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Series
Eyes of Nye volume 8
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Research has shown that racial differences are only skin deep. Then why do humans look so different from one another? Bill will go to any length to find scientific answers--even if it means having his own DNA analyzed"--Container.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a young anthropologist, Kulick went to the tiny village of Gapun in New Guinea to document the death of the native language, Tayap. He arrived knowing that you can't study a language without understanding the daily lives of the people who speak it: how they talk to their children, how they argue, how they gossip, how they joke. Over the course of thirty years, he returned again and again to document Tayap before it disappeared entirely. Here he...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1310L
Language
English
Description
"'Am going to cross Pacific on wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come?...Reply at once.' That is how six courageous and inquisitive adventurers came to seek a dangerous path in order to test a hypothetical theory. On a primitive raft made of forty-foot balsa logs, named 'Kon-Tiki' in honor of a legendary sun king, Thor Heyerdahl and his five comrades set out, risking their lives to prove that...
8) Passport's guide to ethnic New Orleans: a complete guide to the many faces & cultures of New Orleans
Author
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
9) Seminole
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This title introduces readers to the Seminole people. Text covers traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today"--Publisher.
10) Algonquin
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book introduces young readers to the Algonquin people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Algonquins are keeping their culture alive today"--Publisher.
11) Sioux
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This title introduces readers to the Sioux people. Text covers traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today"--Publisher.
12) Cheyenne
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Introduces young readers to the Cheyenne people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Cheyenne are keeping their culture alive today"--OCLC.
13) Navajo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book introduces young readers to the Navajo people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Navajo are keeping their culture alive today"--Publisher.
14) Comanche
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book introduces young readers to the Comanche people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Comanche are keeping their culture alive today"--
15) Iroquois
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book introduces young readers to the Iroquois people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Iroquois are keeping their culture alive today"--Publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
"COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. Written in the form...
18) Nez Perce
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book introduces young readers to the Nez Perce people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Nez Perce are keeping their culture alive today.
19) Apache
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Introduces young readers to the Apache people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Apache are keeping their culture alive today"--OCLC.
20) Cherokee
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book introduces young readers to the Cherokee people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Cherokee are keeping their culture alive today. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Colorful photographs, a glossary, and an index are also included.
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