Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past

Brandon and his brother Riley want to surprise their mom on her birthday.

Sarah is excited to celebrate Passover!

In the spring of 1843, nearly one thousand people gathered in Independence, Missouri.

When the Missouri Territory applied for statehood in 1818, the United States had an equal number of free states and slave states.

In June 1776, colonial delegates to the Continental Congress began writing a document to set up a new country-with a government independent from Britain.

William Penn was only twenty-two years old the first time he went to prison.

In June 1692, a jury in Salem, Massachusetts, found Bridget Bishop guilty of performing witchcraft.

What is the executive branch?

What are the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the U.

What are checks and balances?

Mallory has a new diary, and big news to write in it: a cute fifth-grade boy LIKES her!

Taking over a rowdy gym class right before winter vacation is not something James Naismith wants to do at all.

In the 1870s, surgery was a crude affair performed on the patient's kitchen table.

As a young girl, Margaret Bourke-White dreamed of having great adventures-the kind only a brave and fearless woman would have.

More than anything, nine-year-old Booker T.

After a long day at work, bunnies come home, change their clothes, eat dinner, and do the dishes.

Logan and his friend Benedict run into the wrong guy at the library-literally.

When twelve-year-old Jake Forrest's mother gets a job in a new city, everything changes.

Larry can't stop thinking about the growling dog in the alley.

From the time she was a young child, Willa Cather had a gift with words and she loved stories.

Born a slave in Georgia in 1818, Bridget "e;Biddy"e; Mason learned to survive in a harsh world.

In 1791 plans for the new capital city, Washington, DC, were in the works, but someone was needed to help with the surveying.

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When Jules Verne was born in 1828, his family had his future planned out for him.

As a boy, Israel Baline had to work after school to help his poor immigrant family.

It was a clear autumn night in 1847.

When Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a little girl in the early 1800s, she realized that most people seemed to think that boys were better than girls.

In the 1800s, the moist soil of the Midwest would stick to plow blades, stopping the farmers as they plowed.

At the age of nine, Clara Wieck gave her first public performance as a concert pianist.

In 1942, polio epidemics raged out of control, and medical treatments were largely unsuccessful in fighting the disease.

Born in England and raised in the bush of East Africa, Beryl Markham was an extraordinary child--and lived an extraordinary life.

Sir Isaac Newton changed the world with his many discoveries and inventions about mathematics, science, optics, and physics.

Mary Church Terrell grew up after the Civil War with many opportunities.

In 1803, Meriwether Lewis was offered the chance of a lifetime.

Everybody obeys what Gramma says.

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Twelve-year-old Freedman and his father Nehemiah, a freed slave, make their living on a farm in Delaware during the 1850s.

The author takes readers on a fascinating journey back to A.

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults FinalistOne of the Best Books of the Year: Chicago Public Library, School Library Journal, Science Books & FilmsBright white teeth.

What would you have worn if you lived during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s?

What would you have worn if you lived during the Civil War era?

What would you have worn if you lived during the American Revolution or the early 1800s?

What would you have worn if you lived in the Old West?

What would you have worn if you lived during the Colonial era?

American presidents have come from all walks of life.

What is a compound word?

P-p-p-paaak!

In this fun-filled look at fractions, Brian P.

Need a fail-proof way to memorize everything you need to know for your next spelling test?

Many people store food in refrigerators and clean clothes in washing machines.