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Abe Lincoln Remembers
Written as if Lincoln were telling his life story, the book briefly traces his life from his boyhood in Kentucky to the night he and his wife went to see a play at the Ford Theater.
| Author: Turner, Ann |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
|
Abe's Honest Words
As part of Rappaport's series of well researched biographies that includes excerpts from speeches this is equally engaging and well developed. The narrative that contextualizes the life and times of Abraham Lincoln is enhanced by quotes from Lincoln's wri
| Author: Rappaport, Doreen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Abe's Honest Words
As part of Rappaport's series of well researched biographies that includes excerpts from speeches this is equally engaging and well developed. The narrative that contextualizes the life and times of Abraham Lincoln is enhanced by quotes from Lincoln's wri
| Author: Rappaport, Doreen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Boys' War, The
This award-winning book uses firsthand accounts of experiences to offer a look at the role of young (some as young as 12) soldiers in the Civil War.
| Author: Murphy, Jim |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Brothers War, The: Civil War Voices in Verse
Well-known poet J. Patrick Lewis includes archival photographs and factual information to expand the emotional of his poems that give voice to individuals who were caught up in the Civil War. The book also includes a map, a timeline, a bibliography, and
| Author: Lewis, J. Patrick |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Bull Run
This is a fictional and personal account of the first great battle of the Civil War, as told from the points of view of 16 participants, Northern and Southern, male and female, black and white.
| Author: Fleischman, Paul |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Civil War
Illustrations include photographs, posters, and paintings from the archives at the Library of Congress. Quotes from speeches and letters are sprinkled throughout. This book presents information about battles and soldiers' lives as well as the impact of
| Author: Sandler, Martin |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Dear Mr. President: Abraham Lincoln Letters from a Slave Girl
Fictional correspondences between President Lincoln and a 12-year-old slave girl that discuss his decision to write the Emancipation Proclamation. The author includes a supporting website, index, other recommended books, and photographs.
| Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Drummer Boy
A 13-year-old boy, awed by hearing Lincoln make a speech, lies about his age to take part in the Civil War. He becomes a drummer boy and in this role experiences much of war's horror.
| Author: Turner, Ann |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Elijah of Buxton
Eleven-year-old Elijah, the first to be born free in a Canadian settlement for runaway slaves at the end of the Underground Railroad, though considered "fra-gile" and talkative by adults, performs an heroic feat with his chucking stones.
| Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul |
|
Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
Brown is one of the controversial figures in American history who continues today to evoke both anger and admiration. This gripping biography of John Brown, abolitionist and crusader for equality of races, describes the events of his life that led to Har
| Author: Cox, Clinton |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
Brown is one of the controversial figures in American history who continues today to evoke both anger and admiration. This gripping biography of John Brown, abolitionist and crusader for equality of races, describes the events of his life that led to Har
| Author: Cox, Clinton |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Freedom Light
The book recounts the heroism of the people of Ripley, Ohio, both black and white, in their antislavery activities as a part of the Underground Railroad. Included are a timeline, biographical notes on John and Jean Rankin and John Parker, a glossary, and
| Author: Gaines, Edith |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Freedom's Gifts
An African American girl visits Texas relatives and learns about the history of Juneteenth, the day for celebrating freedom from slavery.
| Author: Wesley, Valery |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Gettysburg Address, The
The book uses Lincoln's actual words, which he spoke when consecrating the Pennsylvania cemetery. Each line is illustrated in black and white illustrations. It includes a foreword and afterword.
| Author: Lincoln, Abraham |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Ghost of the Southern Belle
This is a ghost story set on the high seas. The young son of a ship's captain finds a way to end the curse of a ghost ship.
