Books and Free Trainings by CR Petersen

Click on the picture above for the book. America's First Ladies: Their Lives, Beliefs, Influence, and Voices From Martha Washington to Mamie Eisenhower, discover the remarkable women who helped shape the United States of America. Many people know the names of America's presidents. Far fewer know the stories of the women who stood beside them. Yet these women often influenced their husbands, guided their families through difficult times, supported important causes, and left lasting marks on American history. In America's First Ladies: Their Lives, Beliefs, Influence, and Voices, award-winning educator and author C.R. Petersen invites readers ages 12–15 to explore the lives of thirty-five First Ladies and White House hostesses who served from the founding of the Republic through the Eisenhower years. Rather than focusing only on fashion, parties, and White House traditions, this book examines the women themselves: • What did they believe? • How were they educated? • What chal...

  Click on the picture above for the book on Amazon The American West was not built by simple heroes or villains. It was shaped by explorers, Native nations, mountain men, pioneers, missionaries, soldiers, mothers, children, immigrants, traders, ranchers, railroad workers, dreamers, survivors, and people struggling to make difficult choices in difficult times. In The Journey West and the Great Expansion of the United States of America , award-winning storyteller CR Petersen brings history alive through the engaging voices of the Bald Eagle, Rattlesnake, Fox, and Dove. Together, they guide readers ages 12–15 through one of the most dramatic and complicated periods in American history. This book explores: • The Corps of Discovery and the early explorers • Mountain men, trappers, and the great rendezvous • Native nations of the West and their cultures • Trails westward, survival stories, and pioneer life • Conflict, broken promises, railroads, mining camps, and change • Peacemakers an...