Newsademic nr 215 – British and American English Edition (with activities) 23th January 2014
Newsademic is an easy-to-understand international newspaper, written and edited in a style that assists English Language teaching and learning. Newsademic is a fortnightly publication (20 articles) and associated website. Both British and American English versions of the newspaper are available. The easy-to-read newspaper features the top world news stories that have made headlines during the previous two weeks.
Featuring detailed sidebars, handy vocabulary boxes, and a visual timeline, DK's Biography series is perfect for book reports or anytime reading.
DK Biography: Clara Barton tells the story of the humanitarian, suffragette, civil rights activist, and founder and first president of the American Red Cross including her childhood in Massachusetts, her career as a teacher, her aid work during wartime (especially during the Civil War), and her founding of and work with the American Red Cross.
Conversations in Early American History: 1492 - 1837 A Comprehensive Question and Answer Guide
Learn American history just by reading a lively conversation! If you've ever found American history boring or hard to understand, this book is for you. Inside, a bright, curious student poses questions about American history, and a kind, knowledgeable teacher answers them. Nothing escapes the student's inquisitive mind, and the teacher is endlessly patient.
Mark Phillips is the author of "Wizard of Oz Vocabulary Builder" and "Pinocchio Intermediate Vocabulary Builder".
The Song of Hiawatha is based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem written in 1855 and based on the hero Hiawatha and his lover Minehaha. The poem compiles the legends and folklore of the Objibwe and other Native American people and concludes with the arrival of the white man.
On a gloomy December day during the American Revolution, two strange vessels were seen hovering off the east coast of England, in that expanse of water known at the time as the German Ocean. One, a small black schooner, moved slowly amid the sand bars and sunken rocks with which the immediate coast abounded. The second was a gallant ship of the frigate class, and floated majestically in the tide drawing closer to the smaller vessel. These were an American frigate and its consort, the "Ariel" on a secret mission among the dangerous shoals and reefs of the English coast.
