What was...?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teaches important dates and facts about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
2)
What was the Alamo?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the Boston Tea Party, including the events leading up to the party, its immediate effects on American-British relations, and why it is still an important event today.
5)
What was the first Thanksgiving?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
105 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
105 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the 1963 March on Washington, helmed by Martin Luther King, Jr., where over two hundred thousand people gathered to demand equal rights for all races, and explains why this event is still important in American history today.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!"--Amazon.com.
10)
What is the Statue of Liberty?
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11)
What was Ellis Island?
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12)
What was Pompeii?
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13)
What was the Hindenburg?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an account of the two-and-a-half-year expedition that yielded vast knowledge of the West, geographically and scientifically.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces facts about the Super Bowl, including the history of the game, famous players throughout its history, and the spectacle of the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Every October, millions of baseball fans around the country anxiously wait to see which team wins baseball's biggest championship. But the original games of the 1900s hardly look like they do today. Take a look back over one hundred years and discover the history of baseball's greatest series. With triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses, this action-packed book brings America's Pastime to life.
17) What was D-Day?
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
107 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
D-Day spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned and carried out and how it overwhelmed the Germans who had been tricked into thinking the attack would take place elsewhere.
18)
What was Hurricane Katrina?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market the system that controls money in America plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working. People lost their jobs, their houses, or both and ended up in shantytowns called Hoovervilles named for the president at the time of the crash. By 1933, many banks had...
20)
What were the Salem Witch Trials?
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21)
What are the Summer Olympics?
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22)
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? series. On Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started on the south side of Chicago. A long drought made the neighborhood go up in flames. And practically everything that could go wrong did. Firemen first went to the wrong location. Fierce winds helped the blaze jump the Chicago River twice. The Chicago Waterworks...
24)
What was the San Francisco Earthquake?
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25)
What was Woodstock?
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26)
What were the Twin Towers?
Author
27)
What are the ten commandments?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents facts about the prehistoric world in which dinosaurs lived, the types of dinosaurs that lived in different time periods, and how dinosaur bones are discovered and studied.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A mesmerizing overview of the world as it was when glaciers covered the earth and long-extinct creatures like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive. Go back 20,000 years ago to a time of much colder global temperatures when glaciers and extensive sheets of ice covered much of our planet. As these sheets traveled, they caused enormous changes in the Earth's landscape and climate, leading to the evolution of creatures such as...
31)
What is climate change?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many...
33)
What is the women's rights movement?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of the soccer World Cup, covering clothing and equipment, host stadiums, the rules, qualifying to participate, and the most successful teams.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its catastrophic end after crashing into an iceberg. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew onboard, only...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Flappers, flag-pole sitting, and the Ford Model T--these are just a few of the things that instantly conjure up a unique era--the Roaring Twenties. It was the bees' knees, the cat's meow. If you're not familiar with 1920s slang, all the more reason to read this fascinating look at that wild, exciting decade. It began on the heels of one tragedy--the flu pandemic of 1918--and ended with another: the start of the Great Depression. But in between there...
37) What is NASA?
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
107 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, and the many missions and discoveries that have taken place since then. NASA has a rich history and still plays an important role in...
38)
What is the Stanley Cup?
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39)
What was Stonewall?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event--the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps--six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, whose rabid anti-Semitism led first to humiliating anti-Jewish laws, then to ghettos all over Eastern Europe, and ultimately to the Final Solution. She presents...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Learn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world. The Vietnam War was as much a part of the tumultuous Sixties as Flower Power and the Civil Rights Movement. Five US presidents were convinced that American troops could end a war in the small, divided country of Vietnam and stop Communism from spreading in Southeast Asia. But they were wrong, and the result was the death of 58,000 American...
42)
What are the Paralympic Games?
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43)
What is a presidential election?
Author
44)
What is LEGO?
Author
45)
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
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46)
What was the bombing of Hiroshima?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Although fans the world over have been fascinated by the modern Summer Olympics since 1896, the Winter Olympics didn't officially begin until 1924. The event celebrates cold-weather sports, displaying the talents of skiers, ice skaters, hockey players, and, most recently, snowboarders. Like its summer counterpart, the Winter Games are dedicated to bringing together the world's top athletes to honor their talents and see who gets to stand on the medal...
48)
What is Black Lives Matter?
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49)
What is Congress?
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50)
What is Nintendo?
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51)
What was the age of exploration?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Travel back in time to the 1920s and 1930s to the sounds of jazz in nightclubs and the 24-hours-a-day bustle of the famous Black neighborhood of Harlem in uptown Manhattan. It was a dazzling time when there was an outpouring of the arts of African Americans--the poetry of Langston Hughes, the novels of Zora Neale Hurston, the sculptures of Augusta Savage, and that brand-new music called jazz as only Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong could play it....
53)
What was the plague?
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
107 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Castles may conjure up a romantic fairy tale world; however, in real life, during the Middle Ages, castles were fortresses, providing shelter and protection for the lord as well as for the peasants who lived on his land. For an army, a lord depended on young soldiers in armor called knights who spent years at the castle learning the skills of warfare"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Best-selling author, former executive editor of the New York Times, and self-confessed political junkie, Jill Abramson has written a detailed and fascinating book that explains how the highest court in the United States works, who gets to serve on it, which cases have had the greatest impact on the country, and why the US justice system is so vital to democracy"--