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"[This book] explores the life and ideas of American biologist, conservationist, and science writer Rachel Carson, who served as the catalyst of the modern environmental movement"--

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Presents the life and works of Shakespeare. Includes activities to introduce Elizabethan times, including making costumes, making and using a quill pen, and binding a book by hand.

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Intended for ages 9-12. This work helps children discover how students and religious leaders worked together to demand the protection of civil rights for black Americans. It also helps them learn how northern white college students helped bring national attention to atrocities committed in the name of segregation.

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Intended for ages 9-12, this activity guide about Civil War spans the turmoil preceding secession, the first shots fired at Fort Sumter, the fierce battles on land and sea, and finally, the Confederate surrender at Appomattox.

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Portrays the heroic struggles of the thousands of slaves who sought freedom through the Underground Railroad. This activity book includes 80 narratives from escaped slaves and abolitionists and 30 biographies of "passengers," "conductors," and "stationmasters," such as Harriet Tubman, William Still, and Levi and Catherine Coffin.

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Intended for ages 9+, this activity book tells the amazing true story of how two bicycle-making brothers from Ohio, with no more than high-school educations, accomplished a feat that forever changed the world. It includes photographs from the Wright brothers' personal collection, along with diagrams and illustrations.

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Suitable for ages 9 years & over, this title includes hands-on activities and historical information that reveal the fascinating life of Theodore Roosevelt, America's 26th president, who was also well known as a writer, a ranchman, a politician, a solider, an explorer, and a family man.

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Provides an introduction of Thomas Edison, one of the world's greatest inventors. This book helps inspire kids to be inventors and scientists. Children try Edison's experiments themselves with activities such as making a puppet dance using static electricity, manufacturing a switch for electric current, constructing a telegraph machine, and more.

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Drawing heavily from the original letters and papers of Thomas Jefferson and his contemporaries, this resource chronicles the world of the Founding Father who wrote the Declaration of Independence. Creative activities that invite children to experience Jefferson's colonial America include designing a Palladian window, building a simple microscope, painting a "buffalo robe," and dancing a reel.

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"Chronicling the rich and fascinating history of Washington, DC, t his useful resource for teachers and parents, reveals to young readers the city s remarkable past through 21 hands-on activities."--