hoover dam (ariz. and nev.)

Explore the power of dams, meet courageous builders and relive deadly disasters. Includes the Aswan Dam, the Hoover Dam and the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

Your mission is to learn more about water power.

Documents the building of Hoover Dam during the Great Depression, using archival footage and interviews with witnesses to examine the challenges workers faced in completing one of history's greatest engineering feats.

"A nonfiction exploration of the building of the Hoover Dam, revealing the causes, effects, and lasting legacies of one of America's most recognizable and misrepresented landmarks"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the science and engineering behind the Hoover Dam.

"Gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the building of the Hoover Dam. Additional features include a table of contents, a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research"--Amazon.com.

Introduces readers to the Hoover Dam through a guessing game.

The Hoover Dam is an extraordinary dam. It provides water to much of the US Southwest! In Building the Hoover Dam, young readers will find out more about this engineering marvel and how it was built.

Discussing when and how the Hoover Dam was built and describes the working conditions of employees and social conditions of the early 1930s.

Collects five episodes of "American Experience" that examine historical and significant events from the 1930s, covering the stock market crash of 1929, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the construction of the Hoover Dam, the Dust Bowl, and Seabiscuit.