Best teens & young adults history books according to redditors

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The woman who took the original photo also photographed the cover and copyright information. The name of this textbook is Prentice Hall Classics: A History of the United States by Daniel J. Boorstin and Brooks Mather Kelley, and this edition was published in 2007. Here's how Amazon describes it:

> Prentice Hall proudly introduces Classics— collection of our most beloved and timeless programs. The Prentice Hall Classics line brings back some of our bestselling programs with the added benefits of a new reduced price and an updated copyright. With Classics, you can count on: solid traditional instruction, a proven approach and sequence to the content, a return to your favorite program, and more value!

> A History of the United States' well-told story and classroom-tested resources are designed to address your changing curriculum needs. Exceptionally written by distinguished author Dr. Daniel J. Boorstin, along with Brooks Mather Kelley, the program incorporates key themes that help students develop a sound understanding of American history.

The first edition of this textbook was published in 1983. When it was revised in 1989, the publishing company forced them to revise the sections on slavery and the CRM due to racism. Several comments from the original tweet suggest that this passage came from the 1992 edition, though I'm not sure anyone's done a true comparison (but if this is post-revision, what did it look like before?!)

Also, Daniel J. Boorstin died in 2004 and Brooks Mather Kelley died in 2013.

Edit: Also, this woman's daughter is in a public charter school in Texas.

Ok, I bought about 150 of these dvds for college level geography and such. I paid $50 because I didn't have internet where I was and I figured that I am getting them for a steal. All of them are brand new in the shrink wrap.

After looking closer, they all say "Not For Resale".

I tried Ebay, Half.com, craigslist, decluttr wont take them, and most sites refuse to acknowledge they exist. I even went so far as to list them as a resell lot for what I paid for them and I can't even push them that way.

Here is a list of what I have.

http://www.amazon.com/Teacher-Online-Access-Prentice-Studies/dp/0131281410/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396441742&sr=8-1&keywords=9780131281417

http://www.amazon.com/World-Studies-United-States-Canada/dp/0131282786/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396441762&sr=8-1&keywords=9780131282780

http://www.amazon.com/World-Studies-Not-Available-NA/dp/013128276X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396441781&sr=8-1&keywords=9780131282766

http://www.amazon.com/World-Studies-Latin-America/dp/0131282778/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396441810&sr=8-1&keywords=9780131282773

http://www.amazon.com/World-Studies-Foundations-of-Geography/dp/0131282794/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396441826&sr=8-1&keywords=9780131282797

http://www.amazon.com/TeacherExpress-0131281399-Prentice-Studies-CD-ROMs/dp/0131281399/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396441845&sr=8-1&keywords=9780131281394

For those who want to know, this is real. Here's how to get your own.

I used this history book in 6th grade and this for AP world history in 12th grade. I used others of course, but these ones had the biggest impact on me (I can't really remember the others).

The Americans: With Atlas by Rand McNally

https://www.amazon.com/HISTORY-UNITED-STATES-STUDENT-2007/dp/0131335642/ref=cm_cr_othr_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

That is the book being spoken about. I don't know if the worksheet was a custom job or if it included in a teachers edition or what.

This is written on a middle school level, but it's a fairly well written text for a brief history of the US.

When I was younger, I was addicted to these books, along with stuff like Short and Shivery. I remember being especially freaked out by "Harold" and always having to get up the courage to read it whenever I came to that part in the book. I think I reread them every month. I ended up giving away my scary story books, which I obviously have come to regret. Stupid move, but I thought I "outgrew" them or something.

I have since repurchased the Short and Shivery books and I found the Treasury Collection of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books with the original illustrations on sale at a local bookstore. I am keeping both to reread but also to pass on to my kids some day.

I managed to keep some books, though. I still have Ghastly Ghost Stories, Best True Ghost Stories of the 20th Century, Famous Irish Ghost Stories, Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The Book of Scary Urban Legends, Urban Legends: 666 Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend... of a Friend... of a Friend, and Too Good to be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends.

I get it, I'm in a similar boat myself re: modern tech, but the phrase "he had to wait for color TV to exist" is really putting the cart before the horse. That was my point.

Super Anal Retentive History:

Sesame Street began broadcasting in 1969. "It's Not Easy Being Green" was first performed on a Sesame Street record album in 1970, then covered (on albums) by various popular artists throughout that decade and on into present day.

