Author: Jeffrey A. Davis (Ph. D.)
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1586850938
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The Pennsylvania Journey is a middle school textbook. The outline for this book is based on the Pennsylvania Academic Standards for History and teaches geography, geology, history, economics, citizenship, and government. The book places the state's historical events in the context of our nation's history. Features such as timelines, local images, dozens of photographs, Pennsylvania Portraits, Linking the Past to the Present, and What Do You Think? discussion questions deliver content in an effective and inviting way, making history come alive. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Pennsylvania's Geography Chapter 2 The First People Chapter 3 Colonial Pennsylvania Chapter 4 Revolutionary Pennsylvania Chapter 5 A New Nation Chapter 6 Transportation, Industry, and Natural Resources Chapter 7 Antebellum Pennsylvania Chapter 8 Pennsylvania and the Civil War Chapter 9 An Industrial State Chapter 10 The Age of Reform Chapter 11 The Great Depression and World War II Chapter 12 Cold War, Civil Rights, and More War Chapter 13 Government for the Nation and the State Chapter 14 Making a Living in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Journey
Author: Jeffrey A. Davis (Ph. D.)
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1586850938
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The Pennsylvania Journey is a middle school textbook. The outline for this book is based on the Pennsylvania Academic Standards for History and teaches geography, geology, history, economics, citizenship, and government. The book places the state's historical events in the context of our nation's history. Features such as timelines, local images, dozens of photographs, Pennsylvania Portraits, Linking the Past to the Present, and What Do You Think? discussion questions deliver content in an effective and inviting way, making history come alive. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Pennsylvania's Geography Chapter 2 The First People Chapter 3 Colonial Pennsylvania Chapter 4 Revolutionary Pennsylvania Chapter 5 A New Nation Chapter 6 Transportation, Industry, and Natural Resources Chapter 7 Antebellum Pennsylvania Chapter 8 Pennsylvania and the Civil War Chapter 9 An Industrial State Chapter 10 The Age of Reform Chapter 11 The Great Depression and World War II Chapter 12 Cold War, Civil Rights, and More War Chapter 13 Government for the Nation and the State Chapter 14 Making a Living in Pennsylvania
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1586850938
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The Pennsylvania Journey is a middle school textbook. The outline for this book is based on the Pennsylvania Academic Standards for History and teaches geography, geology, history, economics, citizenship, and government. The book places the state's historical events in the context of our nation's history. Features such as timelines, local images, dozens of photographs, Pennsylvania Portraits, Linking the Past to the Present, and What Do You Think? discussion questions deliver content in an effective and inviting way, making history come alive. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Pennsylvania's Geography Chapter 2 The First People Chapter 3 Colonial Pennsylvania Chapter 4 Revolutionary Pennsylvania Chapter 5 A New Nation Chapter 6 Transportation, Industry, and Natural Resources Chapter 7 Antebellum Pennsylvania Chapter 8 Pennsylvania and the Civil War Chapter 9 An Industrial State Chapter 10 The Age of Reform Chapter 11 The Great Depression and World War II Chapter 12 Cold War, Civil Rights, and More War Chapter 13 Government for the Nation and the State Chapter 14 Making a Living in Pennsylvania
A Picture-journey Along the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal, 1826-1857
Author: Philip J. Hoffmann
Publisher: American Canal & Transportation Center
ISBN: 9780933788848
Category : Pennsylvania Canal (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher: American Canal & Transportation Center
ISBN: 9780933788848
Category : Pennsylvania Canal (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Lincoln Trail in Pennsylvania: A History and Guide
Author:
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271038964
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271038964
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Pennsylvania History
Author: Jeffery L. Davis
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780205701667
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An edited collection of primary and secondary documents on Pennsylvania's role in national and international events from Penn's time to the present.The book introduces the complexities of the modern world by investigating the wide array of peoples and interests that have defined Pennsylvania's"pluralistic past.Issues that are relevant to our twenty-first century world, such as race, ethnicity, gender, class, religion, politics, culture, labor, immigration, migration, war, rebellion, industrialization, de-industrialization, and transportation, etc., are explored through the lives and experiences of ordinary as well as extraordinary Pennsylvanians. This work presents the perspectives of working historians and of the diverse peoples they chronicle
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780205701667
