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Olympians vs. Titans by Jessica Gunderson
epub |eng | 2017-01-24 | Author:Jessica Gunderson [Gunderson, Jessica]

Press here. To call to the eagle. To let the eagle carry you away. You realize the eagle is an omen of victory. He vows to help you win the ...
( Category: Ancient October 1,2023 )
S is for Show Me by Judy Young
epub |eng | 2001-10-15 | Author:Judy Young

Q The strongest earthquakes recorded in North America were the New Madrid (pronounced MAD-rid) Earthquakes, which started suddenly on December 16, 1811. In 13 weeks, over 1,800 shocks were counted; ...
( Category: State & Local October 1,2023 )
The Gold Rush by Theresa Morlock
epub |eng | | Author:Theresa Morlock

Life in Mining Towns As mining camps began to form, each district established a set of rules. Without a government or other authority to enforce these rules, however, property claims ...
( Category: Exploration & Discovery October 1,2023 )
Louisiana Purchase by Peter Roop
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Roop

6 FRANCE GETS KICKED OUT AND BRITAIN GETS THE BOOT While the Spanish and French were claiming land, the British were busy too. They had landed on the Atlantic coast ...
( Category: Exploration & Discovery September 17,2023 )
The Colony of North Carolina by Joyce Jeffries
epub |eng | 2016-09-15 | Author:Joyce Jeffries

The French and Indian War was just one part of a worldwide war between Britain and France. Tea Parties Although the Stamp Act was repealed in 1766, Britain continued to ...
( Category: History September 17,2023 )
Project Toad by Carol Kim
epub |eng | 2023-04-21 | Author:Carol Kim [Kim, Carol]

Shawn was laughing harder now. “I told you! It’s like they’re trying to eat anything that moves,” he gasped. Max grinned. “Their eyesight is terrible. When they see movement, they ...
( Category: Asia September 3,2023 )
Discovery in Great Sand Dunes National Park by Aaron Johnson
epub |eng | | Author:Aaron Johnson [Johnson, Aaron]

Chapter 17 The End of a Long Day “I can’t tell if I’m more tired or more hungry.” Wes pressed his fork into the flakey crust of his pot pie, ...
( Category: State & Local September 2,2023 )
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad by Dudley Gold Susan;
epub |eng | | Author:Dudley Gold, Susan;

Slave catchers capture a runaway slave under fugitive slave laws in effect at the time. The provision remained as part of the Constitution until the passage of Thirteenth Amendment barred ...
( Category: Civil War Era August 22,2023 )
Desegregation in Little Rock: Executive Order 10730 by Bryan Bethany;
epub |eng | | Author:Bryan, Bethany;

Today, an executive order is essentially a directive from the president that bypasses Congress. These are often issued during times of crisis when Congress wouldn’t usually have time to act. ...
( Category: 1900s August 22,2023 )
Slave Narratives and the Writings of Freedmen by Paley Caitlyn;
epub |eng | 2016-08-15 | Author:Paley, Caitlyn;

Best Sellers and Targets Slave narratives such as those of William and Ellen Craft, Henry “Box” Brown, and Frederick Douglass became a popular genre of literature. In the mid-1800s, many ...
( Category: History August 22,2023 )
Frederick Douglass and William Garrison by Morretta Alison;
epub |eng | 2016-08-15 | Author:Morretta, Alison;

Anti-abolitionists in the North often published handbills, such as this one, which published details about local antislavery meetings and urged people to cause trouble. That infamous foreign scoundrel [George] Thompson ...
( Category: History August 22,2023 )
The Women's Rights Movement and Abolitionism by Dudley Gold Susan;
epub |eng | 2016-08-15 | Author:Dudley Gold, Susan;

No Women Allowed At the 1840 meeting, AAS members appointed a delegation of men and women to attend the upcoming World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. The organizers of the convention ...
( Category: History August 22,2023 )
The Fact or Fiction Behind Battles and Wars by Barnham Kay;
epub |eng | | Author:Barnham, Kay; [Author, Unknown]

In the movie version of Shakespeare’s Henry V (1944), legendary actor Sir Laurence Olivier, wearing a full suit of armor, is hoisted into his saddle by a crane. So it ...
( Category: Military & Wars August 22,2023 )
World War II in Europe and North Africa by George Enzo;
epub |eng | | Author:George, Enzo; [George, Enzo]

Women at Work The whole U.S. economy was geared to war production. With so many men away fighting, millions of women worked in factories and offices. Men often did not ...
( Category: History August 22,2023 )
The Afghanistan and Iraq Wars by George Enzo;
epub |eng | | Author:George, Enzo; [George, Enzo]

A Special Forces soldier fires a Carl Gustav rocket during a training exercise in the Iraqi Desert. Soldiers from 19th Group Special Forces on a mission in Babil Province, Iraq. ...
( Category: History August 22,2023 )

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