You Choose: Seeking History
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Seeking Fortune During the California Gold Rush
An Interactive Look at History
by Matt Doeden
Part of the You Choose: Seeking History series
YOU are one of the many fortune seekers during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s. Will you pan for gold, set up a mine, or make your riches by serving the miners who have flocked to the area? Step back in time to face the challenges and decisions that real people faced during this exciting time in history.
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Taking a Stand During the War of 1812
An Interactive Look at History
by Matt Doeden
Part of the You Choose: Seeking History series
YOU have found yourself in the midst of the chaos of the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the young United States. Will you fight in the north on Lake Eerie, or join General Jackson in the south? Or maybe you'll help save precious items from the White House as the British burn Washington, D.C. Step back in time to face the challenges and decisions that real people faced during this restless time in history.
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Coming to America through the Angel Island Immigration Station
An Interactive Look at History
by Ailynn Collins
Part of the You Choose: Seeking History series
YOU are an Asian immigrant in the early 1900s. You dream of a life in American, but first you'll have to pass through the Angel Island Immigration Station. How long will you be stuck there? And will you pass the necessary tests or be sent back? Step back in time to face the challenges and decisions that real people encountered as they sought a new life and better life in a different country.
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Fighting for Freedom Along the Underground Railroad
An Interactive Look at History
by Shawn Pryor
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YOU are fighting for freedom from enslavement for yourself and others during the mid-1800s. Will you escape to freedom? And will you help others escape as part of the Underground Railroad's network of freedom fighters? Step back in time to face the challenges and decisions that real people faced to escape slavery.
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Terror Strikes New York on September 11
by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Part of the You Choose: Seeking History series
YOU are in New York City on a sunny September morning. You're going about your day when suddenly the unthinkable happens. A huge passenger plane flies straight into a tower of the famous World Trade Center. A short time later, a second plane slams into the other tower. Clouds of black smoke billow from the towers. Will you rush into the buildings and try to help any survivors? Or will you try to escape the broken and burning wreckage falling to the street? Step back in time to face the dangers and difficult decisions that real people had to face on one of America's darkest days.
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Fighting for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
by Elliott Smith
Part of the You Choose: Seeking History series
You are fighting for equity and equal rights during the turbulent 1960s. How will you take part in this historic battle? Will you join the Freedom Riders to fight segregation on buses? Will you sit in at segregated lunch counters or join the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom? Step back in time to take part in this historic fight for equality.
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Battling for a New Nation at Lexington and Concord
by Eric Braun
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YOU are living under British rule in the Massachusetts colony in the 1770s. You're sick and tired of Britain's unfair laws and high taxes. You and your fellow colonists long for independence. When British redcoats march on Lexington and Concord, will you join the patriots and fight? Or will you remain loyal to the Crown? Step back in time to face the dangers and decisions that real people had to make in the fight for independence.
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Immigrating to America Through Ellis Island
A History-Seeking Adventure
by Eric Braun
Part of the You Choose: Seeking History series
YOU are determined to start a new life in America in the early 1900s. But leaving your home in Europe won't be easy. How will you make the long journey across the Atlantic? What will you tell immigration officials when you arrive at Ellis Island? Where will you go if you finally gain entry to the United States? Step back in time to face the challenges real people encountered when they left their homelands and immigrated to America through Ellis Island.
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Surviving the Blitz of World War II
A History-Seeking Adventure
by Allison Lassieur
Part of the You Choose: Seeking History series
YOU are a British citizen during World War II when the German Blitzkrieg, or Blitz, begins. Night after night, waves of German planes drop hundreds of bombs on cities and towns all over Great Britain. How will you protect yourself during these terrifying attacks? What will you do to help your neighbors and community survive? Step back in time to face the dangers and difficult decisions real people encountered during the Blitz of World War II.
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Enduring Winter at Valley Forge
by Eric Braun
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You are struggling to survive with the rest of the Continental Army during the brutal winter of 1777-1778. The stark conditions in the camp at Valley Forge have many soldiers doubting their cause and the leadership of General George Washington. Step back in time to face the challenges and decisions that real people faced during this pivotal time in history.
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Surviving as a Migrant Worker in the Great Depression
A History Seeking Adventure
by Matt Doeden
Part of the You Choose: Seeking History series
You are struggling to survive during the Great Depression. As a migrant worker, you travel from place to place hoping to earn enough money to get by. How will you find a way to feed and clothe yourself and your family? Step back in time to face the challenges that real people were met with during this difficult time in history.
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Facing Tragedy on the Titanic
by Allison Lassieur
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You have found yourself aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic. Where you find yourself when the ship strikes the deadly iceberg and the decisions you make afterward will mean the difference between life and death. Step back in time to make the difficult choices that real people made in the face of this historic tragedy.
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Searching for Gold in the Klondike
by Eric Braun
Part of the You Choose: Seeking History series
YOU have been struggling for months. America is in a deep recession. Unemployment is high. There is a shortage of gold. Even banks are running out of money. And then one day, a story in the newspaper catches your eye. Prospectors have discovered gold along the Klondike River in Yukon, the northern-most part of Canada. And they say there is more where that came from. That settles it, you decide. The Yukon is where you'll make your fortune. Will you venture north by boat, facing the perils of the water along the way? Or will you take your chances on land? Step back in time to face the dangers and decisions real people had to make as they tried to strike it rich in the Klondike.
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Serving the Nation as a Buffalo Soldier
A History-Seeking Adventure
by Allison Lassieur
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YOU are a Buffalo Soldier. You've joined the United States Army and will soon serve the country you love with the rest of your all-Black regiment. But Buffalo soldiers faced many dangerous enemies-bloody warfare, sneaky bandits, wild animals, and racism. What will you do as a Buffalo Soldier? Will you find yourself on a battlefield, filled with smoke and the smells of gunpowder and blood? Or will you venture deep in the wilderness of the new national parks, defending the land from poachers and thieves? Step back in time to face the dangers and decisions brave Black men faced in their fight to safeguard America.
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