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Help students learn about our nation’s history with a social studies book about the American Revolution. The American Revolution book by Mark Twain for fifth to eighth grades provides information on the events leading up to the American Revolution, the American victory, and the beginning of the United States government. This social studies resource book helps students examine the historical decisions of leaders of the time, as well as everyday people, while providing activities to develop reading comprehension skills. By Carson Dellosa/Mark Twain Media Learn More

Give voice to notable personalities of the past and the events surrounding them with U.S. History: People and Events (1607–1865). This 128-page social studies book provides a full-spectrum view of some of the most fascinating and influential lives and occurrences in United States history. Along with biographical sketches and overviews from the arrival of the Mayflower to the end of the Civil War, this resource book provides reinforcement questions and a time line to help students make connections between the lives of the featured Americans and the other events of their time period. Use as a full unit or as classroom supplement. Supports NCSS standards and the National Standards for History.

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Teach students the importance of the U.S. Constitution with the help of Mark Twain’s U.S. Constitution book for middle and upper grades. Understanding the US. Constitution for fifth to twelfth grades helps students become informed citizens by delving into the history and structure of the U.S. Constitution. This social studies resource book covers the birth of the Constitution, the branches of government, the articles, and the amendments. Full copy of the U.S. Constitution and a sample test are included. By Carson Dellosa/Mark Twain Media

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Interactive Notebook: U.S. Constitution is designed to allow students to become active participants in their own learning by creating interactive notebooks. The instructions given in the book lay out an easy-to-follow plan for setting up, creating, and maintaining an interactive notebook for the study of the U.S. Constitution. The book features mini-lessons, correlating interactive notebook pages, and informational text reading selections. The lessons cover the Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention, and the drafting and ratification of the U.S. Constitution. This interactive approach to diagramming social studies concepts gives students many opportunities to create models and demonstrate their knowledge through artistic creation, labeling, and verbal explanation. Correlated to current national, state, and provincial standards. By Carson Dellosa/ Mark Twain Media

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ABOUT WHAT WAS THE GOLD RUSH?

Which of these facts are true?

Bedbug, Hangtown, and Murderer’s Gulch were mining camps

People poured into California to get rich quick

The largest nugget weighed 195 pounds In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn’t.

Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!"

With black-and white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life!

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ABOUT WHO WAS QUEEN ELIZABETH? A teenager imprisoned in the dreaded Tower of London An admirer of William Shakespeare A beloved ruler known as “Good Queen Bess” Our bestselling series is fit for a queen! The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father?s court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned queen in 1558, when she was only twenty-five. A tough, intelligent woman who spoke five languages, Elizabeth ruled for over forty years and led England through one of its most prosperous periods in history. Over 80 illustrations bring ?Gloriana? and her court to life. Learn More

History Year by Year THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, FROM THE STONE AGE TO THE DIGITAL AGE

Get ready for the ultimate time-travelling tour through history!

From ancient times to the modern world, you’ll experience each and every defining moment firsthand, including revolutions, art, battles, leaders, ideas, and inventions.

A giant visual timeline keeps track of your ongoing journey with stunning pictures, beautiful illustrations, and fact-packed text. The special “child in time” features reveal how children lived in different periods. You’ll meet a scribe in ancient Egypt, a young warrior in ancient Greece, and a girl working in the Industrial Revolution, among many others. Complex topics become crystal-clear with comprehensive coverage of ancient Rome, the Renaissance, Mughal India, the Ottoman Empire, the Atlantic slave trade, the French Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, the War on Terror, and much, much more.

With more than 1,500 photographs, illustrations, maps, and graphics, History Year By Year showcases history in more detail and depth than ever before. Whether you’re mesmerised by mammoths and mummies or fascinated by flying and Facebook, there is something for everyone on this adventure through the ages.

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 It all begins when Soft Rain’s teacher reads a letter stating that as of May 23, 1838, all Cherokee people are to leave their land and move to what many Cherokees called “the land of darkness”. . .the west.

Soft Rain is confident that her family will not have to move, because they have just planted corn for the next harvest but soon thereafter, soldiers arrive to take nine-year-old, Soft Rain, and her mother to walk the Trail of Tears, leaving the rest of her family behind.

Because Soft Rain knows some of the white man’s language, she soon learns that they must travel across rivers, valleys, and mountains. On the journey, she is forced to eat the white man’s food and sees many of her people die.

Her courage and hope are restored when she is reunited with her father, a leader on the Trail, chosen to bring her people safely to their new land.

Praise for Soft Rain: “An eye-opening introduction to this painful period of American history.”–Publisher’s Weekly

“The characters themselves transform a sorrowful story of adversity into a tale of human resilience.”–Kirkus Reviews

“This gentle child’s-eye view will move readers enormously.”–Jane Yolen

Middle Grade (Ages 8-12)

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This inexpensive paper outline map is perfect for geography, history, genealogy and unit studies. It can be used as a great visual and hands-on approach to learning U.S. geography. Blank U.S. Map is approximately 10 3/4" x 16". Buy multiple and use throughout the year for activities and assessment.

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Reinforce geography concepts, such as location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region, with World Geography Puzzles: Countries of the World. The units profile selected countries and then give students an opportunity to reinforce their knowledge by completing a variety of fun and challenging puzzles like crosswords, word searches, hidden messages, and more. Each country profile includes basic information such as capital, population, and type of government. It also offers descriptions of what makes each country unique, such as landmarks and physical features, industries, wildlife, and historical importance.

These activities can be used as supplements to classroom or homeschool units focused on certain countries, or they can be a fun addition to any geography or social studies lesson. Students will enjoy learning about the countries of the world while completing these fun puzzle units.

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Strengthen students’ knowledge of basic math operations, fractions, decimals, geometry, algebra, metrics, and more! Mathematics Puzzles is a fun homeschool or classroom supplement that presents math skills reinforcement in crosswords, word searches, hidden number puzzles, and hidden message puzzles. Quizzes and answer keys are also included.

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Integrate history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government, with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Core Skills: Social Studies workbook series. Students will practice map and geography skills and work with charts and other graphic devices. Lessons feature short paragraphs and an abundance of graphics (including photos, charts, and maps); students read the paragraph and answer the question that's often based upon the included images. Chapter checkups provide multiple-choice exercises and an open-ended "thinking and writing" question that review the previous chapters. Unit skill builders and unit tests are also included.

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Integrate history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government, with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Core Skills: Social Studies workbook series. Students will practice map and geography skills and work with charts and other graphic devices. Lessons feature short paragraphs and an abundance of graphics (including photos, charts, and maps); students read the paragraph and answer the question that's often based upon the included images. Chapter checkups provide multiple-choice exercises and an open-ended "thinking and writing" question that review the previous chapters. Unit skill builders and unit tests are also included.

In this 4th grade workbook, fifteen lessons are included in seven units, which cover all regions found in the United States. Covering the scope of human interactions through history, students will learn about the Northeast Region, the Southeast Region, the North Central Region, the Rocky Mountain Region, the Southwest Region, and the Pacific Region.

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Integrate history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government, with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Core Skills: Social Studies workbook series.

Students will practice map and geography skills and work with charts and other graphic devices. Lessons feature short paragraphs and an abundance of graphics (including photos, charts, and maps); students read the paragraph and answer the question that's often based upon the included images. Chapter checkups provide multiple-choice exercises and an open-ended "thinking and writing" question that review the previous chapters. Unit skill builders and unit tests are also included.

In this 6th grade workbook, sixteen lessons are included in five units, which cover basic geography principles, ancient civilizations, early Western civilizations (Greece & Rome), the Eastern hemisphere, and the Western hemisphere. Covering the scope of human interactions through history, students will learn about the Roman Empire, Greek city-states, the Pax Romana, lines of latitude, the building of the Panama Canal, and more.

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Integrate history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government, with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Core Skills: Social Studies workbook series. Students will practice map and geography skills and work with charts and other graphic devices. Lessons feature short paragraphs and an abundance of graphics (including photos, charts, and maps); students read the paragraph and answer the question that's often based upon the included images.

Chapter checkups provide multiple-choice exercises and an open-ended "thinking and writing" question that review the previous chapters. Unit skill builders and unit tests are also included.

In this 3rd grade workbook, sixteen lessons are included in six units, which cover basic information on various types of communities. Covering the scope of human interactions through history, students will learn about American Indian communities, suburban communities, cities, people and places, and more.

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Integrate history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government, with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Core Skills: Social Studies workbook series. Students will practice map and geography skills and work with charts and other graphic devices.

Lessons feature short paragraphs and an abundance of graphics (including photos, charts, and maps); students read the paragraph and answer the question that's often based upon the included images. Chapter checkups provide multiple-choice exercises and an open-ended "thinking and writing" question that review the previous chapters. Unit skill builders and unit tests are also included. 

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Integrate history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government, with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Core Skills: Social Studies workbook series.

Students will practice map and geography skills and work with charts and other graphic devices.

Lessons feature short paragraphs and an abundance of graphics (including photos, charts, and maps); students read the paragraph and answer the question that's often based upon the included images. Chapter checkups provide multiple-choice exercises and an open-ended "thinking and writing" question that review the previous chapters. Unit skill builders and unit tests are also included.

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Algebra is part of the Middle/Upper Grades Math Series, which provides students in middle school, junior high, and high school with instruction and practice in the fundamentals of math so they can transition to higher-order math concepts with confidence. Clear explanations, numerous practice exercises, and frequent reviews provide students with the tools for success in mastering algebra. Topics covered include variables & exponents, square roots & radicals, polynomials, linear & quadratic equations and rectangular coordinate systems. Correlated to current national, state, and provincial standards

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This resource book for middle and upper grade math teachers provides quick, daily warm-ups to prepare students for upcoming lessons. The Fractions and Decimals Quick Starts resource book for fourth to ninth grades reinforces skills students have learned with fractions and decimals. Teachers can use this Mark Twain resource book for daily warm-ups and test review. Each page includes two to four quick starts, and the quick starts get progressively more challenging to keep up with students’ skill development. Fractions & Decimals Quick Starts is part of the Quick Starts series, which provides students in grades 4-8 with quick review activities that start the day's lesson off right and help students practice and review math concepts they have learned in class. Each page features two to four quick starts that can be cut apart and used separately. The entire page may also be used as a whole-class or individual assignment. Concepts covered include fractional parts, equivalents, math operations with fractions and decimals, least common multiple, greatest common factor, and comparing.

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Mark Twain’s Statistics and Probability resource book for fifth to twelfth grades provides opportunities for students to organize and interpret data. From predicting an event to conducting surveys and analyzing test scores, this resource book for math teachers helps students understand how these concepts are applied in real-world scenarios. Probability & Statistics is part of the Middle/Upper Grades Math Series, which provides students in middle school, junior high, and high school with instruction and practice in the fundamentals of math so they can transition to higher-order math concepts with confidence. Clear explanations, numerous practice exercises, and frequent reviews provide students with the tools for success in mastering probability and statistics.

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Enhance lessons with this resource book for pre-algebra that simplifies concepts to help students learn. Pre-Algebra is part of the Middle/Upper Grades Math Series, which provides students in middle school, junior high, and high school with instruction and practice in the fundamentals of math so they can transition to higher-order math concepts with confidence. Clear explanations, numerous practice exercises, and frequent reviews provide students with the tools for success in mastering pre-algebra. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

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Using Primary Sources to Meet Common Core State Standards is designed to help students learn how to analyze, interpret, and evaluate primary sources. The activities in the book are aligned with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (ELA). Some of the ELA literacy skills covered are making inferences, summarizing text, citing evidence, and analyzing the connection between primary and secondary sources on the same topic. Topics covered include: The Charters of Freedom, The Civil War and The Great Depression. Learn More

Project-Based Learning Tasks for Common Core State Standards is designed to help middle-school students use research skills, teamwork, communication, and critical thinking to solve real-life problems. Includes a Common Core State Standards matrix. Learn More

Algebra Quick Starts for seventh to twelfth grades provides skill practice for real numbers, quadratic equations, and more. This algebra resource book is ideal for daily warm-ups, test reviews, and learning centers. Each page of this Mark Twain Math resource book includes two to four quick starts.

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