Heroes from American History: A Content-Based Reader

Heroes from American History is a reading text which explores American history and geography, starting each of the 16 lessons with a brief biography of a famous American woman or man whose life of struggle and conflict made a lasting contribution to American culture that is still relevant today. The lessons use maps and timelines to bring out the historical contexts, and they offer lots of practice with: Reading and vocabulary development, Retelling, Critical thinking and writing, Simple research appropriate for web work, and Discussion. Of the sixteen people featured in the book, thirteen of them are brought to life in the short biographical plays in Anne Siebert's Celebrating American Heroes, a companion volume to this text that is appropriate for reading aloud dramatically in class.