Good Brother, Bad Brother
Subtitled "The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth," this long biography portrays their lives before and after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. This is a GED level book.
| Author: Giblin, James Cross |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Hand in Hand
The collection of poems is organized by American historical themes rather than by chronology. There are many poems that are familiar patriotic songs.
| Author: Hopkins, Lee (Ed.) |
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Jayhawker
With the U.S. on the verge of civil war, Elijah Tully and his father ride out of Kansas as Jayhawkers, guerrilla fighters against slavery. After his father is killed, Lije goes undercover among the proslavery bushwhackers to help the abolitionists and t
| Author: Beatty, Patricia |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Journeys in Time
The authors and illustrator have created a story atlas of American history from the Ashinabe tribe to Viet Nam in which each double-page spread includes a narrative about an historical event, maps with numbered events, and fact boxes. Additional endnotes
| Author: Leacock, Elspeth & Buckley, Susan |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extrordinary Life
A loosely organized series of chapters/essays about the rise of photography in Lincoln's lifetime and how it shaped the way we view his Presidency. Many photographs from the period are included.
| Author: Sandler, Martin |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Lincoln: A Photobiography
This is a carefully researched, well illustrated, fascinating biography of Abraham Lincoln.
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Lincolns, The
Using a scrapbook format with blocks of stories and archival photographs, the author provides a chatty, up-close biography of Abraham and Mary Lincoln. Since the book is in a scrapbook format, students can start reading anywhere in the book or read in the
| Author: Fleming, Candice |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Long Road to Gettysburg, The
The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) is described from the perspectives of two actual participants, a 19-year-old Confederate lieutenant and a 17-year-old Union soldier. Events surrounding delivery of the Gettysburg Address are also described; several prominen
| Author: Murphy, Jim |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Moon Over Tennessee
A boy accompanies his father into the Confederate Army in the Civil War, eventually arriving at the battle of Gettysburg. The story-poem is told in a format of journal entries. Somber black and white woodcuts contribute to the tragic tone. A map and an
| Author: Crist-Evans, Craig |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers
Grace, an 11 year-old girl writes a letter to Abraham Lincoln suggesting that he grow whiskers to help him win the election.
| Author: Winnick, Karen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine
The discovery in 1995 and the subsequent slow scientific recovery of the Civil War submarine USS Hurley from the Charleston harbor reads like a mystery story. Photographs, archival material, author's note, footnotes, bibliography, glossary, and suggested
| Author: Walker, Sally |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
|
Silent Witness A True Story of the Civil War, The
Lulu McLean, age four, lived in Manassas, Virginia on a plantation when the Civil War started. General Beauregard established his headquarters in her home. Shortly after, Lulu's father moved the family to Appomattox Court House, where the surrender to end
| Author: Friedman, Robin |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
|
Soldier's Heart
15-year-old Charley Goddard lies about his age to enlist in the Civil War. This book chronicles his war experiences (some very graphic) with the First Minnesota Volunteers. At the end of the book we learn a bit about how the War affected Charley's mind a
| Author: Paulsen, Gary |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Sound the Jubilee
During the Civil War, Maddie, an eleven-year-old house slave, journeys with her mistress to Nags Head near Roanoke Island which has become a Yankee-protected community for run-away slaves. Maddie grows up there with her family and finds a place for herse
| Author: Forrester, Saundra |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers
The book recounts both the story of Harriet Powers during the century of the Civil War and the story of her two "story quilts" that now reside in museums. The book is illustrated with photographs of Bible stories from the quilts with explanatory captions
| Author: Lyons, Mary |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
To Be a Slave
Reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves report their experiences of being owned and sold as property in the United States during the 19th Century. Many accounts of brutality are unsettling. This is a reprint of a 1968 edition with new introductory materia
| Author: Lester, Julius |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America
An historical look at the influence cotton has had on the economy and people of the United States. The author traces the cotton industry from colonial times through the Civil War and the Great Migration, from the Southern plantations to the mill towns lik
| Author: Hopkinson, Deborah |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America
An historical look at the influence cotton has had on the economy and people of the United States. The author traces the cotton industry from colonial times through the Civil War and the Great Migration, from the Southern plantations to the mill towns lik
| Author: Hopkinson, Deborah |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Wagon, The
At the time of Emancipation and Lincoln's death, a young boy, born into slavery, looks back on his anger at slavery and the support of his family as he helps his father build a wagon for the master which later carries them to freedom.