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An edited collection of primary and secondary documents on Pennsylvania's role in national and international events from Penn's time to the present.The book introduces the complexities of the modern world by investigating the wide array of peoples and interests that have defined Pennsylvania's"pluralistic past.Issues that are relevant to our twenty-first century world, such as race, ethnicity, gender, class, religion, politics, culture, labor, immigration, migration, war, rebellion, industrialization, de-industrialization, and transportation, etc., are explored through the lives and experiences of ordinary as well as extraordinary Pennsylvanians. This work presents the perspectives of working historians and of the diverse peoples they chronicle
Gottlieb Mittelberger's Journey to Pennsylvania in the Year 1750 and Return to Germany in the Year 1754
Author: Gottlieb Mittelberger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Germans
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Germans
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Journey to Pennsylvania
Author: Gottlieb Mittelberger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
18th century German immigrant's record of his four year visit to Colonial Pennsylvania, the evils of the indenture system, and the hardships of life in the New World.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
18th century German immigrant's record of his four year visit to Colonial Pennsylvania, the evils of the indenture system, and the hardships of life in the New World.
The Big Book of Pennsylvania Ghost Stories
Author: Mark Nesbitt
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493043935
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Keystone State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Authors Mark Nesbitt and Patty A. Wilson shine a light in the dark corners of Pennsylvania and scare those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From apparitions of fires and soldiers struggling in the cold at Valley Forge, to ghostly children stalking dormitories at Gettysburg College, these stories of strange occurrences are sure to send a chill up your spine. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493043935
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Keystone State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Authors Mark Nesbitt and Patty A. Wilson shine a light in the dark corners of Pennsylvania and scare those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From apparitions of fires and soldiers struggling in the cold at Valley Forge, to ghostly children stalking dormitories at Gettysburg College, these stories of strange occurrences are sure to send a chill up your spine. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.
Pennsylvania in Public Memory
Author: Carolyn Kitch
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027106885X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
What stories do we tell about America’s once-great industries at a time when they are fading from the landscape? Pennsylvania in Public Memory attempts to answer that question, exploring the emergence of a heritage culture of industry and its loss through the lens of its most representative industrial state. Based on news coverage, interviews, and more than two hundred heritage sites, this book traces the narrative themes that shape modern public memory of coal, steel, railroading, lumber, oil, and agriculture, and that collectively tell a story about national as well as local identity in a changing social and economic world.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027106885X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
What stories do we tell about America’s once-great industries at a time when they are fading from the landscape? Pennsylvania in Public Memory attempts to answer that question, exploring the emergence of a heritage culture of industry and its loss through the lens of its most representative industrial state. Based on news coverage, interviews, and more than two hundred heritage sites, this book traces the narrative themes that shape modern public memory of coal, steel, railroading, lumber, oil, and agriculture, and that collectively tell a story about national as well as local identity in a changing social and economic world.
New Yorks Pennsylvania Stations
Author: Hilary Ballon
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393730784
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book recounts the heroic story of a public landmark: the masterpiece by McKim, Mead & White that opened in 1910, its tragic demolition in the 1960s, and the dazzling new station by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, due to open in 2005.".
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393730784
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book recounts the heroic story of a public landmark: the masterpiece by McKim, Mead & White that opened in 1910, its tragic demolition in the 1960s, and the dazzling new station by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, due to open in 2005.".
Pennsylvania
Author: Ann Heinrichs
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780756514433
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Describes the history, geography, government, economics, and people of Pennsylvania.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780756514433
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Describes the history, geography, government, economics, and people of Pennsylvania.