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41) Wildfire
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
271 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Julianna loved her life in rural Oregon. She loved taking care of her farm animals and being part of her local 4H club. But then the unthinkable happened...a wildfire destroyed her family's home. In the aftermath, her family relocated to Portland, Oregon, where Julianna hopes to put everything behind her. Believing the fire to be the result of kids playing with fireworks, she certainly isn't interested when her parents and younger sister start getting...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the critical events that took place in the fall of 1967, from the ambush of an American battalion by the Viet Cong that led to skepticism of whether the Vietnamese conflict was winnable, to the first violent anti-war demonstration on a campus in Wisconsin.
Author
Series
Ellie McDoodle volume 2
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
188 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ellie writes and doodles in a journal of her family's move to a new home and her struggle to make friends, which gets a lot easier as she leads a nonviolent protest about long lunch lines at school.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"For generations, marches have been an invaluable tool for bringing about social change. People have used their voices, the words on their signs, and the strength in their numbers to combat inequality, oppression, and discrimination. They march to call attention to these wrongs and demand change and action, from a local to a global scale. Whether demanding protective laws or advocating for equal access to things like voting rights, public spaces,...
45) The war at home
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The war at home chronicles the growth of the anti-war movement through a combination of archival footage and interviews with students, Vietnam veterans, and community leaders.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rosa and Esther march through downtown Detroit in August 1968 to protest the war in Vietnam. When a bloodied teenager reports that mounted police are beating protestors a few blocks away, the young women hurry to offer assistance. They try to stop the violence, but an officer is injured and the sisters are arrested. Rosa sees an opportunity to protest the war in court. Esther has an infant daughter and wants to avoid prison, which means accepting...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
All over the world and throughout history, people have stood up to protest injustice. Open this book to explore exciting cities and discover past and present protest movements that are changing the world. From sit-ins for disability access in San Francisco to marches for Indigenous justice in Sydney, Australia, you'll travel to places where people raise their voices and raze barriers to propel change.
What exactly is a protest, and where have they...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
60 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"RISE UP! encourages young people to engage in peaceful protest and stand up for freedom. Photographs of protest posters from the last one hundred years celebrate the ongoing fight for gender equality, civil rights, LGBT rights, refugee and immigrant rights, peace, and the environment. Includes a chapter on youth protest. Developed in collaboration with Amnesty International"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
169 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling team behind Rad American Women A-Z comes an illustrated collection of radical and transformative political, social, and cultural movements in American history"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Revolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again riding the crest of a revolutionary epic, much like 1848 or 1917, from the Arab Spring to movements against austerity in Greece to the Occupy movement. In Wages of Rebellion, Chris Hedges--who has chronicled the malaise and sickness of a society in terminal moral decline in his books Empire of Illusion and Death of the Liberal Class--investigates what social and psychological factors cause revolution,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
331 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A provocative, incisive look at the building of social movements-- from the 1600s to the present day-- and how current technology is undermining them. We tend to think of revolutions as loud: frustrations and demands shouted in the streets. But the ideas fueling them have traditionally been conceived in much quieter spaces, in the small, secluded corners where a vanguard can whisper among themselves, imagine alternate realities, and deliberate over...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year old Essie believes that Black people should be allowed to vote, and she's willing to march for that right. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, Essie puts on her best dress to join protesters as they plan to visit the governor in Montgomery, Alabama. But as the 600 marchers approach the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, they are stopped by angry state troopers who will do whatever it takes to stop the peaceful protesters."
Author
Series
Violet Mackerel books volume 6
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
118 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Violet and Rose organize a protest to save the big oak tree in Clover Park.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this title, readers learn about the #MeToo movement, from early legislation to prevent sexual harassment to the movement's expansion in the aftermath of accusations against Harvey Weinstein, the Silence Breakers, #Time'sUp, and the individuals behind the movement such as Tarana Burke and Alyssa Milano. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xx, 300 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Young people are suffering the most from the epidemic of gun violence - as early as kindergarten students are crouching behind locked doors during active shooter drills. Teens are galvanizing to speak up and fight for their right to be safe. They don't just want to get involved, they want to change the world. Enough Is Enough is a call to action for teens ready to lend their voices to the gun violence prevention movement. This handbook deftly explains...
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