Book Description

The Ohio Adventure is a 4th grade Ohio history textbook. The outline for this book is based on the Ohio Social Studies Academic Content Standards and teaches history, people in societies, geography, economics, government, citizenship rights and responsibilities, and social studies skills and methods. The book places the state's historical events in the context of our nation's history. The student edition has many features such as Words to Understand, timelines, Ohio Portraits, primary source activities, Linking the Past to the Present, and What Do You Think? discussion questions deliver the content in an effective and inviting way, making history come to life. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Ohio's Land Chapter 2 The First People Chapter 3 Historic American Indians Chapter 4 The Struggle for Ohio Chapter 5 A New State Chapter 6 The Gateway State Chapter 7 Ohio in the Civil War Chapter 8 Industry and Immigrants Chapter 9 A New Century of Progress Chapter 10 Good Times and Hard Times Chapter 11 End of a Century Chapter 12 Making a Living in Ohio Chapter 13 Government for All of Us