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American Adventures: True Stories From America's Past Part 1 - 1770 to 1870American Adventures:
True Stories from America's Past
1770 to 1870

by Morrie Greenberg

This 8½ x 11 size softcover book contains 15 high-interest stories from America's history that are not widely known. They are designed to appeal to those who can't seem to get into the regular texts provided in most secondary history courses. Each short story is preceded by a time line to put it into the correct historical context, and a paragraph to describe what else was happening during the period in which the story takes place. (This is in a box to make it easy to find.) After each story are some suggested writing/journal activities, some vocabulary or comprehension activities, some discussion activities, and some related group activities. Each story also has a black and white illustration. For ages 9 and up (or read it aloud to younger students).

Stories from 1770 to 1870:

  • Families from Mexico start settlement in California in 1781.

  • George Washington dies at Mt. Vernon in 1799

  • Johnny Appleseed begins distribution of apple seeds in 1800

  • Decatur killed in duel in 1820.

  • Sam Patch drowns in 1829

  • Daughters leave farms to work at Lowell factory in 1830's

  • Elizabeth Blackwell enters medical school in 1847

  • The California Gold Rush begins in 1849

  • The first "orphan train" leaves New York in 1854. 

  • The first camels are brought to the American West. in 1856

  • "Emperor Norton" begins his rule in San Francisco in 1859

  • Thousands are killed and wounded at the Battle of Antietam in September,1862

  • In 1864 the submarine Hunley sets out from Charleston Harbor to sink Northern ship.

  • Nightriders raid Missouri farm, taking mother and baby in 1865

  • The Trans-Continental railroad is completed in 1869.

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American Heroes: 1735-1900American Heroes:
1735-1900

by Morrie Greenberg

Fifteen high interest true stories of Americana from mid 1700's to 1900. Set up like the American Adventure books above: a time line and additional activities accompany each story. It deals with the people who made American history and some of the issues of history that were meaningful to them. There is a brief introduction to each person before the story where he/she is featured. Each story centers on one important incident in the subject's life. For Ages 9 and up.

Stories from 1735 to 1900 on the following famous people:

  • Peter Zenger

  • George Washington

  • Benjamin Banneker

  • Dolley Madison

  • Cyrus McCormick

  • Charles Goodyear

  • Dorothea Dix

  • Robert E. Lee

  • Clara Barton

  • Henry Bergh

  • Chief Joseph

  • Jacob Riis

  • John Muir

  • Charles Steinmetz

  • Walter Reed

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