophic failure to detect and deflect the terrorist attacks. Two weeks after the terrorist attacks, 64 percent of those responding to a Washington Post poll said they "trust the ...
The small island country of Taiwan is not really a country but a part of China called the Republic of China. However, there is still an active movement for independence on the island. With this tension influencing their politics, most Taiwanese are happy to get on with the business of living and continuing to grow a bustling economy. This book is ...
A rare first-hand glimpse of the Civil War through the words of those who were there This exciting new addition to the American Heritage American Voices series offers young readers insights into the culture and ideas of the Civil War era through a variety of primary sources. The book includes major historical documents, such as the Gettysburg ...
Now modern kids can travel back in time and experience one of the most dramatic and fascinating periods in American history. Civil War Days follows the Wheelers, an African-American family living in New York City, and the Parkhursts, a white family in Charleston, South Carolina, through the year 1862. Readers will join 11-year-old Emily Parkhurst ...
With modern and historic images, innovative page layouts, and compelling first-person accounts, this work offers an eye-opening look at the richness and variety of North American tribes, and a moving account of the European conquest.
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