America's History Through Young Voices
Title | America's History Through Young Voices PDF eBook |
Author | Richard M. Wyman |
Publisher | Allyn & Bacon |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Education |
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America's History through Young Voices contains primary sources written by young people from twelve periods of American history. The history presented here is of ordinary people, not that of empire-builders, kings, and presidents. The diaries, letters, and essays are narratives, thus engaging students in the story of history. Specific instructional strategies were developed for each of the primary sources based upon the five categories of historical thinking skills. Teachers thus have both the primary source (content) and instructional activities (skills) for use in the classroom. Chapter One presents a general introduction to historical sources. This book is intended for teachers and students in elementary, middle, or secondary social studies who wish to emphasize the teaching and learning of American history using primary sources.
Voices of a People's History of the United States
Title | Voices of a People's History of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Zinn |
Publisher | Seven Stories Press |
Pages | 667 |
Release | 2011-01-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1583229477 |
Here in their own words are Frederick Douglass, George Jackson, Chief Joseph, Martin Luther King Jr., Plough Jogger, Sacco and Vanzetti, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Mark Twain, and Malcolm X, to name just a few of the hundreds of voices that appear in Voices of a People's History of the United States, edited by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Paralleling the twenty-four chapters of Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Voices of a People’s History is the long-awaited companion volume to the national bestseller. For Voices, Zinn and Arnove have selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—left by the people who make history happen but who usually are left out of history books—women, workers, nonwhites. Zinn has written short introductions to the texts, which range in length from letters or poems of less than a page to entire speeches and essays that run several pages. Voices of a People’s History is a symphony of our nation’s original voices, rich in ideas and actions, the embodiment of the power of civil disobedience and dissent wherein lies our nation’s true spirit of defiance and resilience.
At Ellis Island
Title | At Ellis Island PDF eBook |
Author | Louise Peacock |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 2007-05-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0689830262 |
The experiences of people coming to the United States from many different lands are conveyed in the words of a contemporary young girl visiting Ellis Island and of a girl who immigrated in about 1910, as well as by quotes from early twentieth century immigrants and Ellis Island officials.
We Were There, Too!
Title | We Were There, Too! PDF eBook |
Author | Phillip Hoose |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2001-08-08 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0374382522 |
THE STORY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE PLAYED IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
No Voice Too Small
Title | No Voice Too Small PDF eBook |
Author | Lindsay H. Metcalf |
Publisher | Charlesbridge Publishing |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2020-09-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1632898993 |
Fans of We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices will love meeting fourteen young activists who have stepped up to make change in their community and the United States. Mari Copeny demanded clean water in Flint. Jazz Jennings insisted, as a transgirl, on playing soccer with the girls' team. From Viridiana Sanchez Santos's quinceañera demonstration against anti-immigrant policy to Zach Wahls's moving declaration that his two moms and he were a family like any other, No Voice Too Small celebrates the young people who know how to be the change they seek. Fourteen poems honor these young activists. Featuring poems by Lesléa Newman, Traci Sorell, and Nikki Grimes. Additional text goes into detail about each youth activist's life and how readers can get involved.
Voices of Gettysburg
Title | Voices of Gettysburg PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Pelican Publishing |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 |
ISBN | 1455613665 |
Relates, through illustrations and short passages, events of the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg and its aftermath as seen through the eyes of soldiers, from generals to privates, as well as various civilians. Includes historical notes.
Voices of A People's History of the United States
Title | Voices of A People's History of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Zinn |
Publisher | Seven Stories Press |
Pages | 674 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1583229167 |
This updated companion to Howard Zinn's classic A People's History of the United States (Harper Perennial, 2005) brings together the powerful words and actions of women and men of all races and creeds who, though mostly powerless themselves, have made change in America across the centuries. The original source book for Matt Damon's 'The People Speak' series on The History Channel, this classic work from Zinn is a major new release.