History
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Grade Assigned
World Empires, World Missions, World Wars: Test Kit
$12.90 Add to cartThis Test kit covers the material taught in the Phase 1 stages of Diana Waring’s World Empires, World Missions, World Wars curriculum. Instead of quizzing students on names/places/dates, tests instead allow students to choose the areas which they are most familiar with, reflecting what they choose to focus their studies upon. Nine tests (one for each unit) are included, along with a separate answer key for each test. 9 tests plus answers, glue binding, reproducible for in-family use.
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History
School Days Then and Now
$8.95 Add to cartThis exciting title provides students with a comparative look between a modern-day classroom and a one-room schoolhouse from long ago. From slates to whiteboards, question boxes encourage students to compare and contrast how they learn today with how students learned long ago.
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History
Early Modern Times, Volume 3, Revised Softcover
$31.75 Add to cartWritten in the straightforward, engaging style that has become Susan Wise Bauer’s trademark, The Story of the World series covers the sweep of human history. This read-aloud series is designed for parents to share with elementary (grades 1-4) grade children. This series is also appropriate for grades 5-8 to read on their own. Story of the World Volume III, Early Modern Times brings students on an adventure to learn about the Sun King, how the samurai became sumo wrestlers, what the Black Hold of Calcutta was, and why a California town was named Ground Hog Glory! In our increasingly global age, children will enjoy learning about the history of the entire world.
This revised edition includes 48 beautiful new illustrations by Jeff West, easier-to-read formatting, and a pronunciation guide to the names and places discussed in the book.
420 pages, indexed with pronunciation key, chronology, geography, softcover. Revised edition.
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Abeka History of the World in Christian Perspective Quiz Book (5th Edition)
$16.75 Add to cartThis quiz book is part of the Abeka “History of the World in Christian Perspective” 5th Edition curriculum. Forty tests are included, which feature a mix of matching, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions. Each quiz notes which sections in the (sold-separately) text are covered. 79 non-reproducible pages, softcover. 5th Edition. Grade 7.
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Grade Assigned
Abeka History of the World in Christian Perspective Test Book (5th Edition)
$15.75 Add to cartThis test book is part of the Abeka “History of the World in Christian Perspective” 5th Edition curriculum. Twelve tests are included, which feature a mix of matching, multiple choice, true/false, short answer, essay, and map questions. Each tests notes which chapters in the (sold-separately) text are covered. Current Event report guidelines as well as parliamentary procedure for student organizations are included as well. 70 non-reproducible pages, softcover. 5th Edition. Grade 7.
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Canadian Social Studies
Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Komagata Maru
$35.95 Add to cartIn 1914, Canada was a very British society with anti-Asian attitudes. Although Great Britain had declared that all people from India were officially British citizens and could live anywhere in the British Commonwealth, Canada refused to accept them. This racist policy was challenged by Gurdit Singh, a Sikh businessman, who chartered a ship, the Komagata Maru, and sailed to Vancouver with over 300 fellow Indians wishing to immigrate to Canada. They were turned back, tragically.
Over the years, the Canadian government gradually changed its immigration policies, first allowing entry to wives and children of Indian immigrants and later to many more immigrants from India. The Indo-Canadian community has grown throughout Canada, especially in British Columbia. Many in the community continue to celebrate their Indian heritage which enriches Canadian culture.
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Canadian Social Studies
I Am Canada: A Call to Battle
$14.95 Add to cartThe War of 1812 comes to life through the eyes of a young Canadian boy.
It’s 1812. War has begun, and thirteen-year-old Alexander (Sandy) MacKay is jealous when his older brother Angus goes off with their father to fight the Americans attacking the Niagara region. Too young to know the darker side of battle, he resents being left to shoulder the work on his family’s farm.
Itching to get in on the action, he sneaks away from home and heads to Lundy’s Lane to join up with the local militia. But battle is imminent, and now there’s not much his father can do except try to shield him from the worst of the fighting.
Sandy’s idealized notions of what battle will be like are shattered when the man standing before him is killed by a musket ball and Sandy’s own brother is severely wounded. At the battle of Lundy’s Lane, the united Canadian/British forces turn the tide against the American troops, but Sandy comes to know how chilling war can be.
Just in time for the bicentennial of the War of 1812, A Call to Battle is a sobering look at the realities of war. Author Gillian Chan skillfully depicts the transformation of an impetuous young boy, full of boyish enthusiasm, into a more realistic young man who emerges on the other side of war.
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Canadian Social Studies
The Famous Five: Amazing Stories
$9.95 Add to cartA concise history of the five women who changed the course of history and brought Canadians one step closer to equality.
On August 27, 1927, five women gathered at a house on Edmonton’s Southside to sign a letter that would change the course of Canadian history. Those women were Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby, and Henrietta Muir Edwards, who would become known as the Famous Five.
The meeting of the women had been prompted by Emily Murphy, an Alberta magistrate, whose right to render judgements had been challenged by a lawyer who maintained that only men could be appointed as judges because only men were considered “persons” under the British North America Act. The battle for justice that began that Saturday afternoon on took several years and many miles, finally making its way to the Privy Council in London. Finally, in 1929, a landmark ruling found that women were indeed “persons” in the eyes of the law.
But who were these women and how did they come together at such a pivotal moment in Canadian history? The Famous Five is a comprehensive look at the remarkable lives, prolific careers, sometimes disturbing contradictions, and extraordinary achievements of these five women who fought for equality at a time when women were barely recognized as relevant.
