Explores archaeological sites and artifacts, art, architecture, and writings to provide insights into life in the ancient Aegean civilization, showing how archaeologists pieced together the history of the ancient Minoans and Mycenaeans using discoveries from ancient ruins as well as clues from the Greek myths.
the story of Clotee, a slave girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859
1999
In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.
Presents an overview of how the various systems of the human are interconnected to form one large system, explaining how cells, tissues, and organs each perform their own specialized job.
Provides an introduction to the male and female reproductive and endocrine systems, discussing growth, puberty, sexual maturity, the production of sex cells, and the process of fertilization.
Covers the history of the United States including the rise of organized labor; strikes and labor strife; women and children in the workplace; political corruption and city machine politics; and Populists, Socialists, and Anarchists.
