Michael Bernard Burgan: 12 books
You Choose: World War II: World War II Spies
An Interactive History Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
War is a time of secrets. Advances in technology during the height of World War II provide new methods for spies to keep secrets, steal information, and destroy enemy plans. You're about to go under cover. Will you: Become a resistance fighter in Denmark, revealing Germany's false claims of protection?...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
An Interactive History Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
You’re a U.S. citizen, so why are you being denied your right to vote? Even after civil rights legislation passes, many minorities are still being turned away from polls. It’s not fair, and you will fight for your right to have a say in your government. Will you: Brave violence while registering...
The Korean War
An Interactive Modern History Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Its 1950 and the Communist country of North Korea has invaded its neighboring country of South Korea. The United Nations has stepped in to help South Korea by providing weapons and soldiers. Nearly all of these soldiers come from the United States. Will you: Serve as a pilot in Korea with the U.S....
The Vietnam War
An Interactive Modern History Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
It’s the 1960s, and the Vietnam War is raging. You find yourself in the midst of the turmoil. Will you: Enlist in the Marines and volunteer to go to war? Join your fellow young Americans eager to protest the war? Be a young Vietnamese man forced to choose between the communist North and the...
Ellis Island
An Interactive History Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
You’re one of millions of immigrants leaving your home in the early 1900s to move to the United States. You’re searching for a better life. Ellis Island, near New York City, is your first stop in your search for opportunity and freedom. Officials on the island have been processing immigrants there...
The Split History of the American Revolution
A Perspectives Flip Book
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
People from Great Britain came to North America to start new lives in the 13 American colonies. In the beginning colonists accepted British rule without question. But by the mid-1700s, things were changing. Many colonists wanted the right to govern themselves. The British government felt as if the colonists were being ungrateful. By 1775 war between the two sides was inevitable.
The Split History of World War I
A Perspectives Flip Book
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Tensions have been brewing in Europe for years. Finally the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary sets off four bloody years of war that eventually involved the entire world, including the United States. It will be called the “war to end all wars." Experience it from two opposing perspectives.
Tank Man
How a Photograph Defined China's Protest Movement
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
No one knew his name. But soon millions would know about his bravery. For almost two months in spring 1989, Beijing’s Tiananmen Square had been the site of growing protests against China's hardline communist government. In early June, China’s leaders had had enough. In a matter of days soldiers...
The Making of the Social Network
An Interactive Modern History Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
It’s a great way to keep in touch with your friends 24/7 even if they live thousands of miles away! But the social network can also expose your life to others in a way you’d never dreamed could happen. Will you: Be a college student who designs a social media site that has the potential to make you...
Shadow Catcher
How Edward S. Curtis Documented American Indian Dignity and Beauty
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
At the turn of the 20th century, photographer Edward S. Curtis devoted his life to learning all he could about American Indians and sharing it with world. He took his first photo of an American Indian in 1895, and for the next 30 years he traveled the West and north to Alaska to chronicle traditional...
You Choose: World War II: World War II Pilots
An Interactive History Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Air raid! The world's great powers are at war again. This is the Second World War, but it is history's first war in which airplanes play a major role. You want to fly and you want to fight. Will you: Fly with the Royal Air Force as a British pilot and fight in the Battle of Britain? Dogfight as an...
by Michael Bernard Burgan
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Don’t just learn about the history of the Revolutionary War experience it. Witness the Boston Massacre. Be there to hear the shot heard round the world at the battles of Lexington and Concord. And experience the intensity of battle at Bunker Hill. With 167 choices and 45 possible endings, The Revolutionary...