Discusses the three groups of people most impacted by the discovery of America, Europeans, the discoverers; native Americans, the original inhabitants; and the first African slaves, brought to provide
Eva Velazques goes to her library. She learns how to use the online catalog. She checks out books. She learns about a job fair!Primary Strand: AcademicSecondary Focus: CivicsThe iOPD Reading Libraryr
This latest creation from the New York company The Civilians asks the thorny question : how do we know what we know when everyone in power seems to be lying?Also includes "Gone Missing." Stories of t
Levi Viggers the Eighth, descendent of a pirate, must serve a year of after-school detention in the library where he comes across a book that reveals some old family secrets, leading him to team up wi
Using methods that combine documentary and artistic practices, the New York-based theater company The Civilians develop original projects based in the creative investigation of actual experience. Thes
Begin the journey into the lives of important people in history with Beginner Biographies. These simple, illustrated biographies provide a perfect entry point for learning about history. The childho
"Beto's urban art is labeled graffiti by the police, so the boy is sent to spend the summer with faraway relatives. Then Beto discovers art in an unexpected place, and he's the only one that can keep
Knowing that his people were sold as slaves in the United States not so long ago, eleven-year-old Kofi is afraid to move to New Orleans, Louisiana, but when his parents divorced they agreed to this pl
