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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1420L
Language
English
Description
On the morning of September 11, 2001, planes crashed into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center in New York, The Pentagon, and a farmer's field in Pennsylvania. The attacks were quickly attributed to Islamic terrorists, long known for their hatred of the United States. Learn more about this terrible day in U.S. history that shocked the world and brought Americans together in a newfound spirit of unity.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 1320L
Language
English
Description
In August 1945, American bombers dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki causing the Japanese to surrender and bringing World War II to a close. Learn more about the horrifying toll exacted by atomic weapons, and the debate that continues today about their existence.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1340L
Language
English
Description
For six years from 1939 to 1945, the Holocaust victims, had been shot in their villages, starved in fenced-off ghettos or gassed en masse at death camps, all at the hands of the Nazis. Learn more about this horrific event that claimed more than six million Jews and five million non-Jews.
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