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New Youth Titles from the IHS Press
Educators receive a 20% discount on purchase from the Basile History Market. To order, call (800) 447-1830 or visit the Basile History Market Web site.
 

By Freedom's Light by Elizabeth O'Maley
Thirteen-year-old Sarah Caldwell is an unhappy Indiana Pioneer. She misses her sister, Rachel, who stayed behind in North Carolina. Worse yet, their widowed father has married a Quaker schoolteacher, whom Sarah discovers is a secret abolitionist!

When Rachel and her family arrive for a visit, Sarah is overjoyed. Rachel brings Polly, a slave girl, with her. As Polly and Sarah become friends, Sarah questions her beliefs about slavery. Soon she is faced with a life-altering decision.

In this historical novel for grades four and up, readers will experience both the harshness of a slave society and the brave acts of people who helped slaves find freedom.

IHS Press, 2009.
Paperback, ISBN 978-0-87195-274-5, $7.95
. Also available in hardcover, ISBN 978-0-87195-273-8, $15.95.


New Lessons for IHS Press Books
 

Complimentary curriculum downloads are now available for these IHS Press books:
By Freedom's Light by Elizabeth O'Maley
Alone: The Journey of the Boy Sims
by Alan K. Garinger
Captured! A Boy Trapped in the Civil War by Mary Blair Immel
The Soldier's Friend: A Life of Ernie Pyle by Ray E. Boomhower
The Sword and the Pen: The Life of Lew Wallace by Ray E. Boomhower
Fighting for Equality: A Life of May Wright Sewall by Ray E. Boomhower
Spinning through Clouds: Tales from an Early Hoosier Aviator by Max Knight

Each lesson includes an overview of the book and the story's historical context, a summary of instructional objectives and multi-disciplinary activity suggestions.

To download a lesson in pdf format, click on the lesson's title. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here to download it for free.

To order the related books and view additional educator resources, call the Basile History Market at (800) 447-1830 or visit the Basile History Market Web site and select the "Educators" tab.

Themed Lessons
Indiana in World War II
This resource contains resources and individual lessons featuring documents from the IHS digital library. The lessons are appropriate for students in grades nine through 12 and meet national and Indiana social studies standards.



   
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