Color TV broadcasts became mandatory between 1969 and 1976 (dependent on state) in the US and Canada, with most of Western Europe making the transition in 1969.

The manufacture of cheap sets had been explosive during the '50s, keeping pace with the technology for color and the ability to receive nationwide, and then international, broadcast signals. Prices stayed pretty much the same throughout this boom -- a 21" b&w in 1956 cost the same as a 21" color set in 1960. The difference being that a factory worker in 1956 earned roughly $80 a week while the same person in the same job in 1960 earned ~$90 a week, making the effective cost of televisions a bit cheaper.

"By 1960, there were 52 million sets in American homes, one in almost nine out of ten households." source

"As late as 1965, CBS provided only 800 hours of color programming the entire year and ABC only 600 hours. In addition to the limited programming, early sets were somewhat cumbersome to adjust for proper color reception, receiver prices remained fairly high, and manufacturers were reluctant to promote color receivers until the lucrative black and white market had been saturated. Consequently, consumers were fairly slow to adopt color technology. As of 1965, only 10% of U.S. homes had a color set. It was not until the late 1960s, over a decade after the standard was set, that color TV sales rose significantly." source

So, with all that put together: 9 out of 10 children in low-income houses had in-home access to color television at the time "Sesame Street" began airing, AND the song you mention appeared after the advent of color TV but in audio format before ever being shown on TV.

other sources:

wages in 1950s and 1960s

television prices

Sesame Street

"(It's Not Easy Being) Green"

I got the information from this textbook, made the graph on nces.ed.gov.

History: Year by Year
http://www.amazon.com/History-Year-By-Dk/dp/1405367121

Not exactly what you're looking for, But its a visual timeline of the starting of human history to 2010. Lots of visuals and short but detailed and informative descriptions of events.

I think this is the one you're looking for

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Written-Blood-brief-history-civilisation/dp/1865087920

Lets go over some of these cases. In almost, again almost, all of them there is a single theme. The police have seen a crime (abuse, fleeing suspect, evidence about to be destroyed). The emphasis on this is they have SEEN a crime being committed, about to be committed or have been committed. These are all viable reasons to detain an individual. Short of you witnessing a crime inside a private domicile, you have no right to enter.
Even an anonymous call is not enough for you to enter without a warrant. If I call a cop on a neighbor saying he is currently beating the shit of out someone and you show up and actually SEE it, then we have a different story. However, if you show up, you don't see any abuse or violence, no one wants to open the door or talk to you, then you have to fuck off.

The issue with these cases becomes the police abuse of this clause, which happens more often than you think. The "we are here to ensure everyone is safe" is a blanket excuse to enter the premise without a warrant. It happened in the last link or perhaps all you need a suspicious bucket to enter. Perhaps they don't even need the excuse that someone is in danger and enter anyway. Continuing with the "anonymous tips" we have part 1 and part 2. Apparently your unconstitutional brethren in Las Vegas don't even need evidence to arrest a homeowner to investigate the neighbor. Tell me, how is that last example legal? There are many potential, and historic, abuses of the "we are here for your protection, citizen" excuse.

Oh, continuing your excuse of "we have a duty to ensure the safety of everyone", lets look at Castle Rock v. Gonzales which states the police are NOT there to protect the citizens. So, what is your new excuse for "we need to ensure people's safety", which is a phrase for, we need to protect people?

Moving onto the destruction of evidence BS. What gives you the right to enter a home on that excuse? What cause did you have a person was going to destroy evidence? A gut feeling? A mere suspicion? The "evidence" is PRIVATE property until a warrant is issued for its seizure. If Bob has files, paper or digital, that the police want, and you think he is going to destroy them it is HIS property to destroy.

Again, the potential, and historical, abuse for this is huge.

What you people, and I use that term loosely to describe police, fail to realize is the 4th Amendment is very clear on warrants and seizures. Passing a law doesn't make it constitutional. If you want to enter my house without a warrant to ensure someone's safety, then join Congress, enter a bill to amend the Constitution, and get it ratified by 2/3 of the states.

As far as me being condescending, I have what is called the First Amendment. I could quote that one for you too, but there is also this which could help you out. I'm still looking for that pop up for you.