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Created Equal

Speaking out

the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1964
Presents a short study of the Civil Rights movement between 1950 and 1964, and describes the Jim Crow laws, segregation, marches, Brown v. Board of Education, the Little Rock Nine, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and much more.
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New beginnings

Jamestown and the Virginia Colony, 1607-1699
2005
Presents a short study of the Jamestown colony from its beginning in 1607 to the establishment of the new capital of Williamsburg in 1699.

Bright ideas

the age of invention in America, 1870-1910
2005
Presents a short study of several inventions that came into use between 1870 and 1910 including the automobile and airplane, the telephone and electric light bulb, vacuum cleaners, typewriters, and other things that changed the ways in which people lived.

Cultures collide

Native Americans and Europeans, 1492-1700
2004
Presents a children's study of the cultural differences between the Native Americans and the early Europeans from 1492 to 1700, and discusses the various native homes and customs as well as the changes that they incurred as a result of European expansion.
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