Students learn about the people, places, and issues of the world’s past through the multicurricular activities in language arts, social studies, science, math, and the arts. Each book contains 27 topics grouped into three units. In addition, an introductory activity and an open-ended culminating activity are offered for each of the units.

The following are a few of the activities offered in American History Set II: Create a Dictionary of Words That Entered Our Language as a Result of the Civil War, Create a Venn Diagram Comparing Lincoln’s and Johnson’s Plans for Reconstruction, Analyze the Multiple Machines Used in the Cotton Gin, and Create a Family Tree for America.

The Civil War: States’ Rights, the Economy, the Missouri Compromise, John Brown, Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass, Antietam, Gettysburg, Medical Practices, and more.

Reconstruction: Lincoln’s and Johnson’s Plans, Carpetbaggers and Scalawags, Thaddeus Stevens, Ulysses S. Grant, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Five Military Districts, and more.

The Industrial Revolution: Technology, Mass Production, Urbanization, Immigration, Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Tenements, Sweatshop Girls, Factories, and more. .

Immigration: Quotas & Restrictions; Henry Cabot Lodge; Western, Southern, Northern, Slavic, Asian, African, and Latin American Immigrants; Steerage; Destinations; Statue of Liberty; Ellis Island; and more.

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Grades 4–8.

SPECIAL SET PRICE: If purchased individually, these books would cost $43.80.