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Stop the Train!

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On March 23, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison signed a proclamation opening two million acres of Oklahoma land to settlement. A month later, with a teeming crush of pioneers, the Oklahoma Land Rush was on.

A Primary Source History of the Colony of Delaware (Unabridged)

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The earliest settlers in this region were confronted by food shortages, conflicts with native tribes, and the difficulties of settling a new land with little support.

Author:

Aaron Raymond

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

01:10

A Primary Source History of the Colony of Delaware (Unabridged)

The Three Documents That Made America (Unabridged)

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For the first time ever, the complete founding documents of the United States of America are here in one unabridged recording. Sam Fink, award-winning author of the highly acclaimed illustrated book of The Declaration of Independence, provides concise introductions.

Author:

Sam Fink

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

01:27

The Three Documents That Made America (Unabridged)

Toliver's Secret

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Copies: 28

Ellen Toliver is shocked to learn that her grandfather is a patriot spy. Then he's injured on the day of an important mission - and she's the only one who can take his place. It's the last thing shy, timid Ellen wants to do, but her grandfather, and her country, are depending on her.

Author:

Esther Wood Brady

Lexile:

740L

Voices from the Civil War: A Documentary History of the Great American Conflict

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Copies: 27

Between the years 1861 and 1865, America faced the biggest crisis in its history. Countryman fought countryman, brother fought brother, in a savage civil war that was to determine the nation's future. With slavery as its central issue, and states' rights also paramount, the war spilled over into every facet of life - political, economic, social, military. And ultimately, the destiny of America was decided in blood.

Author:

Milton Meltzer

Lexile:

1170L

Voices from the Civil War: A Documentary History of the Great American Conflict

The United States Constitution (2005)

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Standard Deviants School is an educational and entertaining, lesson-based learning supplement developed from the award-winning Standard Deviants teaching style. Written to meet state educational standards, each module is clearly organized by lesson topic and includes full classroom performance rights.

Grade Level:

Middle

Length:

00:17

The United States Constitution & Bill of Rights (2004)

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Learn the facts about the documents that make America great!

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Middle

High

The United States Constitution & Bill of Rights

Liberty! The American Revolution (1997)

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LIBERTY! is an exuberant documentary about the American Revolution and our fight for freedom. This critically acclaimed six-hour series chronicles the events leading up to the declaration of war, and the lasting effects these events had on shaping our country today.

Grade Level:

Middle

Length:

06:00

Time of Fear (2004)

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In World War II more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and relocate to military camps dotted across the western United States. TIME OF FEAR tells the story of the 16,000 men, women, and children who were sent to two relocation camps in southeast Arkansas--one of the poorest and most racially segregated places in America.

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Middle

High

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01:00

The Declaration of Independence (2004)

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These words grace The Declaration of Independence, written in 1776, which remain as true today as when it was conceived. It is critical for American citizens to understand their importance in defining our freedoms and the foundation of democracy.

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Middle

High

Length:

00:53

The Girl from the Tar Paper School

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Copies: 7

Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on Washington, there was Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who used nonviolent civil disobedience to draw attention to her cause. In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high school, Barbara Johns led a walkout—the first public protest of its kind demanding racial equality in the U.S.—jumpstarting the American civil rights movement.

Author:

Teri Kanefield

Lexile:

1100L

Freedom: A History of US (2003)

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It's long been America's strongest cultural bond and its most perilous fault line. For generations, men and women have lived and died for it. Now, consider what it means to be free with this groundbreaking new series, based on the award-winning books by master storyteller Joy Hakim.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

07:00

Battle of the Dinosaur Bones: Othniel Charles Marsh vs Edward Drinker Cope

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Copies: 7

n the 1880s, science witnessed a major shift: Charles Darwin proposed his theory of evolution. People dug up the first dinosaur fossils. And the field of paleontology--the study of ancient plants and animals--emerged.

Author:

Rebecca L. Johnson