Orville Wilbur Wright Step Out Into The Sky

The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine. The story of the Wright Brothers is one of dreams and destiny. Some people just ask, "What if?" Orville and Wilbur asked all the questions - and learned all the answers - to "What if we could fly?" The boys ignored criticism to stay focused on their dream. They turned temporary failures into stepping stones to success. You could say they had the Wright Stuff! What would the world be like today without the dreams, ingenuity and hard work of two boys from Dayton, Ohio ... two men who went to Kitty Hawk and stepped out into the sky? A partial list of the Table of Contents include: A Timeline of Events Two Brothers, One Dream: Let's Fly! The Wright Stuff? Bicycles Built by Tow! Birds, Bees, Kites, Trees! Building on History! The Struggle with Science! It Happened at Kitty Hawk! Two Days That Were Different in the History of Flight And Much More!

The high flying story of two bold brothers and their quest to achieve the impossible.

The reissue of this definitive biography heralds the one-hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight. Brilliant, self-trained engineers, the Wright brothers had a unique blend of native talent, character, and family experience that perfectly suited them to the task of invention but left them ill-prepared to face a world of skeptics, rivals, and officials. Using a treasure trove of Wright family correspondence and diaries, Tom Crouch skillfully weaves the story of the airplane's invention into the drama of a unique and unforgettable family. He shows us exactly how and why these two obscure bachelors from Dayton, Ohio, were able to succeed where so many better-trained, better-financed rivals had failed.

The corresponding Teacher's Guide is a page-by-page supplementary resource that gives you additional activities to enhance the student's learning opportunities by using cross-curricular materials including discussion questions, reproducible vocabulary, science, geography and math activities. Each Teacher's Guide turns you into the expert-we've done all the research for you! This comprehensive resource enhances the many dramatic learning opportunities students can gain from reading this mystery by Carole Marsh. The supplementary Teacher's Guide includes: Š A chapter guide of additional information, trivia, historical facts, and more to help teachers be "Experts!" Š Activity ideas that make the book come dramatically to life for young readers! Š The author's additional comments and thoughts about the subject Š Some reproducible activities Š Great out-of-the-box ideas for activities.

The industrial revolution did not begin when enormous machines were made to make things. In reality, it began many years before in the late 1600's when manufacturers required precision tools in clockmaking and for building scientific equipment.

No war is more frightening--or more deadly--than a war between the peoples of one country. The repercussions of the American Civil War are still rippling through time, affecting the history we're part of every day. Kids need to know the truth. What started it? Did it really end April of 1885? Kids will learn all this a more--in terms they can understand--through activities, maps, trivia, timelines, and more.

The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine. When America was young, she was nearly torn apart! The new nation was already divided into tow separate worlds: North and South. These worlds collided when a newly elected Abraham Lincoln decided that he would use force to keep the Union together. Southerns like General Robert E. Lee believed that individual states should not be forced to remain in the Union against their will. "Preservation of the Union" became the battlecry when Southerners left the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. The South depended on slave labor to keep their agricultural economy growing. Many Northerns worked in factories. This cultural difference was another issue that divided young America. Between the first shots fired at Fort Sumter and the end of the war at Appomattox Court House, thousands of people died and many cities were destroyed. The Emancipation Proclamation changed the ugly face of slavery forever! Young men went off to war and came home legends. Many fought against their own brothers - and didn't come home at all! A partial list of the Table of Contents include: A Timeline of Events When Brother Fought Brother: The America Civil War How Can War Be Civil North vs. South A Nation Divided Slavery Has Got to Go! Fort Sumter Surrenders War Is No Picnic!: July 21, 1861 Where is the Mason-Dixon Line? Battle of the Ironclads: March 8, 1862 Women in the Civil War Flags of the Civil War: South The Bloodest Battle of the Civil War: September 17, 1862 African Americans in the Civil War Civil War Leaders And Much More!