By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 26430ISBN: 978-0-635-02643-9Format: Paperback
James Langston Hughes was an important writer in African American history. He was actively involved in the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote poems, books, African American history. He was actively involved in and articles about African American history and culture. His words changed how blacks saw themselves. He helped promote a movement from a small one to a national one!
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 26481ISBN: 978-0-635-02648-4Format: Paperback
After the civil War Congress created several all Black regiments. These often untrained soldiers were sent to the Western frontier to protect the railroads and settlers from Indians. They were so brave the Indians called them "Buffalo Soldiers" out of respect! They became living legends. They even went on to fight in World War I and II!
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 26511ISBN: 978-0-635-02651-4Format: Paperback
This Biography Reader is a one-of-a-kind curriculum supplement! This student resource is not your ordinary biography; it’s a little book packed with facts, trivia, and activities that promotes reading, writing and discussion!
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 26775ISBN: 978-0-635-02677-4Format: Paperback
Did You Know...Jesse Owens broke three world records and tied a fourth in less than one hour? Jesse broke three Olympic records and one world record in the 1936 Olympics? Jessee raced against thoroughbred horses before Negro League baseball games? Jessee was awarded the highest honor a civilian can receive, the Medal of Freedom? Would you like to know more? Read and learn with this entertaining activity book!
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 26805ISBN: 978-0-635-02680-4Format: Paperback
The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine. Years before George Washington would become President of a brand new country called "The United States of America," Thomas Jefferson hunkered down in a candle-it room and penned a letter that shook loose the heavy iron chains of tyrannical monarchy. In writing the simple, "... we hold these truths to be self-evident - that all men are created equal." Thomas Jefferson told the King of England that the colonists were not going to be treated as his inferior subjects any longer. This book describes fascinating facts and fun activities your students will love! The American Milestone series are a favorite among teachers nationwide! This book includes ideas for lesson plans, hands-on activities, biographies, fascinating facts and stories. Your students will be amazed as they study the Declaration of Independence. The American Milestone series meets national and social studies standards. This 32-page book is reproducible and educational.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 26848ISBN: 978-0-635-02684-2Format: Paperback
The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine. This book provides an in-depth look at our nations history and one of the most significant judicial turning points in our country. The Brown decision initiated educational and social reform throughout the United States. This book describes fascinating facts and fun activities your students will love! The American Milestone series are a favorite among teachers nationwide! Each book includes ideas for lesson plans, hands-on activities, biographies, fascinating facts and stories. Your students will be amazed as they study Brown v. Board of Education because it is not simply about children and education but it improved human rights struggles across the country and around the world. The American Milestone series meets national and social studies standards. This 28-page comprehensive book is reproducible and educational.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 26902ISBN: 978-0-635-02690-3Format: Paperback
The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine. The Founding Fathers had worked hard through the long, hot summer of 1787. When all was said and done, the foundation of America's government had been poured into the Constitution of the United Sates. Their work, however, was not yet finished. The States, in adopting the new Constitution, argued that the next layer of the foundation must establish and protect the rights of individual citizens. This book describes fascinating facts and fun activities your students will love! The American Milestone series are a favorite among teachers nationwide! This book includes ideas for lesson plans, hands-on activities, biographies, fascinating facts and stories. Your students will be amazed as they study the Bill of Rights. The American Milestone series meets national and social studies standards. This 28-page book is reproducible and educational.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 2828XISBN: 978-0-635-02828-0Format: Paperback
Did you know...Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to Congress? Shirley grew up in Barbados? Shirley served four terms in Congress? Shirley was a nursery school teacher? Would you like to know more? Read and learn with this entertaining activity book.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 28395ISBN: 978-0-635-02839-6Format: Paperback
Did you know...That the quilters of Gee's Bend are all African Americans? That they learned their skill by passing it down one generation to the other? That they made quilts of "found" materials such as old work pants? That today many of these quilts hang in world-famous museums? Would you like to know more? Read and learn with this entertaining activity book.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 28468ISBN: 978-0-635-02846-4Format: Paperback
Did you know...P.B.S. Pinchback had 9 brothers and sisters? Pinchback had to work 3 jobs to help his family? Jean Toomer, a famous writer, was Pinchback's grandson? Pinchback was the first African American governor in the United States. Would you like to know more? Read and learn with this entertaining activity book.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 28492ISBN: 978-0-635-02849-5Format: Paperback
Did you know...New Orleans, Louisiana is the birth place of jazz music? There are six famous jazz musicians in the Marsalis family? Ellis Marsalis, Jr. is called a "Father of Jazz?" Wynton Marsalis became a famous musician even before his father did? Would you like to know more? Read and learn with this entertaining activity book.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 28530ISBN: 978-0-635-02853-2Format: Paperback
If Tiger Woods got kids to play golf, watch Obama get them interested in public service and politics! DID YOU KNOW?: Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii!…Barack graduated with honors from Harvard Law School!…Barack was a professor at the University of Chicago Law School!…Barack is only the fifth black U.S. senator in the history of the United States!
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