Language arts explorer. History digs

Readers are encouraged to think like historians and piece together clues from an interview between a reporter and a museum curator about the Revolutionary War to determine its causes, how the war affected people during that time, and the influence of the war on the history of the United States.

Presents the journal of a student that provides a record of what he learned while researching the period of the Civil War and Reconstruction, from 1850 to 1877, while helping establish a Civil War museum in his town.

Young readers are given the assignment of learning about the history of U.S. industry between 1870 and 1900. Explores the new technology that was being invented at the time and how it changed men and women's everyday lives.

An introduction to America's colonization and settlement, describing what it was like to be one of the first settlers in Smithtown or Jamestown, how the towns were governed, what trades were practiced, how people dressed, played, socialized, and prayed, and where the original settlers came from.

Focuses on the growth and change of the United States in the 19th Century. This book, which follows a student learning about primary documents and artifacts on a field trip, will be an excellent selection for readers who want to know more about this important period in US history.

Readers are encouraged to think like historians and piece together clues from an interview between a reporter and a museum curator about the Revolutionary War to determine its causes, how the war affected people during that time, and the influence of the war on the history of the United States.

Follows the history of the United States from the Great Depression through World War II. This book, which follows a student researcher investigating primary sources, will be an excellent selection for readers who want to know more about this challenging period in US history.

Following a student who is helping make a documentary film, this engaging title takes readers on a journey of US history from its beginnings to 1620, a period that the three worlds of Europe, North America, and Africa meet.

Discusses American history between 1890 and 1930 and encourages students to think like historians and decipher the information, facts, and clues in the text to answer questions about the Progressive Era, women's suffrage, child labor laws, and other related topics.

Discusses American history between 1801 and 1861 and encourages students to think like historians and decipher the information, facts, and clues in the text to answer questions about the Louisiana Purchase, the California Gold Rush, the Underground Railroad, and other related topics.