Fireworks & festivals : U.S. holidays and culture for English language learners.
(2013)
By:
Fues, Gretchen
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
ESL/CULTURE/FUES,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Ann Arbor : Univ. of Michigan Press, 2013
DESCRIPTION
153 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 31 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780472034314, 0472034316, 9780472034314
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
An overview of U.S. holidays -- Labor Day and César Chavez -- Columbus Day and Sacagawea -- Veterans Day and Jackie Cochran -- Thanksgiving and Swanto -- New Year's Day and Anthony Muñoz -- Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday and Rosa Parks -- Saint Patrick's Day and Anne Sullivan -- Memorial Day and Abraham Lincoln -- Independence Day and Benjamin Franklin -- Appendix: Targeted and glossed vocabulary