Monica HalpernCritiques
Auteur de Seeds of Change in American History: Great Migration
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How Many Seeds? par Monica Halpern
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aripley16 | 1 autre critique | Mar 11, 2018 | This is a very simple informational book, meant to be paired with "I'm a Little Seed", about how many seeds are in different kinds of fruits including watermelons and peaches.
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steffsweet | 1 autre critique | Mar 7, 2018 | Like other books in National Geographic's "Crossroads America" series; "Railroad Fever" does an excellent job describing an event that changed our country. From the beginning of the book, when author Monica Halpern describes how building railroads fit into our country's industrialization schemes, to the end, when she tells about what a trip on the railroad would be like for a passenger, and all of the interesting details of laborers' lives in-between, the book is riveting. It appears that Halpern geared her book towards the upper elementary grade or middle school reader (there is a glossary and sentences are not too lengthy), but, besides just giving the reader "the facts", she deals with very adult concepts. For example, she describes how building the transcontinental railroad forever changed the landscape of the United States (by laying thousands of miles of tracks and dynamiting through the Sierras), how Indian tribes lost their battles to hold on to their lands, how thousands of new immigrants brought changes to the west, and how even time was changed (with the invention of the "standard time" railroads needed.). The book includes "Voices of America" sidebars with quotes from famous Americans such as General Sherman and Leland Stanford. Not all students will realize who the speakers are. There are great historical photographs throughout the book.½
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odonnell | Aug 23, 2010 | Women and minorities helped the war effort. Life changed on the home front.
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MGraysonk12 | Mar 22, 2012 | Economic and political incentives for migration.
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MGraysonk12 | Mar 20, 2012 | How culture has changed within time.
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MGraysonk12 | Feb 29, 2012 | Building a railroad.
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MGraysonk12 | Feb 27, 2012 | Lifecycle of a silkworm
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MGraysonk12 | Feb 9, 2012 | Different plants and the way they eat and protect themselves.
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MGraysonk12 | Feb 7, 2012 | All about volcanoes
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MGraysonk12 | 1 autre critique | Mar 17, 2011 | Signalé
Totarobookroom | 1 autre critique | Jul 24, 2009 | Book Room A - Cycle/Changes Box, Work - https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B1Z9BbtdNCaTMUtldUp0Mmx3WHM
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