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In the past fifty years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States. The Making of Asian America tells the little-known history of Asian Americans and their role in American life, from the arrival of the first Asians in the Americas to the present-day.An epic history of global journeys and new beginnings, this book shows how generations of Asian immigrants and their American-born...
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Carl Van Vechten (B.A., University of Chicago, 1903) was a photographer, music-dance critic, novelist, and patron of the Harlem Renaissance who served as literary executor for Gertrude Stein.
Van Vechten was among the most influential literary figures of the 1910s and 1920s. He began his career in journalism as a reporter, then in 1906 joined The New York Times as assistant music critic and later worked as its Paris correspondent. His early reviews...
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"Ada and Bea are on a tour of Washington, DC, learning all about the US Supreme Court, from its founding in 1789 to today. Along the way, they hear from the Constitution, important justices, and key figures from landmark cases, such as Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education, gaining an understanding of how the Court has shaped our lives"--
7) Immigration
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Chronicles mass immigration to the United States from the time of the early colonies to today.
10) The Constitution
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Children's Press
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2008
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IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Discusses the meaning and purpose of a constitution; recounts reasons why people thought the United States needed one in the 1780s and the events of the Constitutional Convention; and describes the Constitution's main points and how it has changed.
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In May 1787 delegates from across the country--including George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin--gathered in Philadelphia and, meeting over the course of a sweltering summer, created a new framework for governing: the Constitution of the United States.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"The artifacts of Ellis Island tell the story of millions of immigrants who passed thorugh its halls on their journey to a new life in the United States. Imagine discovering a time capsule filled with items including a worn cap, yellowed letters, and old dinnerware. Explore these items and more to learn about the experience of journeying through Ellis Island in the early 1900s"--Provided by publisher.
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In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of American religious freedom—a drama in which Islam played a surprising role. In 1765, eleven years before composing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson bought a Qur’an. This marked only the beginning of his lifelong interest in Islam, and he would go on to acquire numerous books on Middle Eastern languages,
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IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 9
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"An account of the Cold War spies whose survival depended on carefully orchestrated deceptions as they fought in the shadows to help avert global nuclear war and, in so doing, changed the global landscape in ways that are still felt today"--
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James Comey, former FBI Director ... uses his long career in federal law enforcement to explore issues of justice and fairness in the US justice system. James Comey might best be known as the FBI director that Donald Trump fired in 2017, but he's had a long, varied career in the law and justice system. He knows better than most just what a force for good the US justice system can be, and how far afield it has strayed during the Trump Presidency. In...
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