Student Social Studies Resources

Lafayette! A Revolutionary War Tale by  Nathan Hale 

Meet French nobleman and American Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette in author-illustrator Nathan Hale’s New York Times bestselling Hazard Tales graphic novel series.

Gilbert du Motier became the Marquis de Lafayette at a young age, but he was not satisfied with the comforts of French nobility. He wanted adventure! A major general by nineteen, he was eager to prove himself in battle. When he heard about the revolution going on in America, he went overseas.

March: by John Lewis 

Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American president.

Anne Frank's Diary by Anne Frank

A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation; The Diary of a Young Girl stands without peer. This graphic edition remains faithful to the original, while the stunning illustrations interpret and add layers of visual meaning and immediacy to this classic work of Holocaust literature.

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

In a stunning graphic memoir, George Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as one of over 100,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon—and America itself—in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.

To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild (Author)

In this riveting and suspenseful New York Times best-selling book, Adam Hochschild brings WWI to life as never before…

Illegal: A Graphic Novel Kindle  by Eoin Colfer 

A powerfully moving, award-winning graphic novel that explores the current plight of undocumented immigrants from New York Times bestselling author Eoin Colfer and the team behind the Artemis Fowl graphic novels. How can a human being be illegal for simply existing?

This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II 

Andrew Fukuda

For fans of The Librarian of Auschwitz, This Light Between Us is a powerfully affecting story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen pals - a Japanese American boy and a French Jewish girl - as they fight to maintain hope in a time of war.

Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark by Deborah Hopkinson

Critically acclaimed Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson brings to bold life the remarkable story of the Danish resistance and rescue of over 7,000 Jews during WWII.

The Truths We Hold (Young Readers Edition): An American Journey

Now adapted for young listeners, Vice President Kamala Harris' empowering memoir about the values and inspirations that guided her life.

March of the Suffragettes: Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the March for Voting Rights by Zachary Michael Jack

March of the Suffragettes details the inspiring and little-known story of "General" Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the makeshift all-women's army of old friends and newfound suffrage "pilgrims" she assembled to march nearly two hundred miles to win the vote for women. 

Unpresidented: A Biography of Donald Trump by Martha Brockenbrough,

Born into a family of privilege and wealth, he was sent to military school at the age of 13. After an unremarkable academic career, he joined the family business in real estate and built his fortune. His personal brand: sex, money, and power. From no-holds-barred reality TV star to unlikely candidate, Donald J. Trump rose to the highest political office: president of the US.

Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights by Russell Freedman, 

In the early 1960s, tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community began to protest. The struggle received nationwide attention when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a voting rights march in January 1965 and was attacked by a segregationist. 

Men of the 65th: The Borinqueneers of the Korean War 

Talia Aikens-Nuñez

Honor and Fidelity. That is the motto of the 65th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Borinqueneers, the only Puerto Rican unit in the United States Army.

Children of the Holocaust by Schlesinger Emily

Six million Jewish people were killed in the Holocaust. Children were not spared. But some managed to survive. Large numbers were sent to concentration camps. Others were hidden by friends and neighbors. Some were smuggled across borders. Many lost their families. Still, they did not give up. These are their stories of survival.

Saving Children from the Holocaust: The Kindertransport (The Holocaust Through Primary Sources) by Ann Byers 

“Who will look after me . . . and why can't we all go together?” Kurt Fuchel asked his father these questions, as the young boy prepared to embark on a journey to England . . . alone. Fuchel was one of ten thousand children who made this journey shortly before World War II began. In 1938, Jews searched for a way out of Germany. But anti-Jewish laws and nations unwilling to accept fleeing refugees made escape difficult or impossible. England’s effort to save the children effort came to be known as the Kindertransport, and author Ann Byers discusses the heroes who organized the transports and the children who were saved from the Holocaust.

The Vietnam War by Andrew West 

In this introduction, leading Vietnam War historian Dr Andrew Wiest provides a concise overview of America’s most divisive war.