Arriving at Ellis Islandby MaryLee Knowlton
Genre: Nonfiction/History AR 6.5
Series: Events That Shaped America
Ellis Island was open for just 62 years. That's not long in the span of American immigration, and yet it remains the most enduring symbol of coming to America that most of us recognize. I have visited the island twice, read the history on site, and still learned some interesting new facts from this slim source. The firsthand accounts of immigrants throughout the text deftly breathe life into the facts.
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by Sabrina Crewe and Frank Walsh
Genre: Nonfiction/History AR 7.1
Series: Events That Shaped America
To put the Montgomery bus boycott into perspective, the book begins with slavery, the abolitionist movement, and civil rights issues leading up to the day Rosa Parks was arrested for failing to relinquish her seat on a public bus. It goes on to tell the story of how the coordinated boycott lasted for over a year and demonstrated that peaceful actions could force meaningful change. It also puts the boycott's success into perspective of the greater civil rights challenges that continued throughout the 1950s and 1960s. As with other books in the series, there are places to visit, books and Web sites to explore, and activities you can do to deepen your understanding of this important event in history.
You can find these other books from the series in the WGS library:
- The Plymouth Colony by Gianna Polacco Williams
- The Siege of the Alamo by Valerie Weber
- The Battle of Gettysburg by Sabrina Crewe
- The California Goldrush by Sabrina Crewe
- The California Mission by Valerie Weber
- The Battle of the Little Big Horn by MaryLee Knowlton
- The Settling of Jameston by MaryLee Knowlton
- The Settling of St. Augustine by Sabrina Crewe
