Author: Stephanie Kuligowski
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1433316897
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
African Americans in the United States fought for a long time for equality. This enlightening book details lives of some of the most successful African Americans who have overcome racism and segregation. The vibrant images and stunning facts allow readers to learn about discrimination, Civil Rights, and some of the most notable African American contributions to art, music, and literature--including such people as Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, and Toni Morrison. With easy-to-read text working in conjunction with an accommodating glossary and index, readers will be able to navigate their way through this book and will be engaged and captivated from beginning to end! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
African Americans Today 6-Pack
Author: Stephanie Kuligowski
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1433316897
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
African Americans in the United States fought for a long time for equality. This enlightening book details lives of some of the most successful African Americans who have overcome racism and segregation. The vibrant images and stunning facts allow readers to learn about discrimination, Civil Rights, and some of the most notable African American contributions to art, music, and literature--including such people as Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, and Toni Morrison. With easy-to-read text working in conjunction with an accommodating glossary and index, readers will be able to navigate their way through this book and will be engaged and captivated from beginning to end! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1433316897
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
African Americans in the United States fought for a long time for equality. This enlightening book details lives of some of the most successful African Americans who have overcome racism and segregation. The vibrant images and stunning facts allow readers to learn about discrimination, Civil Rights, and some of the most notable African American contributions to art, music, and literature--including such people as Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, and Toni Morrison. With easy-to-read text working in conjunction with an accommodating glossary and index, readers will be able to navigate their way through this book and will be engaged and captivated from beginning to end! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
Biddy Mason: Becoming a Leader 6-Pack
Author: Lorin Driggs
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1425832768
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Biddy Mason's life began as an enslaved person. She had to walk 2000 miles to reach California, but once there, she gained her freedom. She became a successful nurse, midwife, and land owner, and left behind a legacy of caring and charity. Biddy Mason: Becoming a Leader 6-Pack integrates literacy and social studies content knowledge, and uses maps, letters, images, and photographs to engage students and develop their curiosity about the people and the world around them. Primary sources provide authentic nonfiction reading materials, and help students understand continuity and change over time. These leveled informational texts offer instructional opportunities to guide students to increased fluency and comprehension of nonfiction text. Aligned to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) and other national and state standards, they include essential text features like a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents to increase understanding and build academic vocabulary. The Stage It! culminating activity provides an opportunity for assessment that challenges students to apply what they have learned in an interactive way. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1425832768
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Biddy Mason's life began as an enslaved person. She had to walk 2000 miles to reach California, but once there, she gained her freedom. She became a successful nurse, midwife, and land owner, and left behind a legacy of caring and charity. Biddy Mason: Becoming a Leader 6-Pack integrates literacy and social studies content knowledge, and uses maps, letters, images, and photographs to engage students and develop their curiosity about the people and the world around them. Primary sources provide authentic nonfiction reading materials, and help students understand continuity and change over time. These leveled informational texts offer instructional opportunities to guide students to increased fluency and comprehension of nonfiction text. Aligned to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) and other national and state standards, they include essential text features like a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents to increase understanding and build academic vocabulary. The Stage It! culminating activity provides an opportunity for assessment that challenges students to apply what they have learned in an interactive way. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
African American Musicians & Entertainers
Author: Joanne Randolph
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766093913
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Imagine a world in which gospel, the blues, jazz, R&B, and rock 'n' roll didn't exist. These indigenous American musical forms are the product of, and a moving expression of the African American experience. Musical geniuses and innovators like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, B. B. King, and Jimi Hendrix turned individual and collective histories of suffering and injustice into soul-stirring, monumental art that shattered boundaries, shifted perceptions, and contributed to progress in civil rights. Their efforts were matched by other African Americans in the entertainment field, like Jackie Robinson, Josephine Baker, and Sidney Poitier. A celebration of music, movies, and a growing movement for equality, this collection will inspire, enlighten, and energize teen readers.
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766093913
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Imagine a world in which gospel, the blues, jazz, R&B, and rock 'n' roll didn't exist. These indigenous American musical forms are the product of, and a moving expression of the African American experience. Musical geniuses and innovators like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, B. B. King, and Jimi Hendrix turned individual and collective histories of suffering and injustice into soul-stirring, monumental art that shattered boundaries, shifted perceptions, and contributed to progress in civil rights. Their efforts were matched by other African Americans in the entertainment field, like Jackie Robinson, Josephine Baker, and Sidney Poitier. A celebration of music, movies, and a growing movement for equality, this collection will inspire, enlighten, and energize teen readers.
Amazing Americans: Rosa Parks 6-Pack
Author:
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1433376458
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Rosa Parks was an amazing woman. She stood up for herself and for her beliefs. One day, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. Her actions helped spark the civil rights movement. Today, people have more freedom in America because of her actions. Colorful images, supporting text, a glossary, table of contents, and index all work together to help readers better understand the content and be fully engaged from cover to cover. This 6-pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan.
