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Discover what freedom means! This nonfiction book explains the song
America in an easy-to-follow way. Made for young readers, the book
includes a fiction story about the song, discussion questions, an
additional project, and more useful features. This 24-page
full-color book analyzes America line by line to make sure students
understand. It also covers important topics related to national
pride, and includes an extension activity for Grade 1. Perfect for
the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool to learn about
symbols, freedom, and U.S. History.
Explore the culture and history of three California Indian
tribes--the Yana, the Yokuts, and the Tongva--with this primary
source book. California's Indian Nations builds students' reading
skills and promotes social studies content literacy. The dynamic
primary sources such as maps, letters, and images provide authentic
nonfiction reading materials and keep students interested in
reading. Text features include a glossary, index, captions,
sidebars, and table of contents. This book connects to California
state studies standards and the NCSS/C3 Framework and features
appropriately leveled text to accommodate different reading levels.
Additional features include Read and Respond and a culminating
activity that prompt students to dive deeper into the text for
additional reading and learning.
Gettysburg is a snapshot of three of the most important days in US
history. Filled with informative timelines and fact sheets, details
on the commanders, weapon technology, and so much more, this
handsome volume also captures several human stories, from the
11-year-old sergeant, John L. Clem, who killed a Confederate
soldier to John Burns, the only civilian to fight in the battle and
many others. Gettysburg also provides a remarkable look at the
historic Reconciliation Reunion, Gettysburg today and the
preservation efforts, and tons of other interesting details that
American history buffs will love.
A celebration America's ongoing love affair with the Beatles, four
longhaired, oddly dressed chaps who appeared on The Ed Sullivan
Show on Sunday evening, February 9, 1964 with half of America
watching from their living rooms. Editor Ben Nussbaum traces the
beginnings of this first internationally famous boy band, revealing
how all four stars aligned to create the sonic sensation that
changed the course of music history. Within just two months of the
Fab Four's debut on Mr. Sullivan's variety hour, the band had
secured all five top spots on BillBoard's Hot 100, and before
year's end would sell an astonishing ten million records.
Filled with dozens of color and black and white photographs, The
Beatles details the rise and fall of the band, the stories behind
the men, their relationships, the creation of the songs, the tours,
the albums, and the unstoppable spread of Beatlemania around the
globe. That the Beatles' legacy continues to fascinate music lovers
and pop culture gurus fifty years since their meteoric climb is
rendered even more remarkable when one considers that the Beatles
would disband just six short years after they sang their first
"yeah yeah yeah" on American television.
In The Beatles, Nussbaum maps out the band's rise to fame in 1964
("The Toppermost of the Poppermost" and "The Beginning") as well as
three summers of grueling tours -sixty-six tours from 1964 to 1966
("Twist & Shout"). The song-writing partnership between John
Lennon and Paul McCartney, considered by many to be the most
successful in history, is examined in "Come Together," revealing
how the pair worked together and how their styles were vastly
different yet complemented each other's, for a time.
The chapter "We Can't Work It Out" discusses the inevitable demise
of the Fab Four and how the men grew apart musically and personally
due to the high pressures of becoming instant celebrities.
In "Breaching the Iron Curtain," the Soviet Union's banning and
bashing of the band only increased the youth of the U.S.S.R. to
crave the Beatles more fervently and led to their further
resentment of their government. Some two decades later, only upon
the election of Beatles fan Mikhail Gorbachev did the first Beatles
album get released in the U.S.S.R.
Underscoring what Nussbaum refers to as "the grandeur of the
catalog," Beatles experts Tim Riley and Patrick Foster choose their
Top Twenty Beatles tunes, remarkably with only five songs in
common.
A special section will be welcome by all record collectors, the
complete list of the twenty Beatles albums released in North
America, including dates and song titles, from Introducing the
Beatles, January 1964 to Let it Be, May 1970.
The Beatles also takes a brief look at the long solo careers of the
four artists after the dissolution of the band, including their
musical highlights and lowlights. Other topics discussed in this
vividly illustrated volume are the five top contenders for the
"Fifth Beatle"( plus ten runners-up, including Little Richard and
Yoko Ono), the story of Capitol Records exec, Dave Dexter, who
nearly stalled the Beatles' entrance into America, and a section
devoted to the band's children ("Here Come the Sons"), discussing
the music careers of Julian Lennon, Sean Lennon, Zak Starkey, James
McCartney, and Dhani Harrison.
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