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1) Citizenship
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teaches young learners the importance of being a good citizen by helping out neighbors and other areas of the community, obeying the laws, and learning about voting.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discover the people behind the biggest real estate transaction in U.S. history, and the extraordinary expedition that explored and mapped it.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastics Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1110L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A look at the French Revolution and the events surrounding it.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1080L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some cvolor) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Learn about the massacre that took place on Tiananmen Square in China and how it impacted the world.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
910L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), map (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of the forced re-location of five southeastern U.S. Indian nations in the 19th century.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the details of the California Gold Rush, from the miner's daily lives to the methods they used to pan for gold.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1040L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the events that led to the Boston Massacre and how they shaped our nation today.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1080L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book will tell you why people wanted the Panama Canal to be built and what difficulties were faced in the construction of the canal.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Learn about the Great Depression, from its roots in the economic boom of the 1920s to its conclusion during World War II.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of the famous statue, including its origin as a gift from France and its construction.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the events of the French and Indian War, from the war's start with Washington's surrender to the French in 1754 to its conclusion with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses this pivotal event in the lead-up to the American colonies' break with Great Britain and the tense atmosphere in Boston due to various new laws and impositions on the colonists by England.
13) The Vietnam War
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1020L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Presents the timeline of the Vietnam War, including the causes of the conflict and the role played by the United States' involvement, and explores the war's impact upon today's political and cultural development.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1090L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the events leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the details of the attack itself, and the ensuing reaction of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1110L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Read how the events surrounding the Gettysburg Address shaped our nation today.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Describes the events surrounding the Emancipation Proclamation, including its impact on the nation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1040L
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a brief history of African-Americans and of slavery in seventeenth and eighteenth century America.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Read all about the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the man who shot him and two others.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1100L
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Read about the events and people involved in the United States government's search for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the raid on his secret compound.
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