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This guide will introduce you to a variety of local, state, and federal resources, as well as information on elections and access to government documents.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Relates the history of environmental protection in the United States, explains how environmental issues have helped shape the world as we know it, and discusses both historical and present-day problems.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Briely introduces the life of Benjamin Franklin, touching on his inventions and his contributions to the city of Philadelphia as well as to the newly formed United States of America.
4) John Adams
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Provides comprehensive information on President John Adams and places him within his historical and cultural context. Also explored are the formative events of his times and how he responded"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Explore the life of a colonial schoolmaster and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life, responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Explore the life of a colonial innkeeper and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life, responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Explore the life of a colonial silversmith and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life, responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.
8) The farmer
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Explore the life of a colonial farmer and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life, responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief overview of the life of the man who was President of the United States during the difficult years of the Civil War and who issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.
10) John Muir
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life of John Muir, the naturalist who formed the Sierra Club to help preserve the Sierra Mountains.
12) Amelia Earhart
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces to readers the life and legacy of the first female air pilot who disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 while on a flight around the world.
13) Henry Ford
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Looks at the life a Henry Ford, the man responisible for mass producing the automobile in the early part of the twentieth century.
16) The gunsmith
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Explores the life of a colonial gunsmith and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.
17) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life and work of Harriet Tubman, who helped free slaves through the Underground Railroad and continued helping freed slaves after the Civil War.
18) Laura Bush
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An introduction to the life of the former Texas librarian and teacher who, as the wife of the forty-third president, became first lady in 2001.
19) George W. Bush
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An introduction to the life of George W. Bush, who became the forty-third president after the closest presidential race in United States history.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of the thirty-second president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose three terms in office spanned the years of the Depression and the Second World War.
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