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1433376458
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Rosa Parks was an amazing woman. She stood up for herself and for her beliefs. One day, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. Her actions helped spark the civil rights movement. Today, people have more freedom in America because of her actions. Colorful images, supporting text, a glossary, table of contents, and index all work together to help readers better understand the content and be fully engaged from cover to cover. This 6-pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan.
The Fight for Freedom 6-Pack
Author: Melissa Carosella
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1433315246
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
This engaging and enlightening book allows readers to discover the history of slavery in America and the long fight for freedom before and during the Civil War. Readers will gain a better understanding of abolitionists, the fight for equality, the Underground Railroad, and Reconstruction through the stunning images, captivating sidebars and facts, easy-to-read text, accessible glossary, index, and table of contents. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1433315246
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
This engaging and enlightening book allows readers to discover the history of slavery in America and the long fight for freedom before and during the Civil War. Readers will gain a better understanding of abolitionists, the fight for equality, the Underground Railroad, and Reconstruction through the stunning images, captivating sidebars and facts, easy-to-read text, accessible glossary, index, and table of contents. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
African American Explorers & Adventurers
Author: Joanne Randolph
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766093891
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
From the top of Everest to the deepest recesses of previously unexplored caves, from the heart of the sea to the far reaches of space, African American explorers and adventurers have helped chart the unknown, push the boundaries of the frontier, scale the heights, and shoot for the stars. With profiles of courageous and pioneering figures like Arctic explorer Matthew Alexander Henson, the Lewis and Clark corpsman York, and pilot Bessie Coleman, this inspiring collection celebrates the often unsung accomplishments of African American whalers, gold rush fortune-seekers, explorers, mountaineers, pilots, and other intrepid adventurers. They overcame injustice, prejudice, and inequality to triumph in expanding our knowledge of the world and our notions of what was possible within it.
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766093891
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
From the top of Everest to the deepest recesses of previously unexplored caves, from the heart of the sea to the far reaches of space, African American explorers and adventurers have helped chart the unknown, push the boundaries of the frontier, scale the heights, and shoot for the stars. With profiles of courageous and pioneering figures like Arctic explorer Matthew Alexander Henson, the Lewis and Clark corpsman York, and pilot Bessie Coleman, this inspiring collection celebrates the often unsung accomplishments of African American whalers, gold rush fortune-seekers, explorers, mountaineers, pilots, and other intrepid adventurers. They overcame injustice, prejudice, and inequality to triumph in expanding our knowledge of the world and our notions of what was possible within it.
Harlem Renaissance 6-Pack for Georgia
Author:
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1644919117
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1644919117
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
African American Politicians & Civil Rights Activists
Author: Joanne Randolph
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766093956
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Through centuries of suffering, slavery, inequality, discrimination, segregation, and racist violence, African Americans have endured, resisted, fought, and, increasingly over time, won many battles. These victories were propelled by a groundswell of grassroots action, but they were also motivated and organized by courageous and inspirational leadership. Journalists, abolitionists, educators, religious leaders, politicians, judges, and even schoolchildren showed the world a better way forward and led the way down the very difficult road to greater equality, freedom, and civil rights. This collection profiles the leading lights in the struggle for freedom and equality, including MLK, Coretta Scott King, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. DuBois, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, and Ruby Bridges, among many others.
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766093956
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Through centuries of suffering, slavery, inequality, discrimination, segregation, and racist violence, African Americans have endured, resisted, fought, and, increasingly over time, won many battles. These victories were propelled by a groundswell of grassroots action, but they were also motivated and organized by courageous and inspirational leadership. Journalists, abolitionists, educators, religious leaders, politicians, judges, and even schoolchildren showed the world a better way forward and led the way down the very difficult road to greater equality, freedom, and civil rights. This collection profiles the leading lights in the struggle for freedom and equality, including MLK, Coretta Scott King, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. DuBois, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, and Ruby Bridges, among many others.
The Six Black Presidents
Author: Auset BaKhufu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880187005
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880187005
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
African American Inventors & Scientists
Author: Joanne Randolph
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766093875
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
From soil-preserving crop rotation methods and innovative beauty products to the filaments that made electric light bulbs possible and laser probes that correct cataracts, African American inventors and scientists have revolutionized daily life in the modern world. With profiles of towering figures like George Washington Carver, Madam C. J. Walker, and Mae Jemison, this inspiring collection celebrates the often unsung and little known accomplishments and innovations of African American scientists, engineers, inventors, and entrepreneurs. They overcame injustice, prejudice, and inequality of access to triumph in every American field of endeavor, from agriculture to the space program.
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766093875
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
From soil-preserving crop rotation methods and innovative beauty products to the filaments that made electric light bulbs possible and laser probes that correct cataracts, African American inventors and scientists have revolutionized daily life in the modern world. With profiles of towering figures like George Washington Carver, Madam C. J. Walker, and Mae Jemison, this inspiring collection celebrates the often unsung and little known accomplishments and innovations of African American scientists, engineers, inventors, and entrepreneurs. They overcame injustice, prejudice, and inequality of access to triumph in every American field of endeavor, from agriculture to the space program.