Russell Freedman
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"For a long time, most people believed that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to 'discover' America--the first to make a successful round-trip voyage across the Atlantic. But in recent years, as new evidence has come to light, our understanding of history has changed. We know now that Columbus was among the last explorers to reach the Americas, not the first"--Book jacket.
Author
Pub. Date
copyright 2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
12) Immigrant kids
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Text and contemporary photographs chronicle the life of immigrant children at home, school, work, and play during the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Life was hard for children during the Great Depression: kids had to do without new clothes, shoes, or toys, and many couldn't attend school because they had to work. Even so, life still had its bright spots. Take a closer look at the lives of young Americans during this era.