A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.Workbook for Students studying the Young Readers Edition of Land of Hope. Middle School, Grades 6-8The FIRST Student Workbook to accompany the two-volume Young Readers Edition of Land of HopeThis Student Workbook to the Young Reader’s Edition of Wilfred ...

A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.Workbook for students studying the Young Readers Edition of Land of Hope. Middle School, Grades 6-8The SECOND Student Workbook to accompany the two-volume Young Readers Edition of Land of HopeThis Student Workbook to the Young Reader’s Edition of Wilfred...

A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.Guide for Teachers using Land of Hope: Young Readers Edition. Middle School grades 6-8The SECOND Teachers Guide to accompany the two-volume narrative Land of Hope: Young Readers EditionThis Teacher's Guide to the Young Reader's Edition of Wilfred McClay's Land of...

A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.Guide for Teachers using Land of Hope: Young Readers Edition. Middle School grades 6-8The FIRST Teachers Guide to accompany the two-volume narrative Land of Hope: Young Readers EditionThis Teacher's Guide to the Young Reader's Edition of Wilfred...

The truth about America is revealed in this first of four volumes of the young readers’ edition of The Untold History of the United States, from Academy Award–winning director Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, adapted by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.There is history as we know it. And there is history we should have known.Complete with photos, illustrations, and little-known documents, this first of four volumes covers crucial moments in American histor...

Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932) presented an essay at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 that would change the study of American History forever. This essay would ultimately be published with twelve supporting articles to form "The Frontier in American History". Turner was an innovator in that he was one of the first to call attention to the Frontier as an integral part of the study of The United States of America. Turner himself grew up on the Frontier, living in Wisconsin for the b...

A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.American History for Middle School — Grades 6-8The SECOND book in a two-volume narrative for Young Readers studyingLand of HopeVOLUME TWO: THE MAKING OF MODERN AMERICA, From 1877 to 2020The Founders of the American nation would have had trouble recognizing...

A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.American History for Middle School — Grades 6-8The FIRST book in a two-volume narrative for Young Readers studying Land of HopeVOLUME ONE: SHAPING A NEW NATION, From 1492 to 1877From its beginnings America was a land of hope, a magnet for those see...

Struggling against unjust taxation and British intervention in colonial affairs, the colonies that would come to be part of the United States of America were ripe for revolution in the late eighteenth century. Led by impassioned individuals, Americans waged a series of protests against the British that eventually led to the Revolutionary War and effectively culminated with the War of 1812. In this compelling volume, readers are introduced to the architects of American independence and thei...

Timeless collection of the most significant speeches of the 20th century by rank, featuring John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Barbara Charline Jordan, and more. The speeches are rated on two criteria: rhetorical artistry and historical impact. There are no restrictions on the genres or topics of speeches, or on the number of speeches from a single speaker.VOLUMNE 1: Rank 1 - 25THIS BOOK INCLUDES FULL TEXT & AUDIO.

In 1915, the United States experienced the 9/11 of its time. A German torpedo sank the Lusitania killing nearly 2,000 innocent passengers. The ensuing hysteria helped draw the United States into World War I the bitter, brutal conflict that became known as the Great War and the War to End All Wars. But as U.S. troops fought to make the world safe for democracy abroad, our own government eroded freedoms at home, especially for German-Americans. Free speech was no longer an operating principl...

Characterized largely by expansionism, economic growth, and social and political reform, the period in American history following the War of 1812 proved advantageous to a number of Americans. Even as many industries flourished, political unrest remained on the horizon as legislators debated the issue of slavery and the handling of newly acquired territories. Complete with eyewitness descriptions of key events and issues as well as seminal documents of the time, this absorbing volume recoun...