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2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Students will be fascinated by the events that transpired in seventeenth-century colonial Massachusetts, when a group of young girls accused several townspeople of witchcraft. Through colorful images and riveting text, this truth is stranger than fiction story will teach young readers much about the religious and cultural state of colonial New England, as well as the dangers of groupthink. --Publisher
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Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor, they were acting out against restrictive laws imposed by British Parliament. The resulting punishment prompted the formation of a Continental Congress and culminated in the Revolutionary War. Through simple, exciting language and full-color images, readers of this engaging volume will learn the backstory of "No Taxation Without Representation" and see how this act...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The story of the first Thanksgiving is so familiar to us, yet at the same time it's surrounded in mystery. Who were the Pilgrims and Indians that are said to have shared a feast so important that we celebrate it as an annual holiday? Engaging text and full-color images will transport readers to the Plymouth Colony, and they will learn about the hardships experienced by the Pilgrims in attempting to build a successful colony and their changing relationship...
4) Ben Franklin
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Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Many students know the story of Ben Franklin's famed electricity experiment, but do they understand how influential he was in the formation of the United States? Through simple but engaging narrative, this fully illustrated volume leads readers through Franklin's childhood, his diverse interests and accomplishments, and the role he played in the American Revolution and creation of an independent nation.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the first permanent English colony in North America, discussing the difficult voyage needed to get there, the illness and starvation that the colony suffered, and conflict with local Native American tribes.
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©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Get ready for a trip in time to Boston, Massachusetts, 1773. Author Elaine Landau and her faithful dog Max will be your guides to a very important party : the Boston Tea Party. Tired of high British taxes, American colonists were so angry that they threw a whole delivery of British tea into Boston Harbor. Learn about the causes of the American Revolution! And do not forget your tomahawk there is lots of tea to dump!