This book explores through New York City and the many things that you can find there. The book starts off giving a history of New York when it was called New Amsterdam. It shows how different things were back then and how it is now a much more populated and frequently visited city. The book gives details of the many different attraction that that this city holds, such as, The Empire State Building, the subway, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Central Park, Museum of Natural History, and the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum. It also talks of the many different seasonal activities that attract people to the city.
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Anthony, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Slade, S., & Bootman, C. (2010). Climbing Lincoln's Steps The African American Journey. N.p.: Albert Whitman & Company.
In this book the Author covers a time line focusing on the African American journey to equal rights. She also shows important events in African American history. The author starts with Abraham Lincoln ending slavery and then shows the line of influential people who have helped accomplished equality. The author works to show how one small step can lead to great impacts. The author ends the time line with Barack Obama becoming the first African American President of the United States.
K-3.2 Identify the reasons for our celebrating national holidays, including Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, and Independence Day.
K-3.3 Describe the actions of important figures that reflect the values of American democracy, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King