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Welcome to Addy's World, 1864: Growing Up During America's Civil War
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Describes the conditions of African Americans in the North and the South during and immediately after the Civil War.
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Welcome to Kirsten's World, 1854: Growing Up in Pioneer America
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Susan Sinnott, Laszlo Kubinyi (Illustrator), David Henderson (Illustrator)
Presents a look at daily life in pioneer America during the 1850s by following a family that emigrates from Sweden to Minnesota.
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Chinese Railroad Workers
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The dramatic completion of the construction of the transcontinental railroad was possible because of the significant contributions of thousands of workers from China. The hardships and dangers encountered by the workers as well as their indomitable spirits are a moving testimony to human achievement.
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China
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An introduction to the geography, history, culture, and people of China.
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Lorraine Hansberry: Award-Winning Playwright and Civil Rights Activist
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Lorraine Hansberry is the story of a young woman, who almost single-handedly broke down Broadway's colour barrier. Her first play, A Raisin in the Sun was an overnight sensation in 1959 as both black and white audiences identified with it.
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Japan
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This book is both a history of Japan and a social, cultural, political, and economic critique of the country and its people. The author, an American journalist who has spent over a decade in Asia, analyzes Western perceptions of Japan and speculates on the country's probable future in light of profound changes that have occurred since the Cold War.
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Extraordinary Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
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This series meets National Curriculum Standards for: Science: History and Nature of Science Science and Technology Science as Inquiry Science in Personal and Social Perspectives. Social Studies: Culture People, Places, & Environments Science, Technology, & Society
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Sarah Childress Polk
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A biography of the First Lady who served as personal secretary to her husband, the eleventh president of the United States, and who was thereby involved in the daily workings of his administration.
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Extraordinary Hispanic Americans
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Profiles the lives of Hispanics who helped shape the history of the United States.
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Charley Waters Goes to Getybrg
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Susan Sinnott, Dorothy Handelman (Illustrator)
Charley and his family travel to Gettysburg to participate in a reenactment of the crucial 1863 Civil War battle. The line between past and present becomes blurred as the emotion and importance of the events take hold.
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Our Burden of Shame: Japanese-A
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In the shadow of the Holocaust, it's easy to forget the crimes that occurred in our own country during World War II. This look at the internment of Japanese Americans by the U.S. government makes us all question our right to freedom as Americans.
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Frances Folsom Cleveland
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Presents a biography of the woman whose husband served as both twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States.
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Mamie Doud Eisenhower
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A biography of the wife of the thirty-fourth president of the United States, an excellent White House hostess and a popular First Lady who did not involve herself in politics.
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Extraordinary Asian Pacific Americans
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Biographical sketches of notable Asian Americans and Pacific Americans, including cinematographer James Howe, scholar and politician S. I. Hayakawa, and novelist Amy Tan.
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Zebulon Pike: Up the Mississippi and Out to the Rockies
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Describes the adventures and travels of the army officer who explored the upper Mississippi, Great Plains, and Colorado area before the War of 1812.
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau: Undersea Adventurer
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Examines the life and accomplishments of the celebrated French oceanographer.
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Doing Our Part: American Women on the Home Front During World War II
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During World War II, the need for war-production was so great, America mobilized its force of potential women workers for the first time. Discover how women coped with our nation's biggest double standard as we urged them to do their part in the war effort and then resented their success.
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Charley Waters Goes to Gettysburg
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Susan Sinnott, Dorothy Handelman (Photographer)
Charley and his dad are Civil War reenactors. Their hobby takes them to Gettysburg where Charley gets caught up in the action, excitement, and emotion of the battle they are reenacting.
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Contemporary Perspectives on Constitutional Interpretation
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Susan J Brison (Editor), Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Editor)
Current controversies over abortion, affirmative action, school prayer, hate speech, and other issues have sparked considerable public debate about how the U. S. Constitution should be interpreted. Such controversies, along with the changing composition of an often deeply divided Supreme Court, have led to a resurgence of interest in theories of ...
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