| Author: Johnston, Tony |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Walt Whitman: Words for America
This biography of Walt Whitman extends our knowledge of the poet, both in his growth as a poet and learning of the experiences that were the source of his poetry. Back matter contains more biographical and historical information, sources, and full poems
| Author: Kerley, Barbara |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
|
History > topic > war > Civil War > abolition
Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom
When slaves on the ship Amistad rebelled and tried to return home to Africa, they were captured and embroiled in legal battles of slavery and abolition in the U.S. The book includes sections on Further Reading, Bibliography, Epilogue, and endpaper courtr
| Author: Myers, Walter Dean |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Anthony Burns
The subtitle of this book is "The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave." Especially appropriate for use in GED classrooms, Anthony Burns is based on fact and includes a timeline and historical footnotes. Hamilton fills out the details to crea
| Author: Hamilton, Virginia |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Black Hands, White Sails
This book is mostly about the Atlantic whaling industry and the contributions of African American whalers. But it's also about abolition, the Underground Railroad, the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Civil War. And it's about U.S. economics in the 18th and 19
| Author: McKissack, Patricia, & McKissack, Frederick |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
|
Black Legacy
This history of African Americans in New York City from a Dutch colony to the 1990's contains 18 chapters, documents and maps, Endnotes, a bibliography, and an index.
| Author: Katz, William |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
|
Freedom Light
The book recounts the heroism of the people of Ripley, Ohio, both black and white, in their antislavery activities as a part of the Underground Railroad. Included are a timeline, biographical notes on John and Jean Rankin and John Parker, a glossary, and
| Author: Gaines, Edith |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Good Brother, Bad Brother
Subtitled "The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth," this long biography portrays their lives before and after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. This is a GED level book.
| Author: Giblin, James Cross |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Jayhawker
With the U.S. on the verge of civil war, Elijah Tully and his father ride out of Kansas as Jayhawkers, guerrilla fighters against slavery. After his father is killed, Lije goes undercover among the proslavery bushwhackers to help the abolitionists and t
| Author: Beatty, Patricia |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
John Brown: One Man Against Slavery
This book tells the story of John Brown, White abolitionist and dissident, from the point of view of his daughter Annie. The book brings historical ideas and moral conflicts alive in a personal and elaborate way. The book answers the question: Can one p
| Author: Everett, Gwen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Lincoln: A Photobiography
This is a carefully researched, well illustrated, fascinating biography of Abraham Lincoln.
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Only Passing Through
Strong illustrations help tell this biography of Sojourner Truth. An Author's Note updates the relevance of Sojourner Truth and provides a helpful timeline.
| Author: Rockwell, Anne |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Separate Battle, A: Women and the Civil War
This must-have addition to a Civil War collection weaves together stories of slave women, abolitionists, women's rights leaders, and famous and not-so-famous women to offer a look at women's experiences during the Civil War. Diaries and letters are frequ
| Author: Chang, Ina |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
When Harriet Met Sojourner
The author imagines the meeting of two brave activists for the freeing of slaves --Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman when they were in Boston in 1864. The story is told with the aid of very powerful artwork.
| Author: Clinton, Catherine |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass
Born a slave with little hope of ever learning to read, this story of Frederick Douglas, a man determined to read despite huge hurdles, provides an inspiring story for people of all ages.
