In this article we identify opportunities for students to use timelines and textbooks to meet standards. Through the use of timelines, textbooks, and selected activities, upper elementary and middle school students are able to (1) be engaged in content area reading and writings; (2) understand large themes in social studies including time,…

Ten readers theatre scripts based on some of the most famous, sensational trials in U.S. history provide a fascinating glimpse into our past and our justice system. These compelling dramas are based on actual trial proceedings, and have been adapted to the interest and reading level of students in upper elementary and middle school. Details of the…

This textbook is an American history course intended for upper grammar grades and junior high school. It covers the time from European colonization to the post-World War I era.

This History of the United States has been prepared in order to meet the views of that large and increasing class of teachers who are aiming at definite results in this study. This manual is designed as a working book, and hence discards both the high-flown narrative style and the meaningless details of the majority of school histories. The text…

This educator guide provides background information on Wilbur and Orville Wright. It also presents activities on aeronautics that provide templates for building the 1900, 1901, and 1902 Gliders and the 1903 Flyer. Activities include: (1) Early Aviation; (2) Your First Interview; (3) Your First Report; (4) Build a Model of the 1900 Glider; (5)…

During the 19th and early part of the 20th century, many of those who came to the United States in search of a better life were from Europe. Since the 1960s, most immigrants have arrived from Asia, Mexico and Central America, the islands of the Caribbean Sea, and Africa. This book tells the story of these immigrants. What reasons do they have for…

Few historic episodes in American history have imparted a more potent plea for social justice and inclusion than the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. In the past two decades, legendary activist Bob Moses has channeled the best of the civil rights tradition into a campaign of school reform and curriculum development with the nationally…