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In 1955, when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama bus to a white passenger, her decision sparked the beginning of a new era in the civil rights movement. Her arrest inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and other African American leaders to organize a bus boycott that ended only when a U.S. Supreme Court decision ended segregation on public buses. Readers will learn how events in her life brought Parks to the point where she decided to stand up for her rights and how her courage helped to change America.

Easter at Grandma's house was always something special. So far, the weather looks beautiful. But Grandma knows the weather better than anyone. And when she feels a storm way down in her bones, we all wondered how soon it would come and spoil everything. "Even the birds encourage you on with their happy tunes. Their bright springtime melodies call you out to laugh and sing and play in the sunshine -- to enjoy life as you never knew was possible. It's hard to imagine that anything would want to ruin a day like this, even if it could. But never mind all that. Grandma says that the Easter storm is on its way. She's been talking about it ever since she got up this morning. And now she brought it up again. Just when I was hoping she'd forgotten all about it. "

Traces the history of the many protests staged by those in opposition to the war in Vietnam and examines the legacy of this antiwar movement.

Rats Are Beautiful, A Journal For Rat Lovers, is sure to be a hit with anyone that has pet rats. Every journal page is decorated with a whimsical sketch of a rat, and this unique journal provides a space to note the joys your pet rat has brought into your life every day. Designed and illustrated by Anita Louise McCormick.

Imagine listening as Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrates the telephone, or watching Thomas Edison show off his new invention—the automatic telegraph. In less than two hundred years, the United States changed from a rural, agricultural society into an industrial world power. Author Anita Louise McCormick explores the inventions, ideas, and innovators who helped bring the Industrial Revolution from its roots in Great Britain to America. This book is developed from THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN AMERICAN HISTORY to allow republication of the original text into ebook, paperback, and trade editions.

Author Anita Louise McCormick Investigates the issues surrounding the creation of reservations—areas of land chosen by the United States government to relocate or contain Native Americans. Beginning with the first European explorers and continuing to the present, examine the history of the conflicts and resolutions between the United States government and Native Americans. Decide whether you feel the native peoples were treated fairly.

In 1832, Samuel Morse began sketching ideas for a device that could send and receive messages through long pieces of wire. This idea became known as the telegraph, an invention that blazed a trail for Alexander Graham Bell's development of the telephone. The telegraph and telephone transformed long-distance communication in America by allowing people to relay messages more quickly. In The Invention of the Telegraph and Telephone In American History, author Anita Louise McCormick takes a look at the early history of telecommunications. She also gives detailed portraits of the inventors that developed communication methods and devices, which are still used today! Excellent source documents help tell the story of America's introduction to the telegraph and telephone. Book jacket.

This must-have book investigates the issues surrounding the forming of reservations, areas of land chosen by the United States government. Were the Native Americans treated fairly? Beginning with the first European explorers and continuing to the present, author Anita Louis McCormick examines the history of the conflicts and resolutions between the United States government and Native Americans.

Shortwave radio bands in the U.S. & abroad are a vital source of alternative news, information, music & commentary, all refreshingly free of routine commercial formatting. Shortwave Radio Listening for Beginners can show anyone how to listen in on today's most unusual radio broadcasts from across the country & around the world. A long-time shortwave listener & ham radio enthusiast, Anita Louise McCormick, KA8KGI, makes it easy for beginner's to learn how shortwave radio works, what kind of equipment is available & where to find it, what stations can be heard & when, & how shortwave listening can come in handy at school or work. McCormick also describes how to become a licensed ham radio operator.

In 1955, when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama bus to a white passenger, her decision sparked the beginning of a new era in the civil rights movement. Her arrest inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and other African American leaders to organize a bus boycott that ended only when a U.S. Supreme Court decision ended segregation on public buses. Readers will learn how events in her life brought Parks to the point where she decided to stand up for her rights and how her courage helped to change America.