Time Period: 1832 Twelve-year-old Emma Farley has a secret hope-but in 1832, in the rough frontier city of Cincinnati, will she ever be able to live her dream? The odds are against her, considering society's views of "women's work," as well as the more immediate and frightening problems she face-a massive flood of the Ohio River and an epidemic of cholera. Using actual historical events to tell a compelling coming-of-age story, Emma's Secret shows young readers that God-given dreams are meant to be followed. Combining fiction with real events is an ideal way to teach history and faith-especially at this price!
- Accounts of the leaders whose ideas and actions have changed the course of history- Examines each person's life in the context of the politics of the time.
The author of such poems as I, To; Sing America; and The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Langston Hughes combined his experiences and emotions with the rhythms and themes he found in jazz music to create an exciting new style of poetry. Throughout his lifetime, Hughes won many awards and honors for his various books of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, children’s books, autobiographies, and magazine articles. Despite always struggling to succeed financially, Hughes never gave up trying to be a better writer, and a better man.
The rolling hill country of Missouri and Arkansas is background to these four contemporary novels. The authors are Mary Louise Colin, Helen Spears, Veda Boyd Jones, and Hannah Alexander.
TV news achor Kate Malone actually heard bells when she first saw Tyler Sinclair. Okay, so they were the church bells that played every day at the same time. But couldn't they be a sign that it was time to stop climbing the ladder of success to bigger stations and stay in Kentucky?When his brother died, Air Force Major Tyler Sinclair bowed out of the service to take over the giant Sinclair Corporation. Although Tyler wasn't pleased to return to Bend, Kentucky, he believed that for every door God closed He opened a window, and Tyler vowed to be the best CEO he could be. In learning how each of his companies operated, he soon came across WKYS-TV and Kate Malone.
Time Period: Begins 1838 In 1838, Nellie Starr, a young Cherokee girl, is caught in the political upheaval of America's westward expansion. Forced by U.S. soldiers to leave their home in Tennessee, Nellie, her family, and thousands of other Cherokees travel the long, dangerous "Trail of Tears" to a new home in the Indian Territory of modern-day Oklahoma. Using actual historical events as a backdrop, this brand-new children's novel teaches lessons of American history and the Christian faith. Can Nellie learn to forgive the people who've turned her world upside down? Nellie the Brave is a compelling read for girls ages eight to twelve.
Time Period: 1903 When her parents died, young Maureen O'Callaghan was sent from Ireland to the United States to begin a new life in the Stevenson family. At age eleven, she's ready to become a U.S. citizen-just as soon as she can solve the case of who's stealing artwork from her employer's mansion. Maureen the Detective is an exciting mystery and an intriguing look at what drew, and continues to draw, so many people to the shores of America. Using actual historical events to tell a compelling fictional story, the Sisters in Time series is perfect for personal reading, church libraries, or home schooling.
Teacher guide contains reproducible pages of study questions, vocabulary and comprehensions activities, project and essay ideas, quizzes and unit test.
Presents resources for teaching Melba Pattillo Beals's "Warriors Don't Cry" to middle school students, including a summary, author profile, pre-reading and culminating activities, vocabulary exercises, discussion questions, and activities for each section.
This is no ordinary coloring book. As children color the pictures, they learn omplete stories from the Old and New Testaments. Includes almost 100 stories from the Bible.
In the early nineteenth-century, thirteen-year-old Betsy Miller and her pesky eleven-year-old cousin, George Lankford, travel with their parents from Boston to their new home in Cincinnati and have many adventures on the way.
Julie Russell holds athletes in contempt. Not only does she think they are overrated, but she's spent her life having her academic achievements overshadowed by the athletic accomplishments of her sister and brothers. As a teacher, Jule has seen sports steal valuable time from the classroom. Then Julie meets Dallas Stone.
Callie & Morgan Rutherford's life is turned upside down when Morgan has an accident. Will Callie's love be enough to get the caring, loving man she once had to return to her?
Girls are girls wherever they live—and the Sisters in Time series shows that girls are girls whenever they lived, too! This new collection brings together four historical fiction books for 8–12-year-old girls: Maureen the Detective: The Age of Immigration (covering the year 1903), Maria Takes a Stand: The Battle for Women’s Rights (1914), Carrie’s Courage: Battling the Powers of Bigotry (1923), and Anna’s Fight for Hope: The Great Depression (1931), American Progress will transport readers back to America’s national maturation of the early twentieth century, teaching important lessons of history and Christian faith. Featuring bonus educational materials such as time lines and brief biographies of key historical figures, American Progress is ideal for anytime reading and an excellent resource for home schooling.
Discusses the life and accomplishments of the Massachusetts radical whose belief in forceful protest against injustice made him one of the leaders of the American Revolution.
Time Period: July 1944 - Thanksgiving 1945 As the Second World War grinds on, eleven-year-old Laura Edwards hopes and prays for an American victory. Inside her, though, another battle is raging: Originally suspicious and resentful of a Japanese-American classmate, Laura begins to admire the girl's quiet strength in the face of persecution. When Laura learns that the girl's father fights for the U.S. Army in Europe, she comes to realize the dangers of judging solely by appearances. Using actual historical events to tell a compelling fictional story, Laura's Victory is perfect for eight- to twelve-year-old girls.
Time Period: 1808 Thirteen-year-old Betsy Miller is shocked when her parents decide to move from their home in Boston to the rugged frontier city of Cincinnati. They'll take a dangerous, weeks-long journey by boat down the Ohio River. If that's not bad enough, Betsy's annoying cousin George is also making the trip-with his equally annoying dog. Especially for girls ages eight to twelve, this exciting story shares the emotional turmoil of a young woman experiencing dramatic life changes-while at the same time teaching important lessons of Christian faith and American history. It's an ideal book for personal reading or homeschooling.
- Accounts of the leaders whose ideas and actions have changed the course of history- Examines each person's life in the context of the politics of the time.
Highlights the responsibilities of the U.S. Senate, including the making of laws to govern the United States in partnership with the House of Representatives and the unique authority to provide advice and consent to the president.
TV news achor Kate Malone actually heard bells when she first saw Tyler Sinclair. Okay, so they were the church bells that played every day at the same time. But couldn't they be a sign that it was time to stop climbing the ladder of success to bigger stations and stay in Kentucky?When his brother died, Air Force Major Tyler Sinclair bowed out of the service to take over the giant Sinclair Corporation. Although Tyler wasn't pleased to return to Bend, Kentucky, he believed that for every door God closed He opened a window, and Tyler vowed to be the best CEO he could be. In learning how each of his companies operated, he soon came across WKYS-TV and Kate Malone.
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