A study guide featuring author biographies, chapter summaries, reproducibles, and discussion questions for the Colliers' novel, 'My brother Sam is dead'

Examines the people and events involved in the significant war by which the thirteen original colonies broke away from England (view table of contents)

Recounts the religious, political, and social history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and its influence on our lives today

Discusses the history of Virginia and the evolution of slavery in that colony (view table of contents)

Examines what was going on in both Europe and North America during the war (view table of contents)

Uses chronologically arranged topics to present a history of the United States from the arrival of Native Americans circa B.C.E. 9,500 through the Revolutionary War.

Discusses the events and personalities that shaped this country from 1800 to 1823

Examines the settlement of the area that became the southwestern portion of the United States, detailing how it evolved from land settled by Native Americans, to Spanish territory, to states that were pawns between the North and South prior to the Civil War.Examines the settlement of the area that became the southwestern portion of the United States.

Examines the events and personalities involved in creating the Constitution of the United States in 1787, a document which has been the foundation of American democracy for over 200 years.

Examines the first half of the nineteenth century

Examines the the political development of the United States following the creation of the Constitution

Product Description: Book by Collier, Christopher, Collier, James Lincoln

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In the mid-eighteenth century a family moves from Connecticut to Pennsylvania and becomes involved in the property conflict between the two states

Discusses the economic, social, and religious reasons why immigrants, predominantly from northern Europe, and then from eastern and southern Europe, came to the United States. Considers incidents of prejudice experienced by these immigrants as well as contributions made by those of immigrant background.Discusses the economic, social, and religious reasons why immigrants came to the United States and considers incidents of prejudice experienced by these immigrants as well as contributions made by those of immigrant background.

In 1787, young Justin Conkey marches with the farmers of Western Massachusetts who, led by Captain Daniel Shays, are determined to end the crushing taxes which are causing them to lose their livestock and farms

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Examines the people and events involved in the bloody war that pitted the Northern states against those that seceded to form the Confederacy

Describes the struggles following the Civil War to decide how to deal with the newly freed slaves, through the years of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, sharecropping, and segregation.

Describes the period after the Civil War when the United States was becoming increasingly industrialized and technological, including the coming of the railroads, the rise of the large corporations, the development of labor unions, and government regulation.Describes the period after the Civil War when the United States became more industrialized

Discusses attitudes and events that led to the Civil War

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Discusses the settling of the area between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains and the conflicting interests of the different groups involved--the Indians, cowboys, farmers, sheepherders, and railroad barons. (view table of contents)