books
Find these print and electronic books in our collections (click on the book title to go to the catalog record & description; if it's an e-book, the download will be available from the linked record). The book suggestions are organized by topic/time period. Search our library catalog to find more books about your topic of interest; there are subject keyword suggestions next to some of the topics below. You can also search in Sora, our HIDOE portal for e-books, audiobooks, and magazines.
U.S. History (American history)
The Making of America: the history of the United States from 1492 to the present
Shelf location: 973 JOH
The American Years: a chronology of United States history
Shelf location: R 973 GRO
National Geographic Almanac of American History
Shelf location: R 973 MIL
U.S. Constitution
Search for "constitution," "amendments," "bill of rights"
Shelf location: 342.73 MAR
The United States Constitution
Shelf location: 342.73 HUR
E-book download
Understanding the U.S. Constitution
Shelf location: 320.973 ISA
The Split History of Westward Expansion, American Indian Perspective
Shelf location: 978.01 MUS
Westward Expansion (interpreting primary documents series)
Shelf location: 978.01 WES
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Shelf location: 973.509 CAS
Mapping America's Westward Expansion
Shelf location: 973 LEV
Industrial Revolution
Search for Industrial revolution, Inventions -- History -- 19th century, Technology -- History -- 19th century, Technological innovations -- History -- 19th century, Industries -- History -- 19th century
Real World Projects to Explore the Industrial Revolution
Shelf location: 330.973 LIT
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Shelf location: 303.48 JOH
Civil War
Shelf location: 973.7 WES
The 10 Most Defining Moments of the Civil War Era
Shelf Location: 973.7 JUN
If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War
Shelf location: 973.7 MOR
Great Depression
Search for: "great depression," "dust bowl"
What Was the Great Depression?
E-book download
Welcome to Kit's World, 1934: Growing Up During America's Great Depression
Shelf location: 973.917 BRO
Dorothea Lange : the photographer who found the faces of the Depression
Shelf location: B LANGE
Slavery
Slavery in America: a primary source history of the intolerable practice of slavery
Shelf location: 306.3 BUE
Slavery: The Struggle for Freedom
Shelf location: 306.3 MEA 2009
There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights
Shelf location: 973 MEL
Slavery From Africa to the Americas
Shelf location: 909.049 HAT
Reconstruction
Shelf location: 973.8 MAR
The Era of Reconstruction and Expansion 1865-1900 (primary sources)
Shelf location: 973.8 STA
Shelf location: 973.7 BOL
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Shelf location: 973.099 COS
Hawaii & The Pacific
Search subject terms such as:
Hawai'i - Monarchy
Hawai'i - History.
Hawaiians -- History
Hawaiians -- Social life and customs
Islands of the Pacific
Micronesia
Oceania
Pacific Islanders
Polynesia
Shelf location: H 996.9 SEI
Shelf location: H 996.9 BUD
Yesterday in Hawai'i: A Voyage Through Time
Shelf location: H 996.9 STO
Shelf location: H 996.9 MUL
'Onipa'a Five Days in the History of the Hawaiian Nation
Shelf location: H 996.9 ONI
Life in Early Hawai'i: The Ahupua'a
Shelf location: H 996.9 LIF
Pacific Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia
Shelf location: H 995 RID
Pacific Neighbors: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia
Shelf location: H 919.5 DUN
The Pacific Islands: an encyclopedia
Shelf location: R 995 PAC
No Nā Mamo : traditional and contemporary Hawaiian beliefs and practices
Shelf location: H 996.9 CHU
Waipahu Intermediate School Library | 2022-2023 | Questions or Comments? Contact WIS librarian Lori Misaka at Lori.Misaka@k12.hi.us