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History Speaks: Picture Books Plus Reader's Theater Series

12 primary works • 12 total works
Bring to life important stories from U.S. history with the History Speaks: Picture Books Plus Reader’s Theater. These books bring together illustrated picture books with readers's theater scripts for students to practice fluency
Alice Ray and the Salem Witch Trials
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2.33 · 3 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2010 · 5 editions
In 1692, four young girls from the Puritan town of…

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    Annie Shapiro and the Clothing Workers' Strike
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    4.08     · 12 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2010 · 3 editions
    Life wasn't easy for Annie Shapiro and the other c…

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    Benjamin Brown and the Great Steamboat Race
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    4.50     · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2010 · 5 editions
    In the summer of 1870, Thomas Leathers was captain…

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    Clara Morgan and the Oregon Trail Journey
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    4.62     · 13 Ratings · published 2010 · 5 editions
    Eleven-year-old Clara Morgan traveled the Oregon T…

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    Ellen Craft's Escape from Slavery
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    4.50     · 10 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2010 · 5 editions
    In the 1840s, runaway slaves faced many dangers. T…

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    Enrique Esparza and the Battle of the Alamo
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    5.00     · 5 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2010 · 5 editions
    "In early 1836, trouble broke out in Texas. Texas …

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    George Washington and the Story of the U.s. Constitution
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    5.00     · 3 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2010 · 5 editions
    Late in the spring of 1787, fifty-five men gathere…

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    John Greenwood's Journey to Bunker Hill
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    4.44     · 9 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2010 · 5 editions
    "In mid-May 1775, the American Revolution was bare…

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    Johnny Moore and the Wright Brothers' Flying Machine
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2010 · 5 editions
    Before December 1903, flying in the air was just a…

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    The Little Rock Nine Stand Up for Their Rights
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    4.10     · 10 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2010 · 4 editions
    Until 1957, two worlds existed in Little Rock, one…

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    Lizzie Newton and the San Francisco Earthquake
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    3.80     · 10 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2010 · 6 editions
    In the early morning on April 18, 1906, a terrible…

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    President Lincoln, Willie Kettles, and the Telegraph Machine
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    4.33     · 6 Ratings · published 2010 · 3 editions
    In March 1865, the Civil War between the North and…

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