| Author: Cline-Ransome, Lisa |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - reading
|
History > topic > war > Civil War > Emancipation Proclamation
Abe's Honest Words
As part of Rappaport's series of well researched biographies that includes excerpts from speeches this is equally engaging and well developed. The narrative that contextualizes the life and times of Abraham Lincoln is enhanced by quotes from Lincoln's wri
| Author: Rappaport, Doreen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Abe's Honest Words
As part of Rappaport's series of well researched biographies that includes excerpts from speeches this is equally engaging and well developed. The narrative that contextualizes the life and times of Abraham Lincoln is enhanced by quotes from Lincoln's wri
| Author: Rappaport, Doreen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Days of Jubilee
Subtitled "The End of Slavery in the United States," this book chronicles the U.S. Civil War with particular attention to the different times and circumstances in which slaves were freed. The text is sprinkled with excerpts from slave narratives, letters,
| Author: McKissack, Patricia, & McKissack, Frederick |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Dear Mr. President: Abraham Lincoln Letters from a Slave Girl
Fictional correspondences between President Lincoln and a 12-year-old slave girl that discuss his decision to write the Emancipation Proclamation. The author includes a supporting website, index, other recommended books, and photographs.
| Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly
Patsy, a 12-year-old slave girl, keeps a diary during 1865, describing the changes in the plantation that come with the Emancipation Proclamation. The author appends historical notes, archival photographs, the wording of Constitutional Amendments 13,14,
| Author: Hansen, Joyce |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Juneteenth
Photographs from various locations in the U.S. depict the celebration of Juneteenth, June 19, 1865, the day African Americans learned of their freedom.
| Author: Branch, Muriel Miller |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Lincoln: A Photobiography
This is a carefully researched, well illustrated, fascinating biography of Abraham Lincoln.
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Now Let Me Fly
This book gives a fictional account of Minna, a young African girl, taken from her homeland and sold into slavery. The epilogue carries the story forward to the Emancipation Declaration.
| Author: Johnson, Dolores |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Silent Witness A True Story of the Civil War, The
Lulu McLean, age four, lived in Manassas, Virginia on a plantation when the Civil War started. General Beauregard established his headquarters in her home. Shortly after, Lulu's father moved the family to Appomattox Court House, where the surrender to end
| Author: Friedman, Robin |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
|
History > topic > war > Civil War > Fugitive Slave Act
Anthony Burns
The subtitle of this book is "The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave." Especially appropriate for use in GED classrooms, Anthony Burns is based on fact and includes a timeline and historical footnotes. Hamilton fills out the details to crea
| Author: Hamilton, Virginia |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Black Hands, White Sails
This book is mostly about the Atlantic whaling industry and the contributions of African American whalers. But it's also about abolition, the Underground Railroad, the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Civil War. And it's about U.S. economics in the 18th and 19
| Author: McKissack, Patricia, & McKissack, Frederick |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
|
Black Pioneers
This well-researched history of African American pioneers, freedom fighters, and participants in the Underground Railroad tells little known stories of brave people who settled the midwest against great odds. The book contains archival photographs, a map
| Author: Katz, William Loren |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
Brown is one of the controversial figures in American history who continues today to evoke both anger and admiration. This gripping biography of John Brown, abolitionist and crusader for equality of races, describes the events of his life that led to Har
| Author: Cox, Clinton |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
Brown is one of the controversial figures in American history who continues today to evoke both anger and admiration. This gripping biography of John Brown, abolitionist and crusader for equality of races, describes the events of his life that led to Har
| Author: Cox, Clinton |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Friend on Freedom River
This is the story of young Louis, who decides to do what his father would do and help runaway slaves make it across the Detroit River to Canada.
| Author: Whelan, Gloria |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
January's Sparrow
After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad. As they make a new life in Michigan, they must remain alert for the slave catchers.
| Author: Polacco, Patricia |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
January's Sparrow
After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad. As they make a new life in Michigan, they must remain alert for the slave catchers.
