A Boy Called Slow
This picture books recounts the boyhood Sitting Bull, explaining how the Lakota Sioux chief, who was originally called "Slow," gained his adult name.
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Cesar Chavez: Great Americans for Children
DVD giving details of the history of Cesar Chavez's efforts to organize migrant farm workers in the United States in the mid-1900s.
George Washington Carver: Scientist and Inventor
George Washington Carver was an inventor, farmer, scientist, and teacher. His interests and talents were much more complex and diversified than his “peanut farmer” image may initially suggest. This biography will help students learn about the accomplishments of George Washington Carver.
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this introductory biography, the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is related through spare narrative and King's own words. The book includes King's rememberances from his childhood in the segregated South, his role in the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s, and his assassination in 1968. It ends by pointing out that King's words remain an inspiration today.
