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Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text.

Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text.

The teaching guides developed for Middle/High schools were created to support 8th grade American history content standards and learning frameworks. They present concise menus of ideas for teachers working with developing critical thinkers. Where the Elementary level teaching... Read Full Overview

How did compliant colonials with strong ties to Europe get the notion to become an independent nation? Perhaps the seeds of liberty were planted in the 1735 historic courtroom battle for the freedom of the press. Or maybe the French and Indian War did it, when colonists were... Read Full Overview

How did compliant colonials with strong ties to Europe get the notion to become an independent nation? Perhaps the seeds of liberty were planted in the 1735 historic courtroom battle for the freedom of the press. Or maybe the French and Indian War did it, when colonists were... Read Full Overview

The Revolutionary War! The Americans fight for freedom in From Colonies to Country. In this enthralling story we meet George Washington, King George III, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, Eliza Pinckney, and Alexander Hamilton. The French and Indian War, the writing and signing of the... Read Full Overview

From when he was twelve years old Robert Radnor had been in love with the idea of being a sailor. And a sailor he became, at home on the sea as other men were on land. Until the year of 1948, on board the steamship Golden Delta, serving as first officer under Captain Peeke, when... Read Full Overview

Covers American history from the French and Indian War to the Constitutional Convention

This teaching guide accompanies the third edition of the pioneering history of the United States. Like A History of US, this guide is designed as a flexible resource to be used with students at varying levels. Each guide presents conceptual frameworks, teaching strategies, and... Read Full Overview

The story of a nation-making transformation, as compliant American colonists decide to declare their independence from the English.