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Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
This title examines an important historic event - the civil rights movement. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the history of racism and civil rights in the United States from slavery to segregation, the roles the Montgomery bus boycott, the integration at Little Rock Central High School, and the Birmingham campaign played in the movement, key African-American activists such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, and the effects of this event...
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Features the earthquake that spawned a devastating tsunami in Japan that resulted in thousands of deaths and many people homeless and discusses the damaged nuclear plant and the recovery efforts following the disasters.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Text provides the details of the US Navy Seals operation that led to the capture and killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011 and details the events leading up to the Navy operation.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of mining in Chile and the San Jose mine, the accounts of individual miners and rescuers, the rescue plans and events leading up to the miners' rescue, issues around mining safety regulations, and the effects of this event on society.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Compelling text explores the history of women¿s rights and the League of Women Voters, the roles the antislavery movement, the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, and literature played in the movement, well-known figures such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, and Alice Paul, and the effects of this event on society.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of the Harlem neighborhood and issues around racism, Harlem¿s African-American community, cultural identity, and creative spirit from jazz to dance to poetry, key influential figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Duke Ellington, and Alain Locke, and the effects of this event on society.
13) The Oregon Trail
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of the Pacific Coast and the expansion of the United States, the roles Manifest Destiny, transportation, mountain men, Native Americans, Mormons, and emigration societies played during this time, the challenges pioneers faced and experienced on the trail, and the effects of this event on society.
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