During the Civil War, at first black Americans weren't allowed to serve in the Union army. When they were finally allowed in, they served in separate units with white commanders. The most famous of these units is the Massachusetts 54th regiment.
Demonstrates how to use award-winning books as springboards to social studies in the library and classroom and how to expand student awareness and appreciation of illustration techniques.
A look at the contributions of Paul Revere and the Minutemen, George Washington and the Continental Army, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Davy Crockett, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks.
Contains brief video presentations of many important turning points in world history such as: The Crusades; French Revolution; Russian Revolution; Fall of the Berlin Wall, etc.
