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The #1 New York Times bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.
"Grand-scale biography at its best—thorough, insightful, consistently fair, and superbly written . . . A genuinely
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Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Mohandas Gandhi was one of the world's great leaders who used nonviolent resistance to protest against the caste system. Readers will learn all about his life, Hinduism, and the amazing things he accomplished in this inspiring nonfiction biographical title. Children will be fascinated and enlivened through interesting facts, vivid images, a helpful timeline, and a glossary that assists in improving vocabulary.
7) I am Gandhi
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This book tells the story of how Gandhi used the principles of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa and to end British rule in India. Like the series biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi's story focuses on his peaceful heroism in the struggle for civil rights and social change.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Featuring previously unseen footage, de-classified documents, and revealing interviews with Kissinger supporters (Alexander Haig, Brent Scowcroft, and William Safire) as well as his detractors (Seymour Hersh, William Shawcross, and Christopher Hitchens), The trials of Henry Kissinger explores how a young boy who fled Nazi Germany grew up to become one of the most powerful and controversial figures in U.S. History.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.6 - AR Pts: 38
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English
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Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us -- an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings. In bestselling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin turns to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. In Benjamin Franklin, Isaacson shows how Franklin defines both his own time...
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Newmarket Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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A portrait of George W. Bush's secretary of state and former national security advisor traces her childhood, early musical ambitions, foreign policies, receipt of the NAACP Image Award, and distinguished career as a scholar, professor, provost, and advisor.
12) Who was Gandhi?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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An introduction to the life and accomplishments of the champion of an independent India and global icon of peace and freedom.
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Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Two flies, Maggie and Horace, take young readers on the journey of Paul Revere as he hurried to warn the colonial militia that the British were coming. Includes a timeline, a glossary, text-related question, and resources for further information.
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Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Highlights the life and accomplishments of the founding father, from his childhood as an orphan in the West Indies to his role in developing the Constitution and his tragic death in a duel with Aaron Burr.
17) Paul Revere
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Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Teacher Created Materials Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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The Primary Source Readers series will ignite students' interest in history through the use of intriguing primary sources. This nonfiction reader features purposefully leveled text to increase comprehension for different learner types. Students will learn about the fascinating life and times of Benjamin Franklin. Text features include captions, a glossary, and an index to help build academic vocabulary and increase reading comprehension and literacy....
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche (1903-1971) was a statesman, peace negotiator, leading intellectual and scholar, and the first person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize. An African American who overcame racial prejudice and poverty to become Undersecretary General of the United Nations, Bunche's life offers a unique window on many key issues and historical events that took place during the middle of the 20th century. This award-winning two-hour documentary...
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