Mary Musgrove: Bringing People Together


Book Description

Mary Musgrove: Bringing People Together for Grade 2 provides teachers with an informational text focused on Georgia state studies. It is appropriately leveled for different types of reading levels and features primary source materials. This nonfiction reader is aligned to Georgia's Standards of Excellence.




Mary Musgrove: Bringing People Together 6-Pack


Book Description

Examine the life of Mary Musgrove and her role in the development of Colonial Georgia! Through high-interest text and primary sources, readers will learn about Mary’s childhood to adulthood, and how she helped promote peace between the colonists and the American Indians. This informational text promotes social studies content literacy, and connects to Georgia Standards of Excellence, WIDA, and NCSS/C3 framework. This reader includes: Full-color images and primary source documents; Text features such as a glossary, table of contents, and index; Read and response questions; A Your Turn activity challenges students to connect to a primary source through a writing activity; This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.







Mary Musgrove


Book Description

Mary Musgrove: Bringing People Together for Grade 2 provides teachers with an informational text focused on Georgia state studies. It is appropriately leveled for different types of reading levels and features primary source materials. This nonfiction reader is aligned to Georgia's Standards of Excellence.




James Oglethorpe: Not for Self, but for Others


Book Description

Learn more about James Oglethorpe and his contributions to Georgia history with this high-interest reader that connects to Georgia state studies standards. James Oglethorpe: Not For Self, but For Others promotes social studies content literacy with appropriately-leveled text and keeps students engaged with full-color illustrations and dynamic primary source documents. This biography connects to Georgia Standards of Excellence, WIDA, and NCSS/C3 framework.




Mary Musgrove


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She would spend a lifetime fighting for her Indian heritage in a white man's world....Daughter of an English fur trader and his wilderness wife, young Coosaponakeesa, princess of the Upper and Lower Creeks, left her Indian village for Charlestown to be reared in the ways of the English. Baptized Mary, the deerskin-clad girl blossomed into a regal beauty, possessing the proud, courageous spirit of her Indian heritage. As wife, mother, and queen, her influence helped forge the greatest trading empire in the Charlestown and Savannah colonies. But times were treacherous, and as the English colonies expanded into the New World, so did the tensions and hostilities between Anglo and Indian. From the stark Indian village on the Chattahoochee River to the bustling streets of Charlestown and Savannah, through sixty years and three husbands, Mary follows her destiny as an indomitable force of peace between two peoples. And as a new nation struggles, Mary proves herself a woman of her land and her heritage...the true queen of her people.




PERSUASION


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Persuasion is a novel written by a famous British writer Jane Austen. It is a story about the life of Anne Elliot, a middle daughter of baronet Sir Walter, a spender and bluffer. Due to these features of his character, he found himself in a difficult financial position. He has to rent a family estate Kellynch Hall in order to pay his debts. Meanwhile, his most smart and considerate daughter Anne goes to Uppercross to look after a sick sister. In the days of her youth she was mutually in love with Frederick Wentworth, but because of a fear of a poor marriage, “reasons of conscience” and on the insistence of a “family friend” Lady Russel Anne stopped her relationship with him. But now after eight years, some incredible coincidence happens. The family that rents Kellynch Hall is related to Frederick Wentworth. Is the old-time love still alive in the hearts of Anne and Frederick?




A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia


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Information pertaining to each settler consists, generally, of name, age, occupation, place of origin, names of spouse, children and other family members, dates of embarkation and arrival, place of settlement, and date of death. In addition, some of the more notorious aspects of the settlers' lives are recounted in brief, telltale sketches.




The Creek and the Cherokee


Book Description

Learn about the fascinating history of two of Georgia’s Native American tribes: the Creek and the Cherokee. This high-interest reader explores the history, culture, customs, and traditions of the Creek and the Cherokee Indians. This text connects to Georgia state studies standards, and promotes social studies content literacy with appropriately-leveled text that will keep students engaged with full-color illustrations and dynamic primary source documents. This text connects to Georgia Standards of Excellence, WIDA, and NCSS/C3 framework.