United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination
The American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Vol. 1: To 1877, 13th Edition
by David Kennedy
from Houghton Mifflin Company
Everything You Need...am Hist To Know About American History (Everything You Need To Know About...)
by Anne Zeman
from Scholastic Reference
The newly revised and updated Everything You Need to Know About series provide kids and parents with a quick refresher to 4th through 6th grade curriculum topics. The organization and scope of these concise homework-help guides make them an essential reference resource. Researched according to middle-grade curriculum and current textbooks, and created in conjunction with subject experts, these titles answer kids' most frequently asked homework questions. In AMERICAN HISTORY, students will find everything from accounts of the first Americans to the 21st Century.
A History of the United States
by Daniel J. Boorstin
from Pearson Prentice Hall
A Young People's History of the United States, Vol. 1: Columbus to the Robber Barons
by Howard Zinn
from Seven Stories Press
Praise for A People's History of the United States:
"Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history, and his text is studded with telling quotations from labor leaders, war resisters and fugitive slaves. There are vivid descriptions of events that are usually ignored."-Eric Foner, The New York Times Book Review
Howard Zinn's first book for young adults is a retelling of US history from the viewpoints of slaves, workers, immigrants, women, and Native Americans with color images, a glossary, and primary sources. Volume one begins with a look at Christopher Columbus' arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians and leads the reader through the strikes and rebellions of the industrial age.
America: Pathways to the Present
United States Government: Democracy in Action, Student Edition
by Richard C. Remy
from Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
FEATURING COAUTHORSHIP BY CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
Thanks to the partnership between Glencoe and Congressional Quarterly, this program provides a “behind-the-scenes” look at Washington never before available in any government program.
We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States
from Puffin
Sooner or later, just about every American kid is required to memorize the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States. And until now, it was one of the more boring, meaningless assignments. But artist and political cartoonist David Catrow (Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon) has changed all that with his witty, clear-as-a-Liberty-Bell picture book. For him, the Constitution is "a kind of how-to book, showing us ways to have happiness, safety, and comfort." With laugh-out-loud cartoony illustrations, and the actual words of the Preamble as the only text, Catrow depicts a camping trip taken by a diverse, bumbling group of friends, demonstrating the rights and responsibilities the Constitution places on all Americans, young and old. In one especially winning picture, the kids' long-nosed, long-eared pooch provides "for the common defense," keeping lackadaisical guard over the camp as the three human friends yuk it up in silhouette inside the tent. Readers will never yawn at mention of the Constitution again! (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter
A long time ago some smart guys wrote the Preamble to the Constitution. You have probably read it before, but do you know what it means? And did it ever make you laugh? Now it will! Perfect for inspiring discussion in classrooms and around kitchen tables, this fun-filled and cheerfully illustrated look at the Preamble provides an accessible introduction to America's founding ideals for citizens of all ages.
Includes a glossary of terms and a foreword by the artist.
Holt American Nation
The Americans
by Gerald A. Danzer
from McDougal Littell
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