"In this book, early fluent readers will learn about the causes, main events, key players, and lasting impacts of the Great Depression. Interesting photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about this important period in American history." --

The American one-room schools of the 1700's and 1800 is described. Covers such topics as architecture, furnishings, heating, and wood supply; the 3 R's- reading, 'riting and religion.

"A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead. The summer before his senior year in college, Greg Melville worked at the cemetery in his hometown, and thanks to hour upon hour of pushing a mower over the grassy acres, he came to realize what a rich story the place told of his town and its history. Thus was born Melville's lifelong curiosity with how, where, and why we bury and commemorate our...

In this book, early fluent readers will learn about the causes, main events, key players, and lasting impacts of the industrial revolution. Interesting photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about this important period in American history. An infographic enhances understanding of the industrial revolution, and What Do You Think? sidebars encourage deeper inquiry. A timeline highlights key events and dates. Industrial...

Respect yourself in the morning — read One-Night Stands with American History!

This collection of little-known facts and anecdotes is American history with the boring parts left out. Richard Shenkman and Kurt Reiger have uncovered numerous stories about hoaxes, inventions, secrets, and rare incidents — many involving the most famous and powerful people in America.

President U. S. Grant was arrested for speeding in his horse

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"America is the greatest democracy in the world ... isn't it? Author Elizabeth Rusch examines some of the more problematic aspects of our government but, more importantly, offers ways for young people to fix them."--

A renowned cultural critic untangles the twisted history and future of racism through its most volatile word.
The N Word reveals how the term "nigger" has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America over the four hundred years since it was first spoken on our shores. Asim pinpoints Thomas Jefferson as the source of our enduring image of the "nigger." In a seminal but now obscure essay, Jefferson marshaled a welter of pseudoscience

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Overturns the myths and misinformation that too often pass for American history. Loewen provides an examination of historic sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses, forts, and ships. The author uses his investigation of these public versions of history, often literally written in stone, to correct historical interpretations that are profoundly wrong, to...

Some tall tales and legends of history that are accepted as facts are exposed as fiction.

Discusses the economic, social, and religious reasons why immigrants, predominantly from northern Europe, and then from eastern and southern Europe, came to the United States. Considers incidents of prejudice experienced by these immigrants as well as contributions made by those of immigrant background.