Elspeth Leacock's Books

In March 1989, the Exxon Valdez spilled approximately 11 million gallons of oil when it ran aground in one of the largest oil spills in the history of the United States. This book details the timeline of the oil spill, examining reasons for the accident, the inefficient system that impeded cleanup efforts, and the effects of the extensive spill on the pristine environment of Prince William Sound, Alaska. Coverage includes long-term effects on both humans and wildlife in addition to a review of the reparations paid by the oil company and oil policy changes enacted by Congress after this disaster.

Americans have always been a people on the move. Journeys in Time maps twenty journeys that have shaped our national past. These are stories of change -- of pilgrims and pioneers, soldiers and children, explorers and adventurers building new lives and finding new worlds. From a cabin boy who sailed with Columbus to a Union soldier and a young migrant farm worker, these journeys changed the lives of those who took them.

Twenty chronologically ordered "story maps" that follow the footsteps of one person's journey in history.

Trace travelers across time and space as they pursue freedom and help forge America's history.

Follow in the foorsteps of young people as they walk through American history.

European colonisation has marginalised the `first peoples' in industrialised countries such as Australia and Canada. In remote regions, still the homes of large Aboriginal, Indian and Inuit populations, this legacy remains strong. Modernisation - the `boom and bust' model of state and private development - and the partial and biased assistance provided by the state have eroded many communities through their disregard for socio-economic structures and the beliefs which underpin them. Third World in the First explores the past, present and future of these peoples, their treatment by the `West' and the alternative strategies of development which might be available to them.

A tour of contemporary communities in Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, and South America.

Follow in the foorsteps of young people as they walk through American history.

This book teaches students that maps show how places look from above. Students will learn how to read maps and use map keys.

Twenty chronologically ordered "story maps" that follow the footsteps of one person's journey in history.

Trace travelers across time and space as they pursue freedom and help forge America's history.

A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes A Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor Book Kirkus Best Books of 2015 Booklist Editors' Choice 2015 BCCB Blue Ribbon 2015 As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for the rights of African-Americans. In this memoir, she shows today's young readers what it means to fight nonviolently (even when the police are using violence, as in the Bloody Sunday protest) and how it felt to be part of changing American history. Straightforward and inspiring, this beautifully illustrated memoir brings readers into the middle of the Civil Rights Movement, complementing Common Core classroom learning and bringing history alive for young readers.

Book's by Elspeth Leacock

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Journeys in Time

Journeys in Time

Places in Time

Places in Time

Journeys for Freedom

Journeys for Freedom

Kids Make History

Kids Make History

Third World in the First

Third World in the First

Reading Expeditions (Social Studies: Communities Around the World): Galway, Ireland

Reading Expeditions (Social Studies: Communities Around the World): Galway, Ireland

Kids Make History

Kids Make History

Map It!

Map It!

Journeys in Time

Journeys in Time

Places in Time

Places in Time

Journeys for Freedom

Journeys for Freedom

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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