Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of continuity and change in homes and home life in the United States, including such topics as types of homes, house work, playing, bathing, sleeping, and more.
Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of continuity and change in cities in the United States, including such topics as transportation, homes, recreation, and employment.
Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of change and continuity in American schools, covering such topics as travel to school, subjects studied, and the nature of the classrooms.
Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of change and continuity in American farms during the past 150 years, covering such topics as types of farms, farm buildings, farm life, and the effects of weather on farming.
In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.
Describes the transportation, schools, housing, shopping, working, recreation, and other aspects of life in a typical American town, using Elkton, Maryland, as an example.
Describes the housing, schools, transportation, recreational opportunities, shopping, and other aspects of life in the suburbs, using Rancho Bernardo, California, as an example.
Uses Wilton, North Dakota, as an example to introduce farm towns through distinguishing characteristics such as their homes, schools, stores, means of transportation, and places of employment.
Describes the transportation, schools, housing, shopping, working, recreation, and other aspects of life in a large city, using Chicago, Illinois, as an example.
Reconstructs a possible mission of the fourteen-year-old spy who carried messages to George Washington's camp in the buttons of his coat during the Revolutionary War.
