Examining primary sources

This book tells the story behind the narratives formerly enslaved people wrote about their lives in captivity. Each spread provides information about the context, wording, and lasting effects of the documents paired with interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images.

Explores the story behind the U.S. Constitution by asking and then answering twelve questions.

Explores the story behind the writing of "The star-spangled banner" by asking and then answering twelve questions.

Asks and answers twelve questions about slave narratives, or autobiographical stories, about the time different slaves spent in captivity.

Tells the story behind Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride," as well as the historical facts of and impact of the event.

"Tells the story behind the law that forced thousands of American Indians out of their ancestral homelands. Each spread provides information about the context, wording, and lasting effects of the document paired with interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images"--Amazon.com.

Explores the story behind Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address by asking and then answering twelve questions.

"Tells the story behind the "birth certificate" of the United States. Each spread provides information about the context, wording, and lasting effects of the document paired with interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images"--Amazon.com.

"Tells the story behind the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution. Each spread provides information about the context, wording, and lasting effects of the document paired with interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images"--Amazon.com.