southern states

While spending a summer at the family lake house, eighteen-year-old Sawyer finally learns the full truth about her complicated family.

While spending a summer at the family lake house, eighteen-year-old Sawyer finally learns the full truth about her complicated family.

Set in the poverty-stricken South of 1933, tells the story of a Black family's struggle to hold onto the land they have owned for three generations.

In the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British Empire was with the help of the French navy. But as he had learned after two years of trying, coordinating his army's movements with those of a fleet of warships based thousands of miles away was next to impossible. And then, on September 5, 1781, the impossible happened. Recognized today as one of the most important naval engagements in the history of the world, the Battle of the Chesapeake--fought without a single American ship--made the subsequent victory of the Americans at Yorktown a virtual inevitability.

A series of vignettes reveal life in the Deep South for African Americans as they experience discrimination in a doctor's office, lynching, and other forms of oppression, especially during the 1960s.

You will travel through history when you venture into the Southern region of the United States. Explore one of the thirteen colonies, visit many of the battlefields from the Civil War, or discover the home of Mound Builders, an ancient Native American tribe. The South experiences hot summers and mild winters, making it the perfect destination spot for people in the winter. Rock and roll at Graceland in Memphis or make a bet at the Kentucky Derby! Feel the warmth of southern hospitality while you venture through this U.S. region. This book will allow students to ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Presents a collection of twenty-one short fiction stories and novellas by American author Carson McCullers, including "The Member of the Wedding," and "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe," two of her most critically acclaimed works. The plays with the same titles were based on these novellas.