| Author: Polacco, Patricia |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Jip: His Story
Jip, a young orphan in the mid-1850s, lives on a farm, interacts with Put "the lunatic," and wonders about his past. Eventually he attends school and, with the help of Teacher (Lyddie from the Paterson book by the same name) and her Quaker friend, discov
| Author: Paterson, Katherine |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
|
Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, The
This two-act play is about Thoreau's nonviolent acts of civil disobedience and about his waning friendship with Ralph Waldo Emerson.
| Author: Lawrence, Jerome & Lee, Robert E. |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - reading
|
North by Night
Lucy Spencer and her Ohio farm family are involved in the Underground Railroad in 1851, a time when The Fugitive Slave Act levied severe punishment and fines for harboring runaway slaves. Lucy makes a courageous decision that changes her life and that of
| Author: Ayres, Katherine |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
History > topic > war > Civil War > Gettysburg
Abe Lincoln Remembers
Written as if Lincoln were telling his life story, the book briefly traces his life from his boyhood in Kentucky to the night he and his wife went to see a play at the Ford Theater.
| Author: Turner, Ann |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
|
Abe's Honest Words
As part of Rappaport's series of well researched biographies that includes excerpts from speeches this is equally engaging and well developed. The narrative that contextualizes the life and times of Abraham Lincoln is enhanced by quotes from Lincoln's wri
| Author: Rappaport, Doreen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Abe's Honest Words
As part of Rappaport's series of well researched biographies that includes excerpts from speeches this is equally engaging and well developed. The narrative that contextualizes the life and times of Abraham Lincoln is enhanced by quotes from Lincoln's wri
| Author: Rappaport, Doreen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Abraham's Battle
An ex-slave named Abraham, a young Confederate soldier, and a girl from Gettysburg meet in the cataclysmic days of the Civil War battle. Abraham meets Lincoln after the President gives his famous address.
| Author: Banks, Sara Harrell |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Day That Changed America, A: Gettysburg
This book intertwines the story of the day Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address with the events of the Battle of Gettysburg. Includes paintings, photographs and maps of the battle. There is a glossary and recommended reading in the back of the book.
| Author: Tanaka, Shelley |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Day That Changed America, A: Gettysburg
This book intertwines the story of the day Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address with the events of the Battle of Gettysburg. Includes paintings, photographs and maps of the battle. There is a glossary and recommended reading in the back of the book.
| Author: Tanaka, Shelley |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extrordinary Life
A loosely organized series of chapters/essays about the rise of photography in Lincoln's lifetime and how it shaped the way we view his Presidency. Many photographs from the period are included.
| Author: Sandler, Martin |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Long Road to Gettysburg, The
The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) is described from the perspectives of two actual participants, a 19-year-old Confederate lieutenant and a 17-year-old Union soldier. Events surrounding delivery of the Gettysburg Address are also described; several prominen
| Author: Murphy, Jim |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Moon Over Tennessee
A boy accompanies his father into the Confederate Army in the Civil War, eventually arriving at the battle of Gettysburg. The story-poem is told in a format of journal entries. Somber black and white woodcuts contribute to the tragic tone. A map and an
| Author: Crist-Evans, Craig |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Places in Time
This story atlas describes on facing pages activities at a particular place and time in U.S. history, e.g. Fort Laramie during the westward expansion on the Oregon Trail in 1849. Included are community and building diagrams with numbered points of intere
| Author: Leacock, Elspeth & Buckley, Susan |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Soldier's Heart
15-year-old Charley Goddard lies about his age to enlist in the Civil War. This book chronicles his war experiences (some very graphic) with the First Minnesota Volunteers. At the end of the book we learn a bit about how the War affected Charley's mind a
| Author: Paulsen, Gary |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Thunder at Gettysburg
This book is written in five chapters of free verse and tells the story of a young girl who was a witness to the battle of Gettysburg in 1863. The text is accompanied by several line drawings and a concluding historical note.
