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"None of them were great or famous, but they were strong and good. They worked hard and had many children. They all helped to make the United States the great nation that it now is. Let us be proud of them and guard well the heritage they have left us." Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1941, They Were Strong and Good is a classic book that follows the path of one family’s journey through American history.Sku: 9780670699490
They Were Strong and Good
By: Robert Lawson$24.99 -
SaleThis package is customizable! So the pricing on this package will vary depending on which books you include in the package. Please make your selection and see what the price is at the bottom of this page. These books were carefully chosen by Memoria Press to cover a variety of time periods and characters, and they are on a reading level for independent reading by students. What a great way to study American history as a young student – by reading good books and immersing themselves in the lives and culture of those who have made history in America!
Third Grade Supplemental Reading for American Studies Set
By: From:$144.36Original price was: $144.36.$137.15Current price is: $137.15.By: From:$144.36Original price was: $144.36.$137.15Current price is: $137.15. Select options Quick View -
The history of the United States told by H.E. Marshall.2 GradesSku: 9781925729757
This Country of Ours
By: H.E. Marshall$25.50 – $58.95 -
From the author’s website: Thomas Jefferson loved books, reading, and libraries, and he started accumulating books as a young man. This original and lyrical picture-book biography tells the story of how Jefferson’s vast book collections helped to create the world’s largest library, the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.Sku: 9781590789322
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
By: Barb Rosenstock$23.99 -
Harper Lee's Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honour and injustice in the deep south—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred.Sku: 9780060935467
To Kill a Mockingbird
By: Harper Lee$21.00 -
A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes, Lynda Blackmon Lowery.Sku: 9780147512161
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom
By: Lynda Blackmon Lowery$16.50 -
SaleThe Student Book contains assignments, instructions, engaging source texts, blank outlines, checklists, sample compositions, and clever vocabulary cards. The Teacher's Manual contains answer keys, embedded images of student pages, teaching tips, vocabulary quizzes, student exemplars, simplified source texts, and advanced source texts for older students.Sku: 9781623413262
U.S. History-Based Writing Lessons 2nd Ed.- Teacher/Student Combo
By: Lori Verstegen$89.00Original price was: $89.00.$76.54Current price is: $76.54.By: Lori Verstegen$89.00Original price was: $89.00.$76.54Current price is: $76.54. Select options Quick View -
The novel that changed the course of American history Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave Uncle Tom, it aimed to show how Christian love can overcome any human cruelty.Sku: 9780140390032
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
By: Harriet Beecher Stowe$16.00 -
In simply written yet stirring passages, Booker T. Washington tells of his impoverished childhood and youth, the unrelenting struggle for an education, early teaching assignments, his selection in 1881 to head Tuskegee Institute, and more.Sku: 9780486287386
Up From Slavery
By: Booker T. Washington$6.50 -
In Up from Slavery, Washington recounts the story of his life—from slave to educator. The early sections deal with his upbringing as a slave and his efforts to get an education. Washington details his transition from student to teacher, and outlines his own development as an educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In the final chapters of Up From Slavery, Washington describes his career as a public speaker and civil rights activist.1 GradeSku: 9780679640141
Up From Slavery
By: Booker T. Washington$24.95 -
From the Publisher: This is a beautiful two-sided map of the United States of America on one side and the Original 13 Colonies on the other.4 GradesSku: 9781893103948
USA and Colonies Map
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Marrin writes of Lee while including the stories of the ordinary soldiers, the Johnny Rebs and Billy Yanks. The victories, defeats, successes and failures of each side are portrayed in vivid and personal detail.Sku: 9781893103146
Virginia’s General: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War
By: Albert Marrin$21.95 -
Christopher Columbus thought he knew where he was going. He had planned to be the first to cross the ocean and reach the rich lands of the Indies. And when he returned to Spain, he insisted to everyone who would listen that he'd succeeded. But that wasn't exactly true. Little did Columbus know that his mistake would come to be known as America!Sku: 9780698115804
Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus?
By: Jean Fritz$12.50 -
From the Publisher: Newbery Honor author Jean Fritz makes Patrick Henry's history come alive! Patrick Henry wasn't particularly well spoken. As a lawyer, he mumbled through some of his early cases. But when the issue was freedom, Patrick Henry was transformed into a natural orator. Jean Fritz makes history come alive as she chronicles the life of a man who moved a nation.Sku: 9780698114395
Where was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?
By: Jean Fritz$11.99 -
Orphaned at a young age, William Bradford was formed by forces which were providentially preparing him for the great call upon his life. Follow his life from his boyhood in Scrooby, England through the years when he led the Pilgrims as the first governor of Plymouth Plantation.Sku: 9781893103344
William Bradford: Pilgrim Boy
By: Bradford Smith$14.95 -
A soldier's extensive account of his life during the American Revolution after enlisting at age fifteen.Sku: 9780823411801
Yankee Doodle Boy
By: Joseph Plumb Martin, Edited by George F. Scheer$13.99