social aspects

"Trying to visually trace each person's roots, which can span multiple countries and continents, could look like a massive, tangled ball of yarn. Immigration has been a hot-button issue since the dawn of civilization, with each country's government policies allowing them to dictate who can stay, who should go, and who isn't even allowed to enter. Readers will learn about migrants and refugees and some of the reasons for leaving home behind. Through this engaging text they will recognize the intricacies of a complex issue that cannot be boiled down to 'good' or 'bad'"--Provided by the publisher.

Explores the history of the Fifth Regiment of Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops, examining contemporary writings to provide insight into why these men, living free in the North, chose to fight in the Civil War.

Jos? Ordu?a chronicles the process of becoming an American citizen in a post-9/11 United States, from the poverty he endured as a child to finally becoming naturalized and feeling like he had a place of belonging.

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.