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Summiting Everest: How a Photograph Celebrates Teamwork at the Top of the World by Emma Carlson Berne; Olivia Sofer (Consultant Editor); Robert L. McConnell (Contribution by)
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Category: History | Series: Captured World History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 05-08
The summit of Mount Everest the highest place on Earth. Could it be conquered? Could a climber literally stand on top of the world? No one had ever reached the summit and returned alive. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay wanted to be the first. Not far from the top, before their final hours of climbing, ...Show more
TV BRINGS BATTLE INTO THE HOME WITH THE VIETNAM WAR: 4D AN AUGMENTED READING EXPERIENCE (Captured Television History 4D) by Karen Latchana Kenney
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Category: English | Series: Captured Television History 4D Ser.
On-point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the battles and controversies surrounding the Vietnam War to life. People saw the battles in real time, on the nightly news, changing forever how people viewed war. Readers will see it as well, both in the text and in the accompanying ...Show more
TV Brings the Moon Landing to Earth - 4D An Augmented Reading Experience (Captured Television History 4D) by Rebecca Rissman
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Category: English | Series: Captured Television History 4D Ser.
An animal had flown into space. Russian and American men had orbited Earth. But until July 20, 1969, no man had landed on the moon. That day on TV sets around the world, people watched in awe as Neil Armstrong, one of three Apollo 11 astronauts, took his first step on the moon. His words, "That's one sm ...Show more
TV CAPTURES TERRORISM ON SEPTEMBER 11: 4D AN AUGMENTED READING EXPERIENCE (Captured Television History 4D) by Emma Carlson Berne
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Category: English | Series: Captured Television History 4D Ser.
Primary source photographs combined with strong narration bring the horrific events of 9/11 to readers in historical context. People living at the time saw the planes flying into the towers in real time, on television, changing America's understanding of terrorism. Readers will understand the significan ...Show more
TV Displays Disaster as the Challenger Explodes - 4D An Augmented Reading Experience (Captured Television History 4D) by Emma Carlson Berne
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Category: English | Series: Captured Television History 4D Ser.
It was just before 8 a.m. on January 28, 1986. A crew of seven astronauts stepped out of a NASA facility ready to leave on the next space shuttle mission. The crew included Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher to take part in a space mission. The astronauts walked to the launch pad, where they encounter ...Show more
TV EXPOSES BRUTALITY ON THE SELMA MARCH: 4D AN AUGMENTED READING EXPERIENCE (Captured Television History 4D) by Danielle Smith-Llera
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Category: English | Series: Captured Television History 4D Ser.
On Sunday evening, March 7, 1965, about 48 million Americans were watching a movie about the horrors inflicted by the Nazis on the Jewish people in World War II. Suddenly the program was interrupted with a news broadcast of a modern-day horror. Earlier that day, peaceful marchers in Selma, Alabama, had ...Show more
TV LAUNCHES 24-HOUR NEWS WITH CNN: 4D AN AUGMENTED READING EXPERIENCE (Captured Television History 4D) by Michael Burgan
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Category: English | Series: Captured Television History 4D Ser.
Forty years ago, there was no such thing as 24-hour news. In fact, the Big Three networks-CBS, NBC, and ABC-devoted only one half-hour every night to the evening news. If something major happened-a moon landing or an assassination-the networks covered that, but otherwise, TV programming was limited to e ...Show more
TV SHOWS THE WORLD FREEDOM AS THE BERLIN WALL FALLS: 4D AN AUGMENTED READING EXPERIENCE (Captured Television History 4D) by Danielle Smith-Llera
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Category: English | Series: Captured Television History 4D Ser.
On-point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the story of the Berlin Wall to life. Kids will learn about the partition of Berlin after WWII, the cold war tensions between the US and the USSR that led to the building of the wall, and the anti-communist pressures that led it to fal ...Show more
Tank Man: How a Photograph Defined China's Protest Movement by Michael Burgan; Robert L. McConnell (Contribution by)
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Category: History | Series: Captured World History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 05-08
No one knew his name. But soon millions would know about his bravery. For almost two months in spring 1989, Beijing's Tiananmen Square had been the site of growing protests against China's hardline communist government. In early June, China's leaders had had enough. In a matter of days soldiers cleared ...Show more
The Hindenburg in Flames: How a Photograph Marked the End of the Airship by Michael Burgan; Dan Grossman (Consultant Editor)
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Category: History | Series: Captured World History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 05-08
When it went down in flames, the Hindenburg went down in history. The era of airship travel ended with a disastrous explosion May 6, 1937. Sam Shere's photo of the Hindenburg in flames has been called the most famous news photograph ever taken. The entire episode--from first flash to destruction--took l ...Show more
Trash Vortex - How Plastic Pollution Is Choking the World's Oceans by Danielle Smith-Llera
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Category: History | Series: Captured Science History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 07-08
Millions of tons of plastic slip into oceans every year. Some floats and travels slowly with the currents, endangering the health of marine animals. The rest is hardly visible but is far more dangerous. Tiny bits of plastic sprinkle the ocean's surface or mix into the sandy seafloor and beaches. It ends ...Show more