social aspects

At the age of 8, Reyna Grande made the dangerous and illegal trek across the border from Mexico to the United States, and discovered that the American Dream is much more complicated that it seemed.

Traces the author's experiences as an illegal child immigrant, describing her father's violent alcoholism, her efforts to obtain a higher education, and the inspiration of Latina authors.

This book describes daily life for Northerners during the Civil War. Topics include rural and urban life, how soldiers lived in the field, different ways in which civilians helped to support the troops, and the adverse conditions that blacks faced.

Explores what life was like during the time of the American Revolution.

Debate topics include: Did 20th-century immigration harm the US economy, worsen crime, threaten American culture? Did 20th-century America have room for new immigrants?.

For author Mulligan Sep?lveda, the son and husband of Spanish-speaking immigrants, the battle for immigration reform is personal. Mulligan Sep?lveda writes of visiting border detention centers, defending undocumented immigrants in court, and taking his services to JFK to represent people being turned away at the gates during Trump's infamous travel ban.

"An intimate portrait of the artist [John Singleton Copley] and his extraordinary times ... [this book] reveals the world of the American Revolution, a place in time riven by divided loyalties and tangled sympathies"--Dust jacket.

Excerpts from the diary of Carrie Berry, describing her family's life in the Confederate south in 1864. Supplemented by sidebars, activities, and a timeline of the era.

Meet nine courageous young adults who have lived in the United States with a secret for much of their lives: they are not U.S. citizens. They came from Colombia, Mexico, Ghana, Independent Samoa, and Korea. They came seeking education, fleeing violence, and escaping poverty. All have heartbreaking and hopeful stories about leaving their homelands and starting a new life in America. And all are weary of living in the shadows.

Discusses the debates surrounding immigration and travel restrictions.