Denise Kiernan
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In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities, it...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City comes the fascinating story of America's national day of thanks and of the tenacious and inspiring Sarah Josepha Hale, a nineteenth-century woman who made establishing this holiday her life's mission-one brought to fruition by the wise support of Abraham Lincoln"--
From Ancient Rome through 21st-century America, bestselling author Denise Kiernan brings us...
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Full of fun trivia and illustrated how-to skills, this pocket-sized gift book answers all your burning questions about American history and culture
This handbook is the perfect patriotic present for any engaged United States citizen. Who played the first game of baseball? What’s a bicameral congress? Where did Mount Rushmore come from? Who is Geronimo and why do we yell his name when we jump? Plus:
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This handbook is the perfect patriotic present for any engaged United States citizen. Who played the first game of baseball? What’s a bicameral congress? Where did Mount Rushmore come from? Who is Geronimo and why do we yell his name when we jump? Plus:
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"This resource provides the practice students need to tackle the variety of graphs, charts, and tables they'll encounter on standardized math tests--including bar graphs, pictographs, circle graphs,and line graphs. Presented in fun, real-world formats, these high-interest exercises will help students learn how to navigate the different parts of a graph, represent data on graphs, build essential skills in interpreting and analyzing data, and much more."--P....
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"This resource provides the practice students need to tackle the variety of graphs, charts, and tables they'll encounter on standardized math tests--including bar graphs, pictographs, circle graphs, and line graphs. Presented in fun, real-world formats, these high-interest exercises will help students learn how to navigate the different parts of a graph, represent data on graphs, build essential skills in interpreting and analyzing data, and much...
17) Going to green
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Going to Green deals with the restoration of America's urban landscape through the creation of sustainable neighborhood ecosystems. Each chapter is devoted to a specific subject and is accompanied by a lesson with service learning extension activities.