| Author: Gauch, Patricia |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
History > topic > war > Civil War > Harpers Ferry
Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
Brown is one of the controversial figures in American history who continues today to evoke both anger and admiration. This gripping biography of John Brown, abolitionist and crusader for equality of races, describes the events of his life that led to Har
| Author: Cox, Clinton |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
Brown is one of the controversial figures in American history who continues today to evoke both anger and admiration. This gripping biography of John Brown, abolitionist and crusader for equality of races, describes the events of his life that led to Har
| Author: Cox, Clinton |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
John Brown: One Man Against Slavery
This book tells the story of John Brown, White abolitionist and dissident, from the point of view of his daughter Annie. The book brings historical ideas and moral conflicts alive in a personal and elaborate way. The book answers the question: Can one p
| Author: Everett, Gwen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
History > topic > war > Civil War > plantation life
47
In this part fictional slave narrative and part science fiction story, 47, a young slave without a name, learns from mysterious Tall John how to "neither a master nor a nigger be".
| Author: Mosley, Walter |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Dressed for the Occasion: What Americans Wore 1620 - 1970
This book offers an interesting chronicle of what Americans wore, 1620 - 1970, and often why.
| Author: Miller, Brandon Marie |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Old African, The
a beautifully told and illustrated story that, according to the dust jacket, is "based on legend." The Old African has magical powers. This is the story of his capture and enslavement as a young man and ultimately, his plan to free his fellow slaves.
| Author: Lester, Julius |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story
The book is set on a Virginia plantation in 1862. Eleven-year-old Summer and her older brother Rosco live with their mother on the Parnell Plantation as talk of President Lincoln's coming proclamation to free slaves reaches the community. Each of the mai
| Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
To Be a Slave
Reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves report their experiences of being owned and sold as property in the United States during the 19th Century. Many accounts of brutality are unsettling. This is a reprint of a 1968 edition with new introductory materia
| Author: Lester, Julius |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
History > topic > war > Civil War > Underground Railroad
Abe's Honest Words
As part of Rappaport's series of well researched biographies that includes excerpts from speeches this is equally engaging and well developed. The narrative that contextualizes the life and times of Abraham Lincoln is enhanced by quotes from Lincoln's wri
| Author: Rappaport, Doreen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Abe's Honest Words
As part of Rappaport's series of well researched biographies that includes excerpts from speeches this is equally engaging and well developed. The narrative that contextualizes the life and times of Abraham Lincoln is enhanced by quotes from Lincoln's wri
| Author: Rappaport, Doreen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Black Hands, White Sails
This book is mostly about the Atlantic whaling industry and the contributions of African American whalers. But it's also about abolition, the Underground Railroad, the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Civil War. And it's about U.S. economics in the 18th and 19
| Author: McKissack, Patricia, & McKissack, Frederick |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
|
Black Pioneers
This well-researched history of African American pioneers, freedom fighters, and participants in the Underground Railroad tells little known stories of brave people who settled the midwest against great odds. The book contains archival photographs, a map
| Author: Katz, William Loren |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Borning Room, The
The narrator remembers growing up in southern Ohio in the 19th century, remembers farm life, celebrates her relatives with their varying ideas about slavery and religion, remembers her part in hiding slaves.
| Author: Fleischman, Paul |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet
Each letter of this alphabet book introduces a quilt pattern that relates to an activity or person important in early American history.
| Author: Paul, Ann Whitford |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Elijah of Buxton
Eleven-year-old Elijah, the first to be born free in a Canadian settlement for runaway slaves at the end of the Underground Railroad, though considered "fra-gile" and talkative by adults, performs an heroic feat with his chucking stones.
| Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul |
|
Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
Brown is one of the controversial figures in American history who continues today to evoke both anger and admiration. This gripping biography of John Brown, abolitionist and crusader for equality of races, describes the events of his life that led to Har
| Author: Cox, Clinton |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
Brown is one of the controversial figures in American history who continues today to evoke both anger and admiration. This gripping biography of John Brown, abolitionist and crusader for equality of races, describes the events of his life that led to Har
| Author: Cox, Clinton |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Follow the Drinking Gourd
Peg Leg Joe travels from plantation to plantation teaching slaves the song "Follow the Drinking Gourd," which conceals directions for the route north to freedom. The book follows one slave family as they are directed north to the Underground Railroad and
| Author: Winter, Jeanette |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Freedom Light
The book recounts the heroism of the people of Ripley, Ohio, both black and white, in their antislavery activities as a part of the Underground Railroad. Included are a timeline, biographical notes on John and Jean Rankin and John Parker, a glossary, and
| Author: Gaines, Edith |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Freedom River
In this true story, John Parker, an ex-slave in Ripley, Ohio, helps a family on the Underground Railroad. Beautiful watercolor collages illustrate the story. Historical notes, additional books, suggested websites, and maps make this useful in the classr
| Author: Rappaport, Doreen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Friend on Freedom River
This is the story of young Louis, who decides to do what his father would do and help runaway slaves make it across the Detroit River to Canada.
| Author: Whelan, Gloria |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Henry's Freedom Box
This simply written picture book tells the true story of Henry Brown, a runaway slave who escaped to freedom by mailing himself in a crate.
| Author: Levine, Ellen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Historical Album of Ohio, A
This brief history of the state of Ohio contains photographs, maps, index , and a gazetteer with quick facts, timeline and famous people. The language has a textbook quality.
| Author: Wills, Charles |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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January's Sparrow
After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad. As they make a new life in Michigan, they must remain alert for the slave catchers.
| Author: Polacco, Patricia |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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January's Sparrow
After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad. As they make a new life in Michigan, they must remain alert for the slave catchers.
| Author: Polacco, Patricia |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Journeys in Time
The authors and illustrator have created a story atlas of American history from the Ashinabe tribe to Viet Nam in which each double-page spread includes a narrative about an historical event, maps with numbered events, and fact boxes. Additional endnotes
| Author: Leacock, Elspeth & Buckley, Susan |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Moses
The author's note describes this book on Harriet Tubman as a "fictionalized spiritual journey" comparing her answering the call of God to lead her people out of slavery to Moses leading the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt. The author includes a forewo
| Author: Weatherford, Carole |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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North by Night
Lucy Spencer and her Ohio farm family are involved in the Underground Railroad in 1851, a time when The Fugitive Slave Act levied severe punishment and fines for harboring runaway slaves. Lucy makes a courageous decision that changes her life and that of
| Author: Ayres, Katherine |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Place Called Freedom, A
Freed slave James Starman takes his family from Tennessee to Indiana where they are joined by other African Americans over many years, establishing a very unique community.
| Author: Sanders, S. |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
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Separate Battle, A: Women and the Civil War
This must-have addition to a Civil War collection weaves together stories of slave women, abolitionists, women's rights leaders, and famous and not-so-famous women to offer a look at women's experiences during the Civil War. Diaries and letters are frequ
| Author: Chang, Ina |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Based on a true incident, this story tells of a young slave girl's brainstorm of sewing a map of the Underground Railroad onto a quilt so that others could find their way to freedom.
| Author: Hopkinson, Deborah |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Trouble Don't Last
This is the story of 11-year-old Samuel and "cranky old Harrison," who leave the Kentucky farm where they are slaves and head north to freedom, encountering non-stereotypical members of trhe Underground Railroad. The author is the historian at Hale Farm a
| Author: Pearsall, Shelley |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Underground Railroad, The
The photos and illustrations and text combine into a wonderful teaching tool on slavery. Several readers commented on how much new information they gleaned from this book of nonfiction. The book includes a timeline.
| Author: Bial, Raymond |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Wanted Dead or Alive: The True Story of Harriet Tubman
This is a spellbinding yet simply written account of Harriet Tubman and how she led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
| Author: McGovern, Ann |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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