Description: History is more than just dates and facts. Real people lived through it--and wrote about it. Gain a whole new understanding of major events in U.S. history through the power of primary sources. Includes quotations and reproductions from many types of primary sources. Meets Common Core State Standards for analyzing multiple accounts of an event.
Brief description: Krystyna Poray Goddu has been a writer and editor for more than thirty years; her books include the non-fiction children's book, Dollmakers and Their Stories: Women Who Changed the World of Play. She reviews and writes about children's books for Publishers Weekly magazine and The New York Times Book Review. In addition to her writing and editing experience, she works in school libraries and teaches writing to middle-school students in New York City, where she lives.