Biddy Mason: Becoming a Leader: Read-along ebook
Biddy Mason: Becoming a Leader: Read-along ebook

Author: Lorin Driggs

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2020-11-11

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 142583258X

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Bridget "Biddy" Mason was an African-American midwife, nurse, real estate entrepreneur, philanthropist, and former slave who influenced the history of Los Angeles and California. Learn about her fascinating life with this primary source biography that builds students’ reading skills and promotes social studies content knowledge. The dynamic primary source maps, letters, and images provide authentic nonfiction reading materials and keep students interested in learning. Text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents. This book connects to California state studies standards and the NCSS/C3 Framework and features appropriately leveled text to accommodate different reading levels. Additional features include Read and Respond and a culminating activity that prompt students to dive deeper into the text for additional reading and learning.

Biddy Mason: Becoming a Leader
Biddy Mason: Becoming a Leader

Author: Lorin Driggs

Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.

Published: 2022-01-21

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1684525152

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Biddy Mason's life began as an enslaved person. She had to walk 2000 miles to reach California, but once there, she gained her freedom. She became a successful nurse, midwife, and land owner, and left behind a legacy of caring and charity. This primary source reader integrates literacy and social studies content knowledge, and uses maps, letters, images, and photographs to engage students and develop their curiosity about the people and the world around them. Primary sources provide authentic nonfiction reading materials, and help students understand continuity and change over time. This Interactiv-eBook offers instructional opportunities to guide students to increased fluency and comprehension of nonfiction text. Aligned to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) and other national and state standards, it includes essential text features like a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents to increase understanding and build academic vocabulary. The Stage It! culminating activity provides an opportunity for assessment that challenges students to apply what they have learned in an interactive way. Learn about the people who influenced California's history with this Interactiv-eBook!

Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon

Author: Pat Frank

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2005-07-05

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0060741872

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The classic apocalyptic novel that stunned the world.

Chains
Chains

Author: Laurie Halse Anderson

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-01-05

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1416905863

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If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first, but when the unthinkable happens to Ruth, Isabel realizes her loyalty is available to the bidder who can provide her with freedom. From acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling, impeccably researched novel that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual.

The Preamble: The Spirit of America ebook
The Preamble: The Spirit of America ebook

Author: Lorin Driggs

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2021-07-01

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 1087619394

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Learn the history behind the phrase “We the people”. This nonfiction book analyzes the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution in an exciting and informative way. The book includes a glossary, a short fiction piece related to the topic, and a bonus activity. With this book that’s perfect for young readers, students can see how the powerful words of the Preamble are reflected in American government. This 32-page full-color book describes the creation of the U.S. Constitution and the Preamble. It also explores important topics like justice and liberty and includes an extension activity for grades 3-4. Perfect for the classroom or at-home learning, explore the Constitution, structure of government, and United States history.

A People's Guide to Los Angeles
A People's Guide to Los Angeles

Author: Laura Pulido

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2012-04-23

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0520953347

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A People’s Guide to Los Angeles offers an assortment of eye-opening alternatives to L.A.’s usual tourist destinations. It documents 115 little-known sites in the City of Angels where struggles related to race, class, gender, and sexuality have occurred. They introduce us to people and events usually ignored by mainstream media and, in the process, create a fresh history of Los Angeles. Roughly dividing the city into six regions—North Los Angeles, the Eastside and San Gabriel Valley, South Los Angeles, Long Beach and the Harbor, the Westside, and the San Fernando Valley—this illuminating guide shows how power operates in the shaping of places, and how it remains embedded in the landscape.

Mules and Men
Mules and Men

Author: Zora Neale Hurston

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 0061749877

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Zora Neale Hurston brings us Black America’s folklore as only she can, putting the oral history on the written page with grace and understanding. This new edition of Mules and Men features a new cover and a P.S. section which includes insights, interviews, and more. For the student of cultural history, Mules and Men is a treasury of Black America’s folklore as collected by Zora Neale Hurston, the storyteller and anthropologist who grew up hearing the songs and sermons, sayings and tall tales that have formed and oral history of the South since the time of slavery. Set intimately within the social context of Black life, the stories, “big old lies,” songs, voodoo customs, and superstitions recorded in these pages capture the imagination and bring back to life the humor and wisdom that is the unique heritage of Black Americans.

Black Girls Rock!
Black Girls Rock!

Author: Beverly Bond

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2018-02-27

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1501157930

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From the award-winning entrepreneur, culture leader, and creator of the BLACK GIRLS ROCK! movement comes an inspiring and beautifully designed book that pays tribute to the achievements and contributions of black women around the world. Fueled by the insights of women of diverse backgrounds, including Michelle Obama, Angela Davis, Shonda Rhimes, Misty Copeland Yara Shahidi, and Mary J. Blige, this book is a celebration of black women’s voices and experiences that will become a collector’s items for generations to come. Maxine Waters shares the personal fulfillment of service. Moguls Cathy Hughes, Suzanne Shank, and Serena Williams recount stories of steadfastness, determination, diligence, dedication and the will to win. Erykah Badu, Toshi Reagon, Mickalane Thomas, Solange Knowles-Ferguson, and Rihanna offer insights on creativity and how they use it to stay in tune with their magic. Pioneering writers Rebecca Walker, Melissa Harris-Perry, and Joan Morgan speak on modern-day black feminist thought. Lupita Nyong’o, Susan Taylor, and Bethann Hardison affirm the true essence of holistic beauty. And Iyanla Vanzant reinforces Black Girl Magic in her powerful pledge. Through these and dozens of other unforgettable testimonies, Black Girls Rock! is an ode to black girl ambition, self-love, empowerment, and healing. Pairing inspirational essays and affirmations with lush, newly commissioned and classic photography, Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic and Rocking Our Truth is not only a one-of-a-kind celebration of the diversity, fortitude, and spirituality of black women but also a foundational text that will energize and empower every reader.