History School

An insider’s account of the infamous Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal that scapegoated black employees for problems caused by an education reform movement that is increasingly a proxy for corporate greed.

In the 1820s, few Americans could imagine a viable future for black children. Even abolitionists saw just two options for African American youth: permanent subjection or exile. Educated for Freedom tells the story of James McCune Smith and Henry Highland Garnet, two black children who came of age and into freedom as their country struggled to grow from a slave nation into a free country.

The lessons of history are real life lessons. That is because history is real life. History is the study of the future. This book gives the high school students a dozen real life lessons and how to use history to see the future.

During the formative years of Egyptian civilization, each Cosmogony was present. Students from many regions and segments of society attended the Houses of Life, and royals regularly donated endowments for the temple's maintenance and activities. These circumstances suggest a theological harmony, suggesting that a group of religious centers must have been cohesive despite their distinctive teachings and practices. Regardless of time or place in popularity, each creation myth was integral to the Egyptians' worldview.

What Shall We Do Today? The Trail of Treasured Traditions Join Imani, Tommy, and Maya on a magical adventure through history, culture, and childhood imagination! When three curious friends discover a mysterious wooden map on their neighborhood steps, they're whisked away on an extraordinary journey down "The Trail of Treasured Traditions." This enchanting children's chapter book combines fantasy with educational content as the children explore three special celebrations all happening on June 2nd: American Indian Citizenship Day: Experience Native American traditions and learn about this ...

True love and friendship has no boundaries, even across time. Christopher and Susan are two teens who are best friends – one a talented guitarist with dreams of attending Julliard and the other a talented young writer who accidentally travel back to the year 1963. While they are there they fall deeply in love and have to make a decision; do they stay with those they love and care about or return home while they still have a chance? But if only one of them returns, how will that change the timeline? Will their entire lives be changed for the better or for the worse? Will their dreams still...

As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Brandon Webb was tasked with revamping the US Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper School, incorporating the latest advances in technology to create an entirely new course that continues to test even the best warriors. In this revealing new book, Webb takes listeners through every aspect of the elite training.

In 1933, as Hitler came to power, schoolteacher Anna Essinger hatched a daring and courageous plan: to smuggle her entire school out of Nazi Germany. Anna had read Mein Kampf and knew the terrible danger that Hitler's hate-fuelled ideologies posed to her pupils. She knew that to protect them she had to get her pupils to the safety of England. But the safe haven that Anna struggled to create in a rundown manor house in Kent would test her to the limit.

Arrested? For teaching? John Scopes’s crime riveted the world, and crowds flocked to the trial of the man who dared to tell students about a forbidden topic—evolution. The year was 1925, and discussing Darwin’s theory of evolution was illegal in Tennessee classrooms. Lawyers wanted to challenge the law, and businessmen smelled opportunity. But no one imagined the firestorm the Scopes Trial would ignite—or the media circus that would follow.

In Woody Allen's 1973 film, Sleeper, a character wakes up in the future to learn that civilization was destroyed when "a man by the name of Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead." Shanker was condemned by many when he shut down the New York City school system in the bitter strikes of 1967 and 1968, and he was denounced for stirring up animosity between Black parents and Jewish teachers. Later, however, he built alliances with Blacks, and at the time of his death in 1997, such figures as Bill Clinton celebrated Shanker for being an educational reformer.

September 1984, Thornton College private school. After 15-year-old Zahabiya’s father remarries, she can’t wait to leave home and convinces him to send her away to boarding school. But will she fit in? She joins a clique of smart students but isn’t sure if she measures up or how to read the mixed messages from a guy she’s crushing on.

🌍 Quiz Bowl Primer: The Ultimate History Quiz Bowl Study Guide 🌍 🎯 Ready to Become a History Whiz? Looking for a fun and challenging way to test your History knowledge? Whether you're a student aiming to ace your next quiz bowl or someone who loves stumping friends and family with intriguing History trivia, this book is your ultimate companion! 📚 What's Inside? 🔥 200+ Challenging Questions: Dive into over 100 pyramidal toss-up questions crafted in a Jeopardy-style format and 100+ Bonus Questions. These questions are designed to push your limits and expand your historical ...

A finales del siglo XIX comienzan a sentirse los primeros gritos de alerta. Si en el XVI el pueblo rector era Italia, en el XIX Francia ocupaba el sitio de honor reservado a los caudillos artísticos, concretamente París. Y en París comienzan a sonar nombres y a exponer pinturas unos artistas que se revuelven inquietos bajo el peso del esteticismo impresionista. Toulouse Lautrec y Van Gogh son dos de los más representativos que se orientan por el camino del expresionismo.

In this gentle middle-grade novel, twelve-year-old Patsy moves from Wisconsin to London in the 1950s. Will she ever adapt to the strange ways of her new home? And will she ever find a friend to share the adventure?Twelve-year-old Patsy Donahue loves history, so when the U.S. Air Force assigns her father to London in 1954, she’s excited to move to England. What could be better than living in a country steeped in stories of kings and queens, knights and ladies, castles and cottages? Even better, her new school is in an old palace and her fellow students are the daughters of diplomats from ...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to grow up in a system where your entire childhood revolves around education? In this book, Maxime Wong takes you on an eye-opening journey through China’s school system, one of the most competitive and demanding in the world.

A History of Dearborn County serves as a great historical resource for home school students and Indiana history buffs. It includes information on museums, historical markers, National Register of Historic Sites and other areas of historical interest in Dearborn County, Indiana. The guide is a great help in planning field trips as local parks and nature preserves are included in the book, as well. Readers will discover historical information on Dearborn County cities and towns like Aurora, Lawrenceburg, Greendale the smaller communities in the county. Home schooling parents and local history...

In 1872, China—ravaged by poverty, population growth, and aggressive European armies—sent 120 boys to America to learn the secrets of Western innovation. They studied at New England's finest schools and were driven by a desire for progress and reform. When anti-Chinese fervor forced them back home, the young men had to overcome a suspicious imperial court and a country deeply resistant to change in technology and culture. Fortunate Sons tells a remarkable story, weaving together the dramas of personal lives with the fascinating tale of a nation's endeavor to become a world power.

The Last Soul of Witherspoon takes a "global" approach in its history of a settlement school in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky known as Witherspoon College. Listeners will find this audiobook to be autobiographical as well as a social history told on three levels.

There is a harvest moon over Toulouse, but it’s going to be a very dark night. Eleven-year-old Micah Stevens intends to free the dogs from a puppy mill in the woods outside of town. Teenager Jenny Allard and her boyfriend Michael Kennedy have come up with a plan to get even with two of the school’s most notorious thugs. Gloria Downing is coming home after a decade running from her past. On this Indian summer evening in October of 1981, the little town is about to add several chapters to its long and bizarre history. Come along as award winning novelist, Chris Morrow, gives you the grand...

One injured ex-military grump + one sassy broken ex track runner = one enemies to lovers special where deep roots are visited and mended! After a tragic accident derails Sara’s once-promising future, she returns to her small hometown to rebuild her life—only to find her old rival, Jared, has also come back. Both carrying scars of their own, Sara and Jared are thrown together as they work on Project Hope, restoring a historic home into a community haven. But as the walls come down around the house, the barriers between their hearts start to crumble, too. With a sassy back-and-forth that ...