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Summary
Summary
Follows the history of the United States from the Great Depression through World War II. This book, which follows a student researcher investigating primary sources, will be an excellent selection for readers who want to know more about this challenging period in US history.
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School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-6-On the first page of each title, readers learn that their "mission" is to "think like a historian" so that they can learn about the past. Then, unnamed young narrators take family road trips and visit museums and living-history parks and interact, complete with dialogue, with fictional historians and museum staff, who help them discuss and analyze topics. The books close with "Mission Accomplished" summaries and suggestions for further activities. The format and large font limit space for significant background information and details, and the narratives often seem gimmicky, factors that will limit the usefulness of and audience for these books. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Your Mission | p. 4 |
| What You Know | p. 4 |
| Hard Times Hit | p. 6 |
| Roosevelt to the Rescue | p. 10 |
| Black Blizzards | p. 14 |
| Growing Up in the Great Depression | p. 16 |
| The United States at War | p. 19 |
| At Home and Overseas | p. 22 |
| Mission Accomplished! | p. 26 |
| Consider This | p. 26 |
| Glossary | p. 28 |
| Learn More | p. 29 |
| Further Missions | p. 30 |
| Index | p. 31 |
