Product Description: Struggling students can make substantial and sometimes remarkable progress toward full literacy if we teach them higher order skills and knowledge rather than focusing instruction and assessment on lower level tasks. Here s a resource that shows you highly effective approaches for reaching that goal...read more

Product Description: The Valley of Death is a historical novel, and tells the story of Private Henry Ward, a 19 year old, black infantry soldier's combat experiences in the Civil War from 1864 to 1865. It is based on the military archival records of the author's great grandfather, who served in the 27th Ohio US Colored Infantry Regiment...read more

Product Description: Integrating the teaching of writing skills and writing processes, this book presents a collaborative approach to working with struggling writers in grades five through twelve, in both general and special education settings. Unlike purely process-oriented approaches, which hold that skills are acquired intuitively through writing and revising, strategic writing instruction sees the acquisition of key skills as integrally related to effective self-expression...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Describes the exploits of seven men who charted the mountain areas of the American West, including John Coulter, Jim Bridger, James Beckwourth, and Kit Carson

Product Description: John Brown was one of the most daring men in the history of civil rights. He hated slavery. His attempts to free the slaves cost a number of lives and helped, indirectly, to bring on the Civil War.

Recounts how miners, ranchers, farmers, and railroaders helped to settle the American West from 1865 to 1900

Product Description: Book by Collins, James

An examination of the roles of law enforcement agents in frontier towns of the old West

Recounts the exploits of explorers of the American West, from Daniel Boone in the late 1700s to John Charles Fremont in the 1850s

Product Description: Book by Collins, James, Sommers